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Coal blockade benefits biodiversity
Coal blockade benefits biodiversity
The West Coast Branch
of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society
has
welcomed the blockade of a coal carrier in Lyttleton Harbour
by the
Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior.
“Climate
change is the biggest threat to biodiversity and ecosystems
in
the 21st century, with around one-quarter of species
predicted to become
extinct. The continued burning of
coal is the greatest contributor to
climate change, as it
produces far more CO2 per energy produced that any
other
fossil fuel.” said Dr Brian Anderson, spokesperson for the
West
Coast Branch.
“Even though the coal is burnt
overseas, climate change knows no borders
and the impacts
will be felt in this country.”
“We only wish that the
government had the same courage to tackle the
issue that
the activists who blockaded the export of coal
from
Lyttleton. New Zealand is exporting coal as quickly
as it can with no
thought for the consequences for
biodiversity” concluded Dr
Anderson.
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