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Business Journals
19-05-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Western New York's top 51 private companies for 2025 revealed
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Scoop
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Opposition To Gold Mining More Than At Risk Frogs
Press Release – Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki Watchdog and other groups will continue to oppose gold mining given the fact that gold is plentiful above ground and easily reusable. The real resources of infinite value are clean water and the treasured species that are now being called a threat. Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki say the amendments to the Wildlife Act this week and Shane Jones comments that Oceana Gold mining issue is just about vibration affecting 'mating frogs' are frivolous, wrong, and uninformed. 'The labelling of at-risk species like kiwi, some frogs, native bats and more as 'threats to development' could be a world first in terms of the deliberate promotion of extinction. The changes to the Wildlife Act this week, which were motivated to limit the courts from ruling in favour of protecting at risk species , are a bizarre leap backwards into deliberate disregard for the environment. 'Shane Jones is also wrong that our opposition to the Wharekirauponga gold mine project in the forest behind Whangamata is only about risks to Archeys frogs. We have consistently stated that creating more mountains of toxic waste from this proposed gold mine, dewatering the forest and risking acid mine leachate affecting underground water, are all reasons why we oppose this mine. Blasting under the habitat of the 200 million year old at risk frog is also a terrible idea. Thanks to the Fast Track law we have no right to participate in hearings so that these issues can be publicly scrutinised. Now the changes to the Wildlife Act presumably mean that even the expert panels cannot give due weight to protecting wildlife,' said Catherine Delahunty Chairperson of Watchdog. Oceana Gold's Waihi North Project application to the Fast Track process was accepted this week and includes a new open pit in Waihi plus more underground mining there as well as the large underground mine at Wharekirauponga forests. 'When the Government becomes the enemy of at risk species so that multinationals companies can dig up gold for their profit, we all lose the hard work over many years to value and protect what is unique in these lands. It is a reputational risk but also an attack on our values and relationships with the rest of natural world. Shame on this Government.' Watchdog and other groups will continue to oppose gold mining given the fact that gold is plentiful above ground and easily reusable. The real resources of infinite value are clean water and the treasured species that are now being called 'a threat'.
Scoop
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Opposition To Gold Mining More Than At Risk Frogs
Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki say the amendments to the Wildlife Act this week and Shane Jones comments that Oceana Gold mining issue is just about vibration affecting "mating frogs' are frivolous, wrong, and uninformed. 'The labelling of at-risk species like kiwi, some frogs, native bats and more as "threats to development' could be a world first in terms of the deliberate promotion of extinction. The changes to the Wildlife Act this week, which were motivated to limit the courts from ruling in favour of protecting at risk species , are a bizarre leap backwards into deliberate disregard for the environment. 'Shane Jones is also wrong that our opposition to the Wharekirauponga gold mine project in the forest behind Whangamata is only about risks to Archeys frogs. We have consistently stated that creating more mountains of toxic waste from this proposed gold mine, dewatering the forest and risking acid mine leachate affecting underground water, are all reasons why we oppose this mine. Blasting under the habitat of the 200 million year old at risk frog is also a terrible idea. Thanks to the Fast Track law we have no right to participate in hearings so that these issues can be publicly scrutinised. Now the changes to the Wildlife Act presumably mean that even the expert panels cannot give due weight to protecting wildlife,' said Catherine Delahunty Chairperson of Watchdog. Oceana Gold's Waihi North Project application to the Fast Track process was accepted this week and includes a new open pit in Waihi plus more underground mining there as well as the large underground mine at Wharekirauponga forests. 'When the Government becomes the enemy of at risk species so that multinationals companies can dig up gold for their profit, we all lose the hard work over many years to value and protect what is unique in these lands. It is a reputational risk but also an attack on our values and relationships with the rest of natural world. Shame on this Government." Watchdog and other groups will continue to oppose gold mining given the fact that gold is plentiful above ground and easily reusable. The real resources of infinite value are clean water and the treasured species that are now being called 'a threat'.
