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A regional growth plan announced by the Government in the Hawke\u2019s Bay today ignores the environmental fallout of the Ruataniwha Dam and the fact taxpayers will be burdened with the cost of building it, says Greenpeace.<\/p>\n

Ministers Joyce, Guy and Flavell were in Napier this morning launching the Hawke’s Bay Regional Development Strategy and Action Plan, which mentions the dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s report completely glosses over the environmental damage the dam would cause,\u201d said Greenpeace campaigner Genevieve Toop, who was at the launch in Napier. \u201cRuataniwha is a golden ticket to intensive dairying in the Hawke\u2019s Bay, which will pollute local rivers and increase climate emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver two thirds of New Zealand\u2019s rivers are now too polluted to swim in safely. We should be cleaning them up and protecting them, not building irrigation schemes that will make the problem worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe economics of Ruataniwha are also incredibly sketchy. Costs keep skyrocketing, key investors have walked away and now the Government plans to prop up the scheme with taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means ordinary New Zealanders will be forced to shoulder the costs and risks of a dam that does not stack up economically or environmentally.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s understood\u00a0 ACC will be brought in as a major investor in the dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf ACC\u2019s brought in, Hawke\u2019s Bay residents will be forced to pay three times over for the polluting scheme \u2013 once through their taxes, again through their rates and again through ACC levies,\u201d said Ms Toop.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A public petition<\/a> calling for a ban on public subsidies for large-scale irrigation projects has attracted over 33,000 signatures (1) <\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

(1) www.greenpeace.org.nz\/irrigation-petition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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