{"id":49900,"date":"2021-02-28T08:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=49900"},"modified":"2024-07-12T08:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T20:29:29","slug":"greenpeace-submission-on-renewable-energy-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/publication\/greenpeace-submission-on-renewable-energy-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace submission on renewable energy consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To the Energy Markets team at MBIE,<\/p>\n\n<p>I\u2019m sure you agree that everyone has the right to be safe and to thrive &#8211; our children, communities in New Zealand and overseas, and the wildlife and wild places with which we share this Earth. But climate change, and the polluting companies that are causing it, are putting our wellbeing at risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Climate change is an existential threat, posing grave danger to people\u2019s health, homes, communities, food security, culture and livelihoods. Climate change is an injustice that disproportionately affects our neighbours in the Pacific, developing nations, indigenous people, people of colour, women, people with disabilities and poorer people. 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