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Walk against Climate Change – Starting Tomorrow
Press Release 27th January 2007
No embargo.
The
Long Walk against Climate Change –
Walk Starting
Tomorrow
Activists from the Save Happy Valley Coalition -
Auckland and other environmental organisations will be
starting the long walk against Climate Change from
Auckland’s Sky Tower to Happy Valley tomorrow at
10.00.
There will speakers from the Green Party and
Greenpeace as well as Happy Valley Auckland who will be
highlighting issues about Climate Change and the threat to
the unique habitat of Happy Valley by State Owned Enterprise
Solid Energy.
Place – Base of Auckland’s Sky Tower.
Time – assembling at 09.00 on 28th January
2007.
Background
Auckland Anniversary day, 28 Jan 2008
coincides with the 2 year anniversary day of the occupation
of Happy Valley on the West Coast of the South Island. The
Save Happy Valley coalition aim to stop the imminent
destruction of a pristine native sub alpine wetland, home to
thirteen endangered species, by state owned Solid Energy for
an open cast coal mine.
On this date we will take the first step in our journey from the Auckland Sky tower, set to arrive in Happy Valley in late April.
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