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National Party policy today declared war on rail
Monday, 26 August 2019, 4:00 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
The National Party today in Auckland committed to (what we describe as) an ‘environmental bonfire’ by vowing to scrap the new labour/NZ First policy of equal funding between rail and road projects, and spend only big public money on roads. The RNZ report ... More >>
Report says tiny plastic particles are from clothing, tyres
Friday, 23 August 2019, 8:51 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
This report shows that tyre particulates are already found to be freely released in the tyre dust as we drive on our roads now. More >>
Drinking water quality improved by using rail?
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 3:39 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
Just when you thought it was safe to drink bottled water, a new U.N. report raises concerns about what you may be consuming: tiny particles of microplastics. The just-published 124-page report from the World Health Organization (WHO) is the first major international ... More >>
NZTA CEO office deny OIA request to affected residents
Wednesday, 21 August 2019, 11:25 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
After twenty years Napier residents have endured heavy sleep and health disruptive noise and air pollution from freight trucks gridlock operations to and from the Napier port and other regions. More >>
National response to climate change is 'RONS'
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 8:46 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
Today 14/8/19 on news hub AM show Duncan Garner asked National Party leader Simon Bridges ‘what would he do to combat climate change and improve the economy again if he is the next PM”. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/simon-bridges-says-most-kiwis-believe-system-gamed-at-last-election.html ... More >>
Government must use rail for climate change mitigation
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:27 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
The latest political polls suggest that Labour are losing support for a second term Government. More >>
‘Kiwis want climate change leadership from government’
Friday, 26 July 2019, 2:20 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
At CEAC we have over 19 years of history having difficulty with local Government in HB, and their infrastructure providers never adapting to the reality of ‘public discourse with local councils/infrastructure not embracing the climate change issue’ ... More >>
CEAC Calls for HB to commit to “wellbeing” as Gisborne has
Sunday, 14 July 2019, 11:45 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
After this May 2019 article "CEAC Calls for a Rail Inland Port for HB.” CEAC is now focusing on the new Labour Government “Local Government (Community Wellbeing) bill” which was passed in May 2019. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1804/S00235/local-government-community-wellbeing-amendment-bill.htm More >>
CEAC call for NZ Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 10:31 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
CEAC supports the PCE Simon Upton’s call for a NZ Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) More >>
So EMA wants to scrap RMA – why?
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 1:33 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
RMA is the only thing standing between our collective community health & wellbeing and the loss of our communities ‘amenity values’. More >>
Rail is essential to our East coast region
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 11:41 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
Tony Robinson covered the Gisborne loss of rail issue very well is his 22nd June 2019 Gisborne herald article; - “Rail is essential to our region” More >>
Rail is about economics, wellbeing & environment
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 11:06 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
THE key difference between the BERL rail study reports and the botched ‘2014 MBIE/NZTA rail reports’ on the Napier-Gisborne rail line is that BERL considered environmental and social responsibilities, and community wellbeing while MBIE/NZTA did not. More >>
NZ roads are not coping with heavier trucks
Monday, 24 June 2019, 12:19 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
What a joke to see the truckers in the news, upset at the state of our roads, so they are taking pictures to give to Government to fix the roads. More >>
Vote on ‘Rail to Gisborne’ folks here please
Friday, 21 June 2019, 2:47 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
In a Ministry of Transport official documented study released shows that tyre wear from a truck is at least 100 times more than an average car. More >>
Tyre dust is another plastic pollution hazard
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 1:50 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
In a Ministry of Transport official documented study released shows that tyre wear from a truck is at least 100 times more than an average car. More >>
CEAC joins in united Support for Napier – Wairoa Railway
Sunday, 16 June 2019, 11:16 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
“CEAC joins in united Support for Napier – Wairoa Railway”. 15th June 2019 - Press release from Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre. 14th July 2019 was a great day for HB/Gisborne, giving us all a real deep feeling of hope for our future ... More >>
CEAC joins in united Support for Napier – Wairoa Railway
Saturday, 15 June 2019, 4:18 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
14th July 2019 was a great day for HB/Gisborne, giving us all a real deep feeling of hope for our future health, wellbeing, safety, security and environmental sustainability for all who call HB our home. This was the first train to travel the whole length ... More >>
CEAC fully supports a ‘Kiwi Rail Dannevirke rail hub’
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 1:29 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
The proposal; - ‘Dannevirke hub could take up to 200,000 tonnes of logs off road’. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1906/S00202/dannevirke-hub-could-take-200000-tonnes-of-logs-off-road.htm More >>
CEAC supports NZTA estimate on speed limits
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 8:46 am | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
We often drive along the entire ‘East Coast Provincial Highway 2’ and it’s network ‘city’ links carrying heavy truck freight to our Ports, Napier & Gisborne and in all cases we observe far to high speeds all vehicles are attempting to navigate ... More >>
CEAC is advocating HBRC restore rail to HB/Gisborne regions
Monday, 3 June 2019, 1:32 pm | Citizens Environmental Advocacy Centre
In response to the article ‘ Coastal hazards contributory fund to be established ’ today 3rd June 2019. More >>
