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Solid Energy neither legal, moral or ethical
Monday, 28 May 2007, 3:50 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition is rubbishing the claim of Solid Energy CEO Don Elder that his company only acts in "legal, moral and ethical"ways after a spy was found to have infiltrated the Christchurch Save Happy Valley group, employed by private ... More >>
Coal blockaders in court
Thursday, 3 May 2007, 1:52 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Three Save Happy Valley Christchurch activists appeared this morning (Thursday May 3rd) in the Christchurch District Court and to plead not guilty to "interferes with a rail line" (Simon Riddell and Gregory Curline) and "communicating with a prisoner" ... More >>
End of line for coal – three activists in court
Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 4:37 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Three members of Save Happy Valley Christchurch will appear in the Christchurch District Court at 10am on Thursday May 3rd over charges stemming from the blockade of a coal train in Templeton on Sunday April 29th in protest against state-owned miner Solid ... More >>
State fails biodiversity: Court decision on snails
Monday, 30 April 2007, 4:50 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Powelliphanta Augustus Incorporated is highlighting the inadequacy of New Zealand's law after the High Court today found against their appeal. "This simply signals the inadequacy of New Zealand's law in this area"said Frances Mountier, spokesperson ... More >>
Coal Company Pays For Environmental Destruction
Friday, 27 April 2007, 9:45 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition is calling for Solid Energy to cut its losses and stop its destruction of the last remaining habitat the critically-endangered native land snail Powelliphanta augustus. The state-owned coal miner has spent millions ... More >>
Solid Energy files injunction against Coalition
Thursday, 1 March 2007, 11:11 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition is refusing to remove a satirical document from their website after Solid Energy filed an injunction application for defamation. The State-owned coal company filed the injunction at the High Court in Christchurch against the climate ... More >>
2006 Environment Report on Solid Energy
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 4:25 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Please find attached the 2006 Environment Report on Solid Energy. Also available at: http://www.savehappyvalley.org.nz/resources/envrep1.pdf http://www.savehappyvalley.org.nz/resources/envrep2.pdf More >>
Wellington activists target Conservation Minister
Monday, 26 February 2007, 4:07 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Dressed as kiwi, kakariki & geckos, activists from Save Happy Valley Coalition (SHVC) Wellington targeted Conservation Minister Chris Carter as he visited the Department of Conservation (DoC)’s new offices on Manners Street this afternoon. More >>
NZ's longest running environmental occupation
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 3:27 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Please find a photograph of the One Year celebrations of the occupation of Happy Valley attached. Sixty people tramped in to Happy Valley on 27th-28th January, to celebrate One Year of successful occupation. The weekend was also a reaffirming of ... More >>
Court finds Solid Energy noxious, but snails lose
Sunday, 17 December 2006, 11:44 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Environment Court today ruled that mining the habitat of critically-endangered land snail Powelliphanta "Augustus" is "an action which is noxious, dangerous, offensive or objectionable [51]" and that there is a high risk to ... More >>
Court finds Solid Energy noxious, but snails loose
Friday, 15 December 2006, 1:09 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Environment Court today ruled that mining the habitat of critically-endangered land snail Powelliphanta "Augustus" is "an action which is noxious, dangerous, offensive or objectionable [51]" and that there is a high risk to the snail's survival in destroying ... More >>
Snail Decision Under Review By Court
Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 10:46 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
As destruction of the critically-endangered species habitat begins, grassroots environmental group Save Happy Valley Coalition Incorporated takes the Government to court for its decision to allow state-owned enterprise Solid Energy to mine 94% of the habitat ... More >>
Coal to send Christchurch under waves
Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:33 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Save Happy Valley are holding a beach party outside state-owned coal miner Solid Energy's headquarters, to highlight the new coastline that coal companies may commit the world to by the end of the century. The event starts at 3:45pm today at 2 Show ... More >>
Environmentalists slam government hypocrisy
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 1:10 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition has slammed the Government for not only failing to take action on climate change but misleading the public with claims of 'clean coal.' "Coal is not sustainable; the Government cannot claim to be seriously addressing ... More >>
Environmentalists apply for immediate protection
Friday, 13 October 2006, 1:32 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition Incorporated today applied for interim enforcement orders which, if granted, will immediately protect the habitat of critically-endangered land snail Powelliphanta "Augustus" from government-owned coal company Solid Energy. More >>
Snaily vows to continue to fight for species
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 1:56 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
Snaily has been forcibly removed from the West Coast Conservancy office in Hokitika. Graham Jury, 22, an ecology student, was chained in a 1.5m snail suit to the Department of Conservation offices. He was forcibly removed by the police with bolt cutters ... More >>
Giant snail chains itself to DOC doors
Thursday, 14 September 2006, 12:49 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
A giant Powelliphanta "Augustus" snail, with a Save Happy Valley Coalition member inside, locked itself to the Department of Conservation West Coast conservancy office in Sewell St, Hokitika, at 10.20am this morning, blocking the entrance. More >>
Coalition supports Commissioners call
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 2:29 pm | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition supports the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's call for no more coal or gas-powered electricity stations in New Zealand. More >>
Environmental group takes NZ Coal Company to Court
Friday, 14 July 2006, 9:47 am | Save Happy Valley Coalition
The Save Happy Valley Coalition (SHVC) Incorporated is filing proceedings for two court cases, a case in the Environment Court (today) and a judicial review (Monday 17th July), aimed at stopping the Government-sponsored extinction of a species of ... More >>
