Not news: ACC decides to continue to fund the climate crisis
The Accident Compensation Corporation just released its new Direct Investment Exclusion List which proves that they continue to neglect its responsibility as one of the largest public funds in Aotearoa to divest from fossil fuels.
New Zealand’s electricity market: A tale of coal and corporate control
What‘s wrong with the New Zealand electricity market and how people power can change course to set the sails for a 100% renewable energy future.
Can we afford more fossil fuel boilers in schools, hospitals, and correctional facilities?
Banning new fossil fuel boiler installations in the state sector is an urgent matter our House of Representatives needs to consider?
Budget 2022 misses the mark
Budget 2022 misses key opportunities for decarbonisation
Governments’ embarrassing attempt to tackle Aotearoa huge decarbonisation challenge
The Fossil Free State Sector Coalition welcomes today’s announcement from the Minister for Climate Change, Hon. James Shaw, that all coal boilers in schools will be replaced with renewable heating sources by 2025... But this still leaves around 600 schools still burning gas and at least 100 burning diesel. We require much bigger investments to replace all fossil fuel boilers in schools, and in the wider state sector.
Fonterra building hit by ‘climate criminal’ projection on Earth Day
On Friday evening 350 Aotearoa projected messages to call for stronger climate action from New Zealand’s biggest climate polluter Fonterra, onto the facade of Fonterra’s office building of the NTT Tower on Lambton Quay.
19,000 New Zealanders called on the Government to ban new fossil fuel boilers in the state sector this Earth Day
On Friday 22nd of April (Earth Day) at 1.30 pm, 350 Aotearoa handed over their petition to the House of Representatives which calls for an immediate ban on new fossil fuel boiler installations in the state sector and gained over 19 000 signatures over the past weeks.