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Don’t steamroll bats for bitumen say Greens

source: Scoop | Oct 14, 07 | submitted by Daniel

New Zealand - The Green Party has spoken out in support of a community campaign to stop the construction of an asphalt plant in Riverlea, Hamilton.

One of the issues is the zoning of the area involved, which means that legal grounds to oppose the consent are limited


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"The plant is likely to disrupt the rare native bats that travel through that gully system. Hamilton's gullies are ecologically important, as the council has well recognised, so it is concerning to see that this project might proceed.
- Nandor Tanczos, Green Party Environment spokesperson

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