Source: Stuff.co.nz
Author: Patrick Smellie
Attack is rarely the best form of defence for a company seeking both social and environmental licence to operate.
29 August, 2014
Environment Protection Authority
25 June, 2014
Source: Pacific Islands News Association
Interviewer: Brian Abbott
Interviewee: Phil McCabe, Chairman, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority has torpedoed a proposal for the first seabed mining venture off the coast of Taranaki. Trans Tasman Resources had proposed mining for iron ore 22 kilometres off the coast.
Continue reading NZ no to seabed mining a cautionary tale for the Pacific
18 June, 2014
Source: Scoop Politics, Independent News
Author: Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
The EPA’s decision to decline a proposal to mine black sand from the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight was heralded today by New Zealand’s only NGO focusing solely on the issue, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining.
Continue reading Slap Down to Seabed Mining “Victory for common sense”