MEDIA RELEASE: Taranaki supports activists on drill-ship
Posted: 24/02/2012 Filed under: Drilling, Media Release Leave a comment »News has just broken that about seven Greenpeace activists including actress Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess) have boarded the drill-ship Noble Discoverer in the Port of New Plymouth.
The ship is destined for the Arctic where the Shell plan to drill for oil in fragile indigenous peoples territory which is home to the polar bear, narwhal, Arctic fox and other iconic species. An oil spill in such a pristine environment is unacceptable. Read the rest of this entry »
News Headlines (16-29 Feb 2012)
Posted: 21/02/2012 Filed under: Drilling, mining incidents Leave a comment »Maori trust reaches deal with oil company (Feb 25, NZ)
Fracking issue to go before council (Feb 25, NZ)
Protestors in for long haul (Feb 24, NZ)
Fracking ‘misinformation’ scares: Heatley (Feb 23, NZ) – post your comments now!
Fracking not the cause of quakes (Feb 22, NZ)
Fracking dismissed as cause of quakes (Feb 21, NZ)
Meeting over shut-down mine (Feb 21)
Council wants moratorium on fracking (Feb 20, NZ)
Lawyers back oil drilling criticism (Feb 20, NZ)
Rewards and risks in quest for oil (Feb 18, NZ)
Heatley says oil search sensible (Feb 18, NZ)
News Headlines (1-15 Feb, 2012)
Posted: 04/02/2012 Filed under: Coal seam gas, Drilling, fracking, gas, oil spill, pollution, Taranaki Comments OffNew study dirties coal seam gas image (Feb 11, Australia)
Govt seeking oil and gas explorers (Feb 10, NZ)
Rural Taranaki horrified by fracking risk (Feb 9, NZ) – must watch!
Farmers call for anti-CSG support (Seven News, Australia)
QLD 4000 gas wells and associated infrastructure – how many are underwater? (Feb 7, Australia)
Fracking the basis of oil and gas boom (Feb 4, NZ)
Fracking needs vetting (Feb 1, NZ)
MEDIA RELEASE: Councils, consents, and a ‘fractured’ future for New Zealand
Posted: 19/01/2012 Filed under: Climate Change, Drilling, energy, fracking, gas, Media Release Comments OffClimate Justice Taranaki urges councils to consider the full impacts of oil and gas extraction involving hydraulic fracturing (fracking), before granting consents. “Taranaki, East Coast, Canterbury, Southland and other regions targeted by aggressive industry campaigns are at grave risk of forever losing their clean water, green agriculture and valuable tourism revenues,” warns Emily Bailey of Climate Justice Taranaki. Read the rest of this entry »
News Headlines (16-31 Jan 2012)
Posted: 19/01/2012 Filed under: Climate Change, Drilling, energy, fracking, gas, land farming, pollution, Taranaki Comments OffCropping land gets official protection (Jan 30, Australia)
Fast-tracked oil consent bypassed mayor, public (Jan 29, NZ)
Anti-fracking group protest (Jan 26, NZ)
Has petroleum production peaked, ending the era of easy oil? (Jan 25, USA)
Bulgaria bans shale oil and gas drilling (Jan 18, Bulgaria)
Taranaki’s $860 million energy boost (Jan 18, NZ)
News Headlines (1-15 Jan, 2012)
Posted: 06/01/2012 Filed under: Climate Change, Drilling, energy, fracking, gas, Taranaki Comments OffNZ ‘likely Texas of the South’ (Jan 15, NZ)
Fracking in New Zealand (Jan 14, NZ)
Rena: Boom in place to protect coastline (Jan 11, NZ)
Dredging to double along Queensland coastline (Jan 11, Australia)
Study links fracking to health risks (Jan 10, Australia)
Maldives faces tides of change (Jan 7, Maldives)
Fracking will poison New York’s drinking water, critics warn (Jan 5, USA)
Method of preventing fracking-related earthquakes could cost $10M a pop (Jan 4, USA)
Seasons Greetings
Posted: 31/12/2011 Filed under: Taranaki, Upcoming Event Comments OffIt’s been a tremendous year for Climate Justice Taranaki! Our group is now one year old and we think we’ve had significant achievements in terms of raising concerns around the oil and gas industry in Taranaki and also around climate change issues. Read the rest of this entry »
News Headlines (16-31 December 2011)
Posted: 17/12/2011 Filed under: Climate Change, Drilling, energy, fracking, gas, oil spill Comments OffBrazil fines Chevron $7m over oil spill reaction (Dec 27, Brazil)
Shell says Nigeria oil spill contained (Dec 27, Nigeria)
Shell’s floating monster spill (Dec 23, Nigeria)
The EDA thinks it’s totally cool for us to eat seafood 10,000 times over the contamination limit (Dec 23, USA)
Oil companies dismiss fracking risk on Coast (Dec 21, NZ)
Why is it so easy to save the banks – but so hard to save the biosphere? (Dec 17, International)
News Headlines (1-15 December 2011)
Posted: 02/12/2011 Filed under: Climate Change, Coal seam gas, Drilling, fracking, gas, land farming, oil spill, Taranaki Comments OffAdd quakes to rumblings over gas rush (Dec 12, USA)
Drill ship’s departure may be the end of drill project (Dec 10, NZ)
Tests reveal contaminated water near gas well (Dec 10, Australia)
Fracking implicated in US water pollution (Dec 9, USA)
Outcry at plan to truck waste (Dec 8, NZ) - Post your comment online!
Significant oil find at Ngaere (Dec 7, NZ)
Durban climate talks deadlocked as ministers haggle (Dec 6, International)
Marae Investigate looks at fracking in NZ (Dec 4, NZ)
Battered ship leaks more oil (Dec 4, NZ)
Maritime NZ unit devoted to Rena (Dec 3, NZ)
Learning too late of the perils in gas well leases (Dec 1, USA)
Tighter regulations needed for coal seam gas (Dec 1, Australia)
Senate inquiry calls for halt to coal seam gas in Murray-Darling Basin (Dec 1, Australia)
News Headlines (25-30 November 2011)
Posted: 30/11/2011 Filed under: Climate Change, fracking, land farming, Media Coverage, pollution, Taranaki Comments Off2011 one of the hottest on record (Nov 30, NZ)
Protesters march mine crews out (Nov 29, NZ)
Pollution and protest to come next (Nov 29, NZ)
Gary Taylor – National-Green team can make progress (Nov 29, NZ)
The coal seam gas rush (Nov 28, Australia)
New drilling under Ngaere given go-ahead (Nov 25, NZ)
Report gives fracking all clear (Nov 25, NZ)
