Tag: Fonterra
Shane Jones throws a lump of coal to the mining lobbyists
PRESS RELEASE Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA), the national organisation campaigning for an end to coal mining and coal use, says Resources Minister Shane Jones needs to understand the world has moved on from the industrial...
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Our biggest polluters are still calling the shots on coal
By Rosemary Penwarden This week the government gave the thumbs up for Fonterra to keep burning...
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Protest Fonterra, New Zealand’s Worst Polluter, this Friday, 28th May 2021
AUCKLAND PROTEST: Victoria Park, cnr Halsey & Fanshawe St, opposite Fonterra HQ at 109...
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Govt coal boiler ban welcome, but leaves door open for gas, favours Fonterra
The Government’s latest efforts to tackle emissions from coal are not the kind of bold action required to get New Zealand onto a net zero emissions pathway, and disappointingly leaves the door open for gas.
Read MoreIt’s coal’s turn on the ash heap of history
CANA member Tim Jones has an excellent op-ed in Newsroom: “Governments around the world are announcing phase-out dates for coal. It’s time New Zealand stopped dragging the chain…”
Read MoreBathurst to close Canterbury Coal Mine: all eyes now on Fonterra
The news today that Bathurst Resources is to close its Canterbury Coal mine at Coalgate is a...
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CANA responds to the Climate Change Commission’s draft report
Fonterra needs to get cracking on quitting coal! New Zealand’s second-largest coal user, Fonterra,...
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Stopping coal in its tracks
Land Protectors Stop Coal in its Tracks Press release from: Coal Action Network...
Read MoreFonterra should be ashamed of causing coal mine expansion: CANA supports activists
Fonterra should be ashamed of causing a coal mine expansion Bathurst Resource’s planned extension of its Canterbury coal mine, shut down by protesters this morning, is proof that dairy companies like Fonterra are not moving out...
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CANA responds to the Government’s South Island Electrification Scheme
Government plan to replace coal use welcomed, but concerns remain 26 July 2020– Coal Action...
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The end of Tiwai Point could open huge opportunities for NZ
PRESS RELEASEÂ 9 July 2020–The announced closure of Tiwai Point is welcome news for the...
Read MoreFrom indigenous mudfish to the climate: you can’t trust Bathurst Resources
Coal company Bathurst Resources is at it again, this time applying to expand its coal mine at Coalgate, in mid-Canterbury, adding another 18ha to its current mine, which supplies the Fonterra and Synlait dairy factories. ...
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