ECan declares nitrate emergency amid rising water pollution protestsCanterbury Regional Council, known as Environment Canterbury (ECan), has carried a motion to declare a nitrate emergency at its final meeting today. Some councillors and government ministers said the council calling the motion in the last meeting before local elections was grandstanding and a political stunt. - Sponsor Promotion -There is a beautiful karma is there not in Corporate Dairy Farmers polluting and poisoning their own rural whanau with nitrates? The furious response by the corporate dairy Farmers shows you how deep Greenpeace’s campaign has cut……when your Twitter account reads like it’s being run by Sean Plunket, you aren’t winning! What’s the Government’s response to this polluting of the water ways their farming communities are dependent upon?