Do you really trust Shane Jones with Fast Track Powers to push a Gas facility that will only cost us while making climate change worse?
NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects
New Zealand First will campaign on reinstating sweeping ministerial powers in the fast track legislation this election.
The law, set up as a ‘one stop shop’ process for consenting infrastructure, initially proposed three ministers would refer projects and make the final approval decision.
After widespread pushback during the select committee process, the government changed the legislation so an independent expert panel would get the final say.
RNZ
Look.
I love you all.
I really do.
But we aren’t all going to collectively allow someone as corrupted as Shane Jones to use Fast Track powers to ram through this terrible Gas plan are we?
Government wants to bypass fast-track process for proposed liquefied natural gas terminal
A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time for winter next year, documents show.
The government plans to rush through as many of the required approvals as possible ahead of the election, “to give the preferred supplier greater policy certainty that New Zealand is committed to developing the facility”, a Cabinet paper said.
RNZ
Like.
How much must you hate Jacinda for this corruption to be acceptable, and shouldn’t you be seeing a counsellor or something if your hatred for her eclipses the shamefully manipulative actions of NZFirst?
Like, beyond ALL the donations for policy deals Shane Jones is responsible for, (and here’s the latest)…
Andrea Vance reports for The Post-$ this morning that Fisheries Minister Shane Jones faces a domestic and international backlash after doubling the catch limits for fishing that destroys deep-sea corals, including from a fishing firm that donated $7,000 to Jones’ political campaign.
…why would you green light a terrible idea like this Gas scam???
A $1 Billion LNG Terminal Framed as “Energy Security”
We are in such crazy territory now.
A massive $1b corporate welfare deal for the Gas industry to produce more climate changing emissions has been framed as a ‘solution’???
Just so we are clear, we will pay for an expensive Gas Plant to aid the four big power providers to avoid real investment into sustainable energy by taxing us to create MORE climate change emissions that will continue to dangerously warm the planet while extreme weather events hit us???
That’s the solution???
Just so we are clear:
Greenpeace: LNG Import Terminal Is Dirty, Dumb and Expensive
Just so we are clear:
LNG terminal decision is dirty, dumb and expensive – Greenpeace
Greenpeace is slamming the Luxon government’s announcement it will build a liquid natural gas (LNG) import terminal, calling it a dirty, dumb and expensive decision that will leave New Zealanders subsidising more climate pollution through higher electricity bills.
The decision comes despite the expected high cost and high emission intensity of imported LNG. Building the LNG terminal is expected to cost $1 billion, while the cost of imported LNG is expected to be around twice as much per gigajoule as gas from existing onshore reserves.
Officials Warn Gas Crisis Damage Is Already Locked In
Just so we are clear:
Most economic damage from gas crisis ‘locked in’, officials warn
Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found
Newsroom
Matthew Hooton Questions the Economics of the LNG Deal
Just so we are clear;
Luxon has done a poor job of selling $1b LNG terminal and India trade deal – Matthew Hooton
Global industry analysts wonder whether New Zealand is being scammed by offshore gas producers, who seem to have successfully convinced Watts, Luxon and MBIE bureaucrats to build an over-specced plant that is really about them securing a 365-days-a-year market in New Zealand.
If Methanex closes, there may be a surplus of gas in New Zealand anyway. Perhaps the new plant is really about subsidising Methanex and protecting the profits of the majority-Government-owned gentailers?
NZ Herald
Corporate Welfare Disguised as Energy Policy
Hooton nails it like he always does. This is a giant corporate welfare deal for the Gas industry that seems to have conned the Minister and the Prime Minister.
This makes no economic sense, no long term planning, while cost us directly while energy prices continue to rise and creating more climate change emissions as we get slammed by extreme weather created by that global warming!
It’s like if you took all the wrong moves and put it into one giant deal.
The fact Watts and Luxon are lying directly to our faces over it being a tax or levy is an embarrassment.
The fact Watts and Luxon are claiming it will only cost $1billion is an embarrassment.
The fact this will all be an expensive cost that will only make things worse is an embarrassment.
You Right Wing Hate Trolls are the first to scream ‘trougher’ for any public spending yet are silent like frightened mice over this fiasco!
AND HERE IS THE KICKER! There is a BETTER solution!
Green Building Council calls for solar over Government’s LNG plan
A green advocacy group is criticising the Government’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) import plan, saying installation of solar power and heat-pump hot water systems would give much better bang for buck.
1News
Don’t dare lecture the Left about economy mis-management again!
The question isn’t whether New Zealand needs energy security. The question is whether we secure it by doubling down on fossil fuels, higher emissions and corporate subsidies — or by investing properly in renewables, resilience and a climate-safe future.
