{"id":64196,"date":"2024-06-11T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T03:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=64196"},"modified":"2025-06-25T01:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:38:00","slug":"another-free-pass-for-dairy-pollution-costs-us-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/press-release\/another-free-pass-for-dairy-pollution-costs-us-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Another free pass for dairy pollution costs us all\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National-led coalition Government has today confirmed<\/a> the demise of He Waka Eke Noa and a new Pastoral Sector Group for tackling agricultural climate emissions which Greenpeace says is just more dairy industry collusion and climate denial by the Luxon Government.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Aotearoa spokesperson Niamh O\u2019Flynn says, \u201cIt\u2019s no great loss to see the end of He Waka Eke Noa. It was designed by the dairy industry to delay climate action, and it s\ucceeded. It was only ever a tactic in their decades-long strategy of predatory delay<\/a>, and the new \u2018a new Pastoral Sector Group\u2019 announced today is just another version of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cHe Waka Eke Noa was spawned by the dairy industry’s capture of the government. Today\u2019s announcement looks less like capture and more like pure collusion intended to allow the dairy industry to escape taking any responsibility for its role in climate change.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt is concerning to see more climate denial from the Luxon Government, but it\u2019s not surprising as they seem intent on waging an all-out war on nature. <\/p>\n\n

“In the last few days, the coalition government has clearly signalled that the most polluting industries, industrial dairy, and new oil and gas exploration, are free to treat our atmosphere like an open sewer. And our single biggest polluter, Fonterra, gets away unscathed again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe dairy industry is New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter, and successive Governments have failed to take any action to restrict its emissions.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cMethane and nitrous oxide are super-heating greenhouse gasses and form a large proportion of New Zealand\u2019s emissions profile. Vast quantities of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser are used every year by the dairy industry to grow enough grass to feed the grossly oversized dairy herd.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cRestarting oil and gas exploration is the pinnacle of reckless disregard for science and common sense. The world cannot afford to burn even known reserves and even the International Energy Agency says<\/a> there can be no new oil and gas exploration if we are to avoid total climate breakdown.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cNew Zealand has signed up to the Paris Agreement, so emissions have to come down. Allowing dairy and agribusiness to continue avoiding responsibility for their emissions via the ETS just means that the rest of us, including other industries, will pay the price through increased costs and increasing pollution from climate disasters and fresh water.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

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