Smith v Fonterra: Big Polluters Dodged Democracy
Private emails, hidden lobbying and big polluters trying to dodge Smith v Fonterra. This is what corporate influence looks like.
Big Polluters
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Mike Smith Climate Case Exposes