Thu, 13 Nov 2008 9:09 am – Posted by Helen | 9 Comments
Well, well, well, as I predicted in my pre-election blog (OK, so it was hardly long odds or a wild bet) we have a new government. The question is now, what’s in it for conservation?
At the moment, we’re waiting to see who gets the ministerial posts of most interest to us here at Forest & Bird: Conservation, Environment, Climate Change (if they have a specific minister with responsibility for climate change this time round), Energy, Agriculture, Land Information and Fisheries.
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Published in: General
Tags: agriculture, conservation, election, Energy, fisheries, government, High country, maui's dolphins, pest control, power companies, sea-lions
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 3:44 pm – Posted by Debs | 2 Comments
“The Mokihinui hydro scheme is the largest scale proposed flooding of public conservation land in New Zealand since the Manapouri scheme of the late 1960s and early 1970s. If approved, and constructed, it will be the largest inundation for hydro electric generation purposes of lands and ecosystems set aside for protection and conservation ever seen in this country.”…
So states DOC’s opening statements at the hearing on whether or not Meridian Energy – our so-called environmentally friendly, and State-owned energy company – can dam the pristine Mokihinui River to generate power.
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Published in: West Coast
Tags: Add new tag, Energy, freshwater, hydro-dams
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