{"id":61281,"date":"2023-10-16T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T23:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=61281"},"modified":"2025-07-28T21:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T09:04:15","slug":"greenpeace-to-luxon-new-oil-and-gas-exploration-cant-happen-in-a-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/greenpeace-to-luxon-new-oil-and-gas-exploration-cant-happen-in-a-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace to Luxon: New oil and gas exploration can\u2019t happen in a climate crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa\u2019s message to Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon is that starting new oil and gas exploration in the middle of a climate crisis is a crime against life on Earth, and the people of Aotearoa will rise up against it, just like we did before.<\/p>\n\n<p>The environmental heavyweight is pledging to oppose the move and has launched an <a href=\"https:\/\/petition.act.greenpeace.org.nz\/climate-resist-oil-gas-exploration-open-letter\">open letter to the oil industry<\/a>, signalling that it would be a mistake for them to take up Luxon\u2019s ill-considered invitation as they will face sustained civil society resistance again.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Dr. Russel Norman, says, \u201cWe congratulate Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon and the National Party on their election result, but based on the collection of policies we\u2019ve seen from National, Act and NZ First, this new National-led Government could be a giant leap backwards when it comes to critical climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThere are a range of retrograde policy changes in the pipeline, but it\u2019s Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon\u2019s horror promise to repeal New Zealand\u2019s ban on new offshore oil exploration which is most regressive.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The International Energy Agency has been very clear that if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change, there cannot be more oil and gas exploration. Fatih Birol, the IEA\u2019s executive director, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/may\/18\/no-new-investment-in-fossil-fuels-demands-top-energy-economist\">said<\/a> in 2021: \u2018If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now \u2013 from this year.\u2019<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone deserves to have a thriving ocean without the risk of catastrophic oil spills. Everyone has the right to a stable climate and a future in which Earth can sustain life in all its diversity. Restarting oil exploration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/luxons-threat-to-restart-oil-exploration-would-be-a-disaster-for-the-climate-and-the-ocean\/\">puts all that at risk<\/a>,\u201d says Norman.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cNew Zealanders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/explore\/resist\/deep-sea-oil-timeline\/\">fought long and hard to stop oil exploration<\/a>, and they\u2019re proud of that win in a similar way that they\u2019re proud of New Zealand\u2019s nuclear-free status. So I\u2019d say to the next Government, it\u2019s time to get serious about climate change, and I\u2019d say to the oil industry, if they think that they\u2019re going to take Luxon\u2019s ill-considered invitation seriously, they should think again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIf oil companies return to Aotearoa, they will face sustained and determined resistance. The last battle took nearly a decade as Greenpeace and thousands of others fought alongside iwi and hap\u016b to repel oil company after oil company and secure the ban. Oil companies walked away with nothing but bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has promised to overturn New Zealand\u2019s ban on offshore oil and gas exploration and raid Treasury&#8217;s Climate Emergency Response Fund for tax cuts. His likely coalition partner Act has said similar, as well as pledging to get rid of New Zealand\u2019s Zero Carbon Act and Climate Change Commission and further delay action on regulating agricultural emissions, which is New Zealand\u2019s biggest source of climate pollution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, Luxon\u2019s likely coalition of climate chaos would pour more fuel on the climate fire, not only by overturning the oil and gas ban but also by delaying action on the country\u2019s most significant climate polluter &#8211; the intensive dairy industry,\u201d says Norman.<\/p>\n\n<p>Since the ban on oil exploration was won, Greenpeace Aotearoa has made the dairy industry its primary focus as New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter.<\/p>\n\n<p>Despite its clean green image, New Zealand is one of the world\u2019s highest per-capita greenhouse gas emitters. The agriculture industry accounts for 50% of the country\u2019s climate emissions, with the dairy industry alone accounting for half of that.<\/p>\n\n<p>The country\u2019s biggest dairy company, Fonterra, has recently been named New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter for the third consecutive year.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cSuccessive Governments, including Ardern\u2019s Labour-led Government, have failed to take any meaningful action to cut climate pollution from the dairy industry, but that cannot continue. 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