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Over 3,000 People Back Petition To End Taranaki Oil And Gas Drilling
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 6:19 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
"Over 3,000 people have signed our petition calling on the Government to stop handing out oil and gas permits for onshore drilling in Taranaki" says Urs Signer, member of community group Climate Justice Taranaki. "The government’s Block ... More >>
Petition To End Taranaki Oil And Gas 'block Offer' Already At 2800
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 2:23 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
A new local campaign is aiming to stop the Government from handing out oil and gas permits for onshore drilling in Taranaki. A petition by community group Climate Justice Taranaki called 'A bid for the future - no more oil and gas drilling in Taranaki' ... More >>
Climate Justice Group Cautions Unconstrained Renewable Energy Push
Friday, 2 June 2023, 10:00 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
Climate Justice Taranaki criticises the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)’s proposals to enable vast expansion of renewable energy generation and transmission by removing policy barriers. “The proposed national policy statements ... More >>
End Big Dairy Campaigners To Protest National Dairy Awards
Thursday, 11 May 2023, 8:43 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
The National Dairy Awards are coming to Auckland this Saturday 13 May but this time community groups frustrated with the industry’s inaction on climate change, environmental protections, Te Tiriti justice and animal welfare, will be greeting award attendees ... More >>
Taranaki To Join Global Climate Strike This Friday
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 6:23 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
Two weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle, New Plymouth along with ten other cities across Aotearoa, and thousands more communities across the world, are calling for more urgent action to curb climate change. Climate Justice Taranaki, Rapid Reforestation, Forest ... More >>
2700 Signatures Against Beach Energy Drilling In Taranaki
Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 5:29 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
Members of Climate Justice Taranaki will present a petition with over 2700 signatures to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) hearing in New Plymouth this Tuesday opposing the plans of Australian oil and gas company Beach Energy to drill for more ... More >>
Protesting Farmers Have Their Heads In The Mud
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 8:49 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
"The Groundswell protest today shows just how stuck in the mud some farmers are when it comes to moving with the times. That after decades of scientific evidence and easily felt changes here on farms in Aotearoa, some people still call climate ... More >>
Agricultural Emissions Reduction Proposal Not Good Enough
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 6:17 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
"The so-called 'pragmatic proposal' to reduce agricultural emissions released by the government yesterday fails to curb emissions in a significant way and instead locks rural Aotearoa into a pathway of further industrialisation and loss of community ... More >>
Taranaki Rallies For Global Climate Strike This Friday
Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 12:24 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
A coalition of community groups is planning a rally this Friday to support the Global Climate Strike first initiated by student activist Greta Thunberg in 2018. The coalition is calling for urgent action to reduce emissions and support communities to adapt ... More >>
Stop Seismic Blasting For Oil And Gas, Rally For Māui Dolphin
Friday, 27 May 2022, 5:59 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
The vessel South Express has begun a seismic survey for Greymouth Petroleum off the coast of Waitara and west towards New Plymouth. The survey area is within the West Coast North Island Marine Mammal Sanctuary. “It is appalling that the government ... More >>
Emissions Reduction Plan Favours Private Business And Techno-fixes
Monday, 16 May 2022, 7:29 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
Climate Justice Taranaki describes the government’s Emissions Reduction Plan as lacking social perspective and favouring private business and industries. “The Plan is weak and too slow. There’s too much public money going into private industries, ... More >>
Make 'Rapid, Deep And Immediate' Emission Cuts With Free Public Transport
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 6:59 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
"The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report calls for 'rapid, deep and immediate' cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. The time to act for climate justice is now or never" says Urs Signer, spokesperson for Climate Justice Taranaki. ... More >>
Forum For Offshore Wind, Hydrogen Export Not Carbon Zero
Friday, 26 November 2021, 6:58 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
A two day Offshore Future Energy Forum started today in New Plymouth and is being labelled by local group Climate Justice Taranaki as going “against a carbon zero future, towards an Ara Mate”. The event is organised by Venture Taranaki and Ara ... More >>
Fast-tracking Hiringa-Ballance Kapuni Hydrogen Project
Monday, 4 October 2021, 7:21 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
The Environmental Protection Authority is processing the consents application lodged jointly by Hiringa Energy and Ballance Agri-Nutrients under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020. The project aims to establish a so-called green ... More >>
Climate Justice Coalition To Protest Big Polluters In Taranaki
Monday, 20 September 2021, 12:10 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
“If the government won’t rise up for climate justice, we will” says Emily Bailey from Climate Justice Taranaki, which is gathering with a coalition of social justice and environmental groups from across Aotearoa to protest in Taranaki during ... More >>
Groups Launch Petition To Ban All New Fossil Fuel Expansion By 2022
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 6:18 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
Over twenty groups so far, representing communities across Aotearoa directly affected by mining and drilling alongside iwi representatives, students, environment and health organisations such as Coal Action Aotearoa Network, Climate Justice Taranaki, Taranaki ... More >>
Taranaki Community Transition Plan Wants Fossil Fuel Phase Out By 2030
Friday, 9 April 2021, 9:51 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
A new just transition plan released today by Climate Justice Taranaki calls for a major shift towards a domestic economy and away from exports and imports in a phase out of fossil fuels by 2030. The document focuses on Aotearoa’s three main greenhouse ... More >>
Climate Justice Taranaki Celebrates 10 Years With Next 10 Year Downshift Plan
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 6:00 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
"When we started Climate Justice Taranaki 10 years ago, we were sitting at 390 parts per million of atmospheric CO2. Since then, countless permits and resource consents have been handed out by Taranaki councils and the Environmental Protection ... More >>
Todd Energy’s Plan To Drill Two Dozen New Wells In Tikorangi A Slap In The Face
Friday, 11 December 2020, 2:29 pm | Climate Justice Taranaki
In a recent community meeting in Tikorangi, Todd Energy announced its plan to drill 24 new wells at Mangahewa C and D wellsites. It makes a mockery of the government’s climate emergency declaration just a week ago. “Todd’s proposal to expand the ... More >>
OMV Offshore Drilling A Threat To The Climate
Tuesday, 3 November 2020, 11:30 am | Climate Justice Taranaki
"Recent reports of Austrian oil drilling giant OMV's plans to keep drilling for fossil fuels off the Taranaki coast is a threat to a stable climate for future generations" says Urs Signer, spokesperson for community group Climate Justice ... More >>
