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Fast-track laws, parliamentary urgency, Treaty tension, media retreat: warning signs for NZ’s ‘brittle’ democracy
There have been so many submissions on the government’s proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill – 27,000 written, with 2,900 wanting to appear before the select committee in person – that a…
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NZ environment watchdog condemns Govt’s property rights approach to environmental protection
Greenpeace Aotearoa says that it’s clear the Government’s approach to environmental policies is actively harming nature after the release of the Going With the Grain report today by the Parliamentary…
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March for Nature – June 8, Aotea Square, 1pm
Russel Norman speaks about why people should come to the March for Nature and protest the government's fast-track bill and war on nature.
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Offshore wind industry warns against Taranaki seabed mining
A damning briefing paper released by a group of offshore wind developers warns that if Trans Tasman Resources gets the go-ahead to mine the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight,…
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Australia can have a future for the gas industry, or meet its climate commitments – but not both
Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University
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Protest march against fast-track Bill announced for Auckland, June 8
A coalition of environmental groups has announced a ‘March for Nature’ on June 8 down Queen Street in Auckland to protest the Fast-Track Approvals Bill and the coalition government’s War on Nature.
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How the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes
Resources Minister Shane Jones has reportedly asked officials for advice on whether oil and gas companies could be offered “bonds” as compensation if drilling rights offered by the present government…
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Ecosystems are deeply interconnected – environmental research, policy and management should be too
Why are we crossing ecological boundaries that affect Earth’s fundamental life-supporting capacity? Is it because we don’t have enough information about how ecosystems respond to change? Or are we unable,…
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Climate change and human rights: how a landmark legal victory in Europe could affect NZ
A seven-year campaign by a group of over 2,000 Swiss women – average age 73 – recently ended with a European Court of Human Rights decision variously described as a…
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Greenpeace submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill
Greenpeace strongly opposes the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The draft legislation is anti-democratic, anti-transparency and creates vulnerability to corruption. It lacks any semblance of environmental protection, and in fact, removes existing protections.
