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Wednesday 5 June 2019
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Council vows to do more on climate change Sara Hollyman Nelson City Council still has 20 active consents for diesel and coal boilers, despite recently declaring a state of climate emergency in the city. Last month the council officially
declared climate change an emergency situation with Mayor Rachel Reese saying the decision was “about setting up a process, starting a conversation with our community to hear the concerns”. The official declaration did not carry with it any statutory
obligations for future council decisions, however, council chief executive Pat Dougherty said it was “starting on a path”. “Climate change has been an issue for 30 years, certainly for the past 10 years, we’re all saying ‘we must do something, when
will we start’. This is the day that we start,” he said. However, according to the council there are still 16 active consents for diesel-fuelled boilers, 11 of which are in schools. There are also four coal boilers in operation around the city, one of which has
a consent that expires next year. Council group manager environmental management Clare Barton says that council’s initial focus has been upon its own organisational emissions.
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‘I’ve never won anything before’ Shop n Win shopper takes home $5000 Charles Anderson Jill Sanson was in shock most of the long weekend. “I’ve never won anything before, so this is a real treat.” The Stoke semi-retiree was racking her brains thinking of what Nelson store she entered the Shop n Win competition. Then she realised that she probably owed a debt of gratitude to her 79-year-old husband, George, who may have done the buying while she did the entering. Her name was chosen at random by the local police out of the hundreds of entries over the past month. The $5000 shopping spree across Nelson shops is a welcome surprise as it’s also Jill’s birthday on Friday. Jill and George Sanson are the lucky winners of this year’s Shop n Win. Photo: Charles Anderson.
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