Gore — In response to reported statements made by yesterday by Prime Minister John Key, Greenpeace New Zealand has condemned his support for digging up Southland’s lignite deposits as reckless, short-sighted and dangerous to our economy.
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Gore — Environment Southland had no legally valid reason for holding a full public hearing to consider applications for a proposed lignite briquetting plant in Eastern Southland.
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Gore — Just as foremost climate scientist James Hansen arrived in New Zealand with a dire message about lignite coal, the Gore District Council decided not to notify Solid Energy’s resource consent for a pilot lignite briquetting plant, said the Green Party today.
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Gore — Plans by Solid Energy for a “multi-billion” dollar lignite-based liquid fuel plant in Southland will make a joke of New Zealand’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party says.
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