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    Save Happy Valley celebrates 3rd anniversary - by frog



    The Save Happy Valley Coalition celebrated the occupation’s 3rd anniversary on the weekend. The valley is home to endangered kiwi and snails in a precious forest-edged red tussock wetland. Destroying this special place to mine coal that will contribute to climate change is doubly criminal. While the occupation has so far protected the valley from [...] read more
    January 27, 2009 9:43 am - 1 Comment
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    Don’t look back, Don - by frog



    Don Elder waxed poetic about the prospects for NZ coal this week at Solid Energy’s maiden annual meeting in Auckland. We have more coal resource energy per capita than Saudi Arabia has oil. In a world of increasing demand, and increasingly constrained supply of energy, New Zealand is now the lucky country. Sorry, Don, but [...] read more
    November 26, 2008 11:24 am - 59 Comments
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    A coal mining ditty - by frog



    A reader has sent in this ballad; Old King Coal was a dirty old soul And a dirty old soul was he; He stuffed up the air, to the climate’s despair; So he called for the CSC. Every denier has their denial, And a very fine denial has he; But there’s none so rare, as [...] read more
    April 24, 2008 8:54 am - 17 Comments
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    Peak Everything, by Don Elder - by frog



    I have just finished reading Richard Heinberg‘s latest book, Peak Everything. It is a collection of essays that explore the causes and effects of many resource limits. In short, we’re in for a bumpy ride and I highly recommend the book. Today, for some reason I’ve already forgotten, I was reviewing the powerpoint of Don [...] read more
    March 20, 2008 4:02 pm - 59 Comments