The situation in Amberley has been murky for years, with breached court enforcements and bankruptcies adding to the confusion, and even last year ECan was unclear about who officially owned the tyres. The man who leased the Racecourse Rd yard where the fire happened, Michael Le Roy, started storing end-of-life tyres on the property in February 2016.
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Tyres are only deemed an environmental concern once they are on fire and leak contaminants into surface or groundwater. He was collecting them for two companies he was linked to: Tyre Recycling Services New Zealand Ltd and 2016 Tyre Shredding Ltd. Just a month earlier, in January 2016, the High Court had granted an injunction preventing Le Roy and his linked companies from having anything to do with tyre recycling or tyre collections for three years.
Press Release – Forest and Bird Lake Clearwater in Ashburton Basin lakes is closed as of yesterday until further notice due to terrible water quality from a potentially toxic algal bloom. The algal bloom is caused by increased nitrogen and phosphorus levels in the catchment. Canterbury …
Lake Clearwater in Ashburton Basin lakes is closed as of yesterday until further notice due to terrible water quality from a potentially toxic algal bloom.
Land use intensification of sheep and beef farming over the past 10 years is taking a toll on biodiversity and recreation for Lake Clearwater and neighbouring lakes and wetlands. The area is normally known for wildlife like Australasian crested grebes and secretive wetland birds like bitterns, as well as recreational fishing, boating, and windsurfing.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 2:26 pm
Lake Clearwater in Ashburton Basin lakes is closed as of
yesterday until further notice due to terrible water quality
from a potentially toxic algal bloom.
Land use
intensification of sheep and beef farming over the past 10
years is taking a toll on biodiversity and recreation for
Lake Clearwater and neighbouring lakes and wetlands. The
area is normally known for wildlife like Australasian
crested grebes and secretive wetland birds like bitterns, as
well as recreational fishing, boating, and
windsurfing.
Debs Martin, Forest & Bird Regional
Conservation Manager, was at Lake Clearwater this week
visiting her family bach of 50 years and was horrified by
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A look at Christchurch s Cloud Ocean Estate water bottling production plant. (Video first published in November 2018)
The rūnanga with rangatiratanga (authority) over fresh water has applied to join a court battle against Environment Canterbury (ECan) allowing water bottling in Christchurch. AWA is embroiled in a longstanding battle with the regional council and two of the country’s largest water bottling operators, Cloud Ocean Water and Rapaki Natural Resources.
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Ngāi Tūāhuriri Upoko Te Maire Tau says Canterbury’s fresh water needs to be protected for future generations, not harmed through the extraction and commodification of the resource for water bottling.