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{{stub}}{{Show badges| CoalNewZealand|Navbar-NZcoal}}'''Guy Salmon''' is the Executive Director of [[Ecologic Foundation]], a New Zealand environmental consultancy, think tank and advocacy group. Salmon is the group's sole full time policy employee.<ref name=Bio>Ecologic Foundation, [http://www.ecologic.org.nz/?id=41 "Board of Directors"], Ecologic Foundation website, accessed April 2012.</ref><ref>Ecologic Foundation, [http://www.ecologic.org.nz/?id=75 "Staff Profiles"], Ecologic Foundation website, accessed April 2012.</ref> == Work with coal miner, Bathurst Resources== In August 2011 Bathurst Resources announced that they had appointed [[Guy Salmon]], the Executive director of the free-market think tank, the [[Ecologic Foundation]], as the chairman of "the Environmental Reference Group, an initiative of Bathurst Resources Limited to actively monitor and guide the environmental performance of the Company’s New Zealand operations." The company stated that the group would report to the company's board of directors and "will include independentrepresentatives with experience in the particular environmental needs and challengesposed by operations in New Zealand."<ref>Bathurst Resources, [https://www.nzx.com/files/attachments/145287.pdf "New Zealand Conservationist to Lead Bathurst Environmental Group"], Media Release, September 1, 2011.</ref> In its March 2012 newsletter, Bathurst Resources featured Salmon's role in assisting the company with its controversial Buller Coal Project. “Let’s look at the two key environmental concerns about coalmining. The first is climate change. This development on the Buller Plateau is not about thermal coal that’s going Moved to burn in power stations. There are many ways of generating electricity and, in my view, coal isn’t the best way. This coal is steelmaking coal and, at the moment, there is no substitute for coal’s role in steel making. So as long as the world needs pots and pans, at least for the foreseeable future, we need this type of coal," Salmon stated.<ref name=Stoked>Bathurst Resources, [http://www.bathurstresources.com/files/files/1100_815_Bathurst_NLetter_March_FINAL_FOR_WEB_SPREADS.pdf "Our Environment"], ''Stoked'', March 2012, page 3.</ref> “The second issue is biodiversity. This sandstone plateau is a very special environment. Sandstone is quite common in Australia, but in New Zealand we only have about 10 examples and most of them are in Buller. It’s really important we protect the distinctive plants and animals that are here," Salmon stated.<ref name=Stoked/> ==Articles and Resources=====Sources==={{reflist|2GEM}} ===Related SourceWatch Resources===*[[Guy Salmon]]*[[Ecologic Foundation]]*[[New Zealand and coal]]*[[New Zealand Mining Industry Association]]*[[Solid Energy]] ===External Articles=== [[Category:New Zealand]][[Category:Coal mining companies and agencies in New Zealand]][[Category:New Zealand and coal]][[Category:Directors of New Zealand coal companies]]