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Unhappy in the valley

Tuesday November 22nd, 2005. 12:14 pm by frog

Efforts to save Happy Valley from the stunningly dumb proposal to dig it up as the Cypress export open-cast coal mine met up with some in-the-field intimidation from Solid Energy on the weekend.

Today’s Press has the media version of what happened.

For a more detailed view from the campaigners themselves, see their report.

As Jeanette said last May:

“The Cypress mine is a classic example of the choice facing New Zealanders about the sort of country we want to live in,� said Ms Fitzsimons.

“The unique eco-system at Cypress is there because of the coal beneath it, the highly acidic soil is the basis of the unique eco-system.

“What do we want, one-of-a-kind-in-the-world ecology or a pile of cash and a heated-up atmosphere from selling coal to Japan?

“Cypress may be faraway and out-of-mind for most New Zealanders, but if this ‘if-it-pays, dig-it-up’ attitude keeps going, only a few pockets of ‘Clean, Green New Zealand’ will soon be left.

frog says

Posted in Environment & Resource Management | by frog | Tue, November 22nd, 2005 |

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7 Responses to “Unhappy in the valley”

  1. stuey Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 1:43 pm

    Gosh I’d never heard of that before.

    Stop RAPING the planet you dumb fucks.

    http://www.savehappyvalley.org.nz/getinvolved.htm

  2. Anita Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 2:20 pm

    Out of interest - which Happy Valley? I’m assuming it’s not the one in Wellington which houses the euphemistically named Southern Landfill (a.k.a the Happy Valley tip).

  3. Anita Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 2:21 pm

    D’oh - a West Coast Happy Valley - I should have read the links more thoroughly :)

  4. greenboy Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 7:11 pm

    It’s also known as the Waimangaroa Valley.

  5. eredwen Says:
    November 22nd, 2005 at 10:18 pm

    Thanks Greenboy … I’ll call it that !

  6. steve Says:
    November 23rd, 2005 at 2:17 pm

    Unfortunately this kind of attitude is widely prevalent throughout our society - obsessed with economic growth, private property and personal wealth. I think essentially it stems from a fundamentally western christian value (see Voltaires Pangloss) - we that assume dominion over all land and beasts (women and natives) shall do with said as we wish.

    I’ve just written about this on my blog
    http://www.ontic.blogspot.com/

    visitors welcome :-)

  7. Ari Says:
    November 24th, 2005 at 7:54 am

    For COAL of all things…

    At least if it was oil, it’d be combatting the ostrich-like attitude of some of our politicians by delaying peak oil somewhat… but coal is pretty much useless from a Green point of view ;D

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