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.<\/p>\n\n
The vast majority of people in New Zealand care deeply about protecting nature. In facing the urgent threats to nature and the climate the actions we take today are crucial. But the Luxon Government has introduced what could be the single worst law ever passed for the environment.<\/p>\n\n
The new \u2018Fast-track Approvals Bill\u2019 would give just three Ministers the power to approve or deny development projects. They would avoid the usual checks and balances that are in place to protect rivers, land, the ocean, and communities.<\/p>\n\n
The draft Bill is designed to grant almost untrammelled power to Ministers to grant consents for projects they perceive to be significant, at the exclusion of existing laws, democratic participation and transparency, and at the expense of the environment. Greenpeace Aotearoa does not, and could not, support a Bill with this objective, however drafted.<\/p>\n\n
Read the Greenpeace fast-track submission<\/a><\/p>\n\n Listen to the Greenpeace fast-track oral submission<\/a><\/p>\n\n