Scoop
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Greenpeace Calls On Chris Hipkins To Take A Courageous Stand Against Seabed Mining
Press Release – Greenpeace For more than ten years, Trans-Tasman Resources has suffered defeat after defeat in the courts and faced opposition from Greenpeace and the Taranaki community, including iwi, commercial and recreational fishers and surfers. Greenpeace is calling on the leader of the opposition, Chris Hipkins, to take a public stand and pledge that seabed mining will never happen under a Labour-led government. A petition to the Labour Party leader launched this week has already gained more than 2200 signatures. Greenpeace spokesperson Juressa Lee says: 'The Luxon government seems intent on waging war on nature – but Governments come and go, and they won't be in control forever. That's why we're calling on Chris Hipkins to promise that any seabed mining consents granted under the Luxon government will be revoked by Labour if it gets elected. 'Despite failing again and again to win approval for its seabed mining project, wannabe miners Trans-Tasman Resources have applied to the Environmental Protection Authority for permission to mine the South Taranaki Bight under the Luxon government's Fast Track process. 'That's why we're launching a new call on the leader of the opposition, Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins, to take a stand and ensure this destructive industry never gets off the ground in Aotearoa.' For more than ten years, Trans-Tasman Resources has suffered defeat after defeat in the courts and faced opposition from Greenpeace and the Taranaki community, including iwi, commercial and recreational fishers and surfers. Juressa Lee says: 'Yet now, like a zombie, TTR is rising from the dead by taking advantage of the Fast Track Approvals Act to bypass environmental protections. 'That's why it's urgent the opposition leader Chris Hipkins takes a stand against seabed mining the Taranaki Bight. 'Chris Hipkins will also be in tune with the weight of public opinion in Aotearoa. Nearly 54,000 people signed the last Greenpeace petition to ban seabed mining.' Trans-Tasman Resources is planning to extract 50 million tonnes of iron sand from the South Taranaki Bight every year for 35 years and dump 45 million tonnes a year back into the ocean. Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight would damage rich ecosystems and threaten precious marine life such as the pygmy blue whale, Māui and Hector's dolphins and kororā.
Scoop
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Scoop
Greenpeace Calls On Chris Hipkins To Take A Courageous Stand Against Seabed Mining
Greenpeace is calling on the leader of the opposition, Chris Hipkins, to take a public stand and pledge that seabed mining will never happen under a Labour-led government. A petition to the Labour Party leader launched this week has already gained more than 2200 signatures. Greenpeace spokesperson Juressa Lee says: "The Luxon government seems intent on waging war on nature - but Governments come and go, and they won't be in control forever. That's why we're calling on Chris Hipkins to promise that any seabed mining consents granted under the Luxon government will be revoked by Labour if it gets elected. "Despite failing again and again to win approval for its seabed mining project, wannabe miners Trans-Tasman Resources have applied to the Environmental Protection Authority for permission to mine the South Taranaki Bight under the Luxon government's Fast Track process. "That's why we're launching a new call on the leader of the opposition, Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins, to take a stand and ensure this destructive industry never gets off the ground in Aotearoa." For more than ten years, Trans-Tasman Resources has suffered defeat after defeat in the courts and faced opposition from Greenpeace and the Taranaki community, including iwi, commercial and recreational fishers and surfers. Juressa Lee says: "Yet now, like a zombie, TTR is rising from the dead by taking advantage of the Fast Track Approvals Act to bypass environmental protections. "That's why it's urgent the opposition leader Chris Hipkins takes a stand against seabed mining the Taranaki Bight. "Chris Hipkins will also be in tune with the weight of public opinion in Aotearoa. Nearly 54,000 people signed the last Greenpeace petition to ban seabed mining." Trans-Tasman Resources is planning to extract 50 million tonnes of iron sand from the South Taranaki Bight every year for 35 years and dump 45 million tonnes a year back into the ocean. Seabed mining in the South Taranaki Bight would damage rich ecosystems and threaten precious marine life such as the pygmy blue whale, Māui and Hector's dolphins and kororā.
