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New Zealand: Coal appeal calls for climate change consideration
2013-03-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TVNZ: Local authorities will have to consider international climate change when granting resource consents if an environment group gets its way. The West Coast Environment Network's lawyer Davey Salmon said the consequences of burning West Coast coal was relevant to whether to grant resource consents to mine coal. West Coast Regional Council and Buller District Council appointed independent commissioners who granted consents for Buller Coal to open cast mine at the Escarpment Mine on the Denniston...
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