Desperate marketing from the fossil fuel industry
The oil and gas industry has launched a marketing campaign in New Zealand to try and convince people how great its dirty fossil fuel products Read More
Tag: coal
Peering through the Huntly coal smokescreen
Energy Minister Simon Bridges revealed in Parliament this week he has no idea what majority state-owned power companies are up to, when he wrongly claimed Read More
Milk and coal in South Canterbury
This week, Fonterra’s application to expand its milk-drying factory and burn more coal at Studholme, in South Canterbury, is being put to the test. The Read More
Trillion dollars wasted on coal
If you had a trillion dollars to spend on energy, would you invest it in burning coal for electricity? Well that’s exactly what is slated Read More
The Big Short on climate change
Chief Investment Officer for AMP Capital Investors, Keith Poore, has said today that crashing prices for coal and oil could present attractive buying opportunities for Read More
Will New York divest from coal before New Zealand does?
New York City is going the way of California, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut by moving to divest from coal and reconsidering its investments in oil Read More
Will the Super Fund now follow its own advice and divest from coal?
Whenever we’ve asked the New Zealand Superannuation Fund what they’re doing about climate change, they’ve said they’re waiting for the Mercer report they’d backed to Read More
Solid Energy, who will clean up the mess?
“…if you find yourself in a coal hole, it’s probably time to stop digging and think of a plan to get out.”
Solid Energy digs itself further down the pit
Papers released under the Official Information Act show State-owned mining company Solid Energy plans to open some new coal mines. Is this the way forward Read More
The future of Huntly?
“Huntly…is a symbol of the ‘think big’ centralised fossil fuel-dominated electricity system that served us reasonably well for its time, but like the faded and peeling paint inside the station, it is an old-fashioned reminder times have changed.”