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Media highlights: 1-10 March 2014
03/03/2014MPI leaves landfarms risks to farmers (Radio NZ, 6 March) – Note comment from CJT with audio here (from 2:00′)
Australian doctors have raised a health red flag over coal seam gas developments (Business Insider, 3 March)
Media Highlights (1-20 Oct 2013)
09/10/2013Does Kaikoura want oil drilling? (TV 3 news, 17 Oct)
Govt warned of oil spill impact (stuff politics, 16 Oct)
Study reveals dangerous levels of radioactivity near fracking waste site (The Real News, USA, 15 Oct)
Group criticises fracking consultation timeframe (NZ Radio, 14 Oct)
Simon Bridges defends Kaihoura drilling exploration (TV 3 news, 14 Oct) – dismal but worth watching
To frack or not to frack (Brisbane Times, 14 Oct) – well articulated issues on fracking and coal seam gas
Packed house airs oil issues (NZ Herald, 12 Oct)
Kaikoura’s trepidation with oil giant’s arrival (TV 3 news, 8 Oct) – must watch
Media Headlines (1-15 April 2013)
03/04/2013Taranaki council says getting tougher on drilling waste (Radio NZ, 15 April)
Deep seas law ‘a sledgehammer’ (NZ Herald, 9 April)
CSG company suspends NSW operation (ABC News, 2 April)
GAS LEAK! ABC Four Corners program (2 April) – must watch!
Media highlights (1-31 Jan 2013)
06/01/2013Bangladesh’s climate refugees (Guardian, 29 Jan)
US scientists in fresh alert over effects of global warming (Guardian, 12 Jan)
Taranaki hit by mag-4.6 quake (Taranaki Daily News, 11 Jan)
Predictions proved to be just hot air (Taranaki Daily News, 7 Jan)
Testing times ahead for residents of Tara after boy found with hippuric acid in system (news.com.au, 6 Jan)
Report notes four fracking instances in South (Otago Daily Times, 5 Jan)
Methane leaks erode green credentials of natural gas (Nature, 2 Jan)