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Commenting ahead of tomorrow\u2019s government announcement about new oil drilling exploration areas in New Zealand, Nathan Argent, Greenpeace\u2019s chief policy advisor, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re threatened with a future of increasing droughts and forest fires right here in New Zealand. That\u2019s what the world\u2019s top climate scientists warned us just this week. But by opening up whole new areas to drill and mine for oil, Simon Bridges and the rest of the government have shown that they\u2019re going to ignore the science. That\u2019s pretty arrogant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s not just the science that the government is ignoring. They\u2019re also turning their backs on the huge economic benefits that our own, New Zealand-grown innovative clean energy industry could give our country. This cutting-edge sector could provide tens of thousands of jobs, and give our economy a multi-billion dollar boost. The oil industry cannot come close to matching these figures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis money could be invested in our children\u2019s schools, and in our hospitals. The government\u2019s obsession with a failing deep sea oil drilling programme is holding back our economy, our innovation, and our future prosperity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Associate Climate Change Minister Simon Bridges is going to announce new oil exploration areas\u00a0tomorrow\u00a0morning at an industry conference in Wellington.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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