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Greenpeace says a comprehensive timeline<\/a> of the anti-environmental actions of the Luxon Government highlights the shocking extent of the coalition’s war on nature. <\/p>\n\n

Next week marks the second anniversary of the swearing-in of the National, ACT, New Zealand First coalition Government. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt’s hard to keep track of all the anti-environment policies of this Government since it took power nearly two years ago, there are simply so many of them,\u201d says Greenpeace Aotearoa Executive Director Dr Russel Norman. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Government has launched a blitzkrieg attack on nature, on behalf of polluting industries and their lobbyists. They are aiming to overwhelm those seeking to defend nature by sheer volume.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe first step to defending nature is to understand the attacks on nature, and that is the purpose of this comprehensive timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The timeline covers everything from the Government\u2019s attempts to dig up more new fossil fuels, to undermining freshwater protections, and everything in between, week by week, over two years. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe Luxon-led government\u2019s \u2018fossil of the day\u2019 award at the COP30 climate talks last week was well earned.  <\/p>\n\n

“It’s only when you see it laid out in black and white, page after page, week after week, does the full extent of this Government’s war on nature become clear,\u201d says Dr Norman. <\/p>\n\n

But Dr Norman says New Zealanders have stood up to defend nature from the moment the  coalition took office.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe coalition’s hostile policies are deeply concerning to many New Zealanders. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt’s driving them to take to the streets, whether it’s the tens of thousands taking part in the March for Nature or protests by local communities determined to stop seabed mining taking  place off the Taranaki coast. Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders have made submissions to Parliament against the Government\u2019s anti-environment laws.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWe will not be silenced – there is simply too much at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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