A visionless National Party has stolen Government policy and rebranded it as their own.
“The National Party is bereft of ideas about how to tackle the climate emergency and has taken to reheating ideas directly from Government policy,” says the Green Party’s climate change spokesperson James Shaw.
“The centrepiece of the National Party’s announcement is already in the Emissions Reduction Plan the Government released last year.
“In fact, almost everything in this morning’s climate announcement is already underway. While I’m glad Mr. Luxon is copying our homework, the policy is unnecessary.
“On the one hand, I am pleased that National has finally accepted the need to decarbonise our energy system. However, this is also from a National Party that has pledged to restart offshore oil and gas exploration.
“Most people will see through a party that wants to both cut fossil fuel use and expand fossil fuel exploration.
“What today’s announcement does mean, however, is that we can expect nothing less than National Party support for the Government’s work on planning frameworks for wind and solar energy, both through the Spatial Planning legislation and review of national direction.
“For the Greens, it is important we do this in a way that is good for nature and good for the climate.
“Until now, National has opposed virtually every other Government climate policy. I hope we can look forward to their policies on the other hundreds of action points the government has already announced,” says James Shaw.
Can we have a list of the improvements to the climate Greens have brought about in the late 5 years .
More meaningful is can we have a progress report on what the “citizens” have done in the last five years ?
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
https://theconversation.com/new-zealand-companies-lag-behind-others-in-their-reporting-on-climate-change-and-thats-a-risk-to-their-reputation-145305
And how will the Nats Energy policy have any effect on these industries emissions?
And which global communities have their environments decimated for REE mining for Luxon’s batteries, solar panels and windfarms ? ( not green, clean or sustainable- a finite resource that delays extinction )
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/13/dear-mr-elon-musk-a-letter-from-russian-indigenous-peoples-about-nickel-mining-pollution/
From the whole analysis of a products life cycle component mining until its disposal where’s NZ’s plan ? What role do citizens have ?
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rare-earth-mining-renewable-energy-future#:~:text=Rare%20earths%20are%20mined%20by,that%20might%20leak%20into%20groundwater.
NZ already has during Nats tenure geological surveys of the commodities of NZs REE and other elements. Some locations are in pristine locations, however how will the NIMBY in Auckland feel when their volcanoes need mining ?
National doing more for the environment than the Greens have ever done.
The Greens are more concerned with white cis issues.
The Green Party exists to benefit Chloe,Marama and Golriz,it’s their plaything.