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The Environmental Defence Society says that the new legislation to replace the Resource Management Act is “deeply deficient for the environment” and “at every step through the legislative process, they have got worse”. In case you missed it in the ODT recently ... Engagement which is wafer thin is not engagement. And that’s exactly the space Santana is in. In case you missed it recently in the ODT: A crucial Santana report on seepage contains a serious error. In case you missed it - it has been reported that there are serious deficiencies in Santana's fast-track application. As reported in the Central App recently, Santana’s own experts say net loss for native lizards at Santana’s proposed mine site will be “high” After the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) recently raised the alarm that incomplete projects were being allowed into the Fast-Track process, something is finally being done. EDS used Santana’s Fast-Track application as an example. It now appears that the EPA is cracking down on half-baked projects. There has been a lot of talk of “guardrails”. Shane Jones is quick to say that with Santana’s mine, there will be sufficient guardrails in place to minimise harm. Other cheerleaders of the mine talk about the protections and measures in place. This is a message we shouldn’t have to share. Personalised attacks and vilifications are simply not on. It appears that Santana executives are comfortable making statements to the media and to shareholders about social engagement and social licence. But they have clearly missed "Social Engagement 101: Bring the community with you." Yet another sign that this project should not be rushed through Fast-Track, that Santana’s controversial project is too risky, and that the Australian mining company simply cannot be trusted. In case you missed the recent ODT article - also published in the Sun yesterday. To dig or not to dig: inside the key Santana mine arguments. This just in from Newsroom, also reporting on the likely pause in Santana's Fast-Track application. In the news this morning ... Santana faces ANOTHER pause as tight deadline is set by the Panel. An excellent, mid-week must read from former town planner, hearings commissioner, barrister and solicitor Grant McLachlan. Grant’s family has a long association with Otago, dating back to “before the Treaty”. Many have missed this. In December last year, Santana quietly applied for an additional mining (exploration) permit, right beside its controversial fast-track mine. The application is being processed right now. Santana has shared AI generated images of a key part of its controversial fast-track mine with the industry and with shareholders. From this morning's ODT article (page 8): EDS Chair Gary Taylor says that a project of the size of Santana's controversial mine warrants more time for property scrutiny than Fast-Track allows. In case you missed this morning's ODT article where a University of Otago professor is quoted saying that Santana's project should not have gone through Fast-Track ... Also in today's ODT article, the Chair of the Environmental Defence Society, a party to Santana's Fast-Track process, describes the application as "sprawling and exhausting to scrutinise". He also points out that contains "numerous errors" and lacks "adequate information to enable the panel to make a decision." From this morning's ODT. A law professor from the University of Otago says that Santana's mine should not have gone through the Fast-Track process. What do you get after the Fast-Track project is finished, the company packs up and leaves? A VERY important question, and one that is telling. Well we decided to take a look. Common sense has prevailed with the controversial Denniston Plateau Fast-Track application. As we have said many times, major mining projects should be taken out of Fast-Track. In case you missed it today, an excellent article on RNZ which sums up our concerns with this fast-track process. If you are in any doubt at all as to what the current coalition parties are thinking about Fast-Track, it was all confirmed earlier this month, right here in Cromwell. If you missed it earlier this week, Grant McLachlan’s short column on Santana’s mine is a great read. In case you missed this significant news recently: a fast-track application with similarities to the Santana fast-track project is to be appealed. BREAKING NEWS - this time from the ODT. Santana’s fast-track mine “hits another snag” after the Panel criticised the company’s environmental safeguards for lizards and other native wildlive. BREAKING NEWS from The Post this morning. CODC Councillor confirms what we've been thinking: Santana's Community Liaison Group "is window dressing" and "a PR stunt" which "hasn't achieved anything" and "isn't representative of the community". A reminder of what we already know about our district. 99% of residents in the CODC district agree that access to a healthy natural environment for leisure and recreation is key to living here. This is second only to "feeling safe and secure".

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