The Green Room
Last weekend, over 100 kayakers, ecologists, environmentalists, film-makers and media descended on the Mokihinui river to protest against Meridian's plan to dam the river.
Radio NZ, TV3 and the Nelson Mail are just some of the media outlets that covered the event - for more info see here -
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/60283/kayakers-protest-plans-to-dam-a-westland-river
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/4269929/Dam-opponents-take-to-the-water
This is probably quite important, because Nelson Mail was on the F&B Facebook page today asking how else the West Coast could address it's need for power.
This is a bit from the latest F&B media release "Meridian has argued the Mokihinui must be dammed to ensure power for the West Coast. But this could be achieved through Hydro Developments Ltd’s alternative scheme to generate power from polluted water from the Stockton mine area, and from another project on the already modified Arnold River. Both of these projects already have resource consents.
The pressure to build new hydro dams can also be relieved through energy conservation measures and using other renewable sources – including solar, wind and geothermal – which have a much lower impact on the environment"
People might want to check out the F&B website...
Awesome editorial in this week's Listener -
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