{"id":61219,"date":"2023-10-05T10:05:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T21:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=61219"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:23:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:23:42","slug":"act-party-agriculture-policy-out-of-touch-with-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/act-party-agriculture-policy-out-of-touch-with-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Party agriculture policy \u201cout of touch with reality\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the ACT Party\u2019s agricultural policy, which would strip back a range of environmental regulations for the sector, saying the policy is badly out of touch with reality.<\/p>\n\n<p>Christine Rose, Greenpeace spokesperson, says \u201cACT\u2019s agricultural policy is reckless and dangerous. It will lead to worsening climate pollution, more unswimmable rivers and more contaminated drinking water in rural communities due to unchecked intensive dairying. It will also damage New Zealand\u2019s global trade reputation.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cRegulations exist to protect our health and the natural systems we depend on, like a stable climate and clean water.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cACT\u2019s agriculture policy shows that the Party is unwilling to set the responsible and ambitious climate and freshwater policy that New Zealanders want from our future government.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cRegional councils don\u2019t have the capacity to handle the monitoring and enforcement responsibilities that ACT wants to give them. This policy will add to uncertainty, costs and environmental decline,\u201d says Rose.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace says that effective agricultural policy must include strong regulation to safeguard the health of people\u2019s drinking water, rivers and the climate. 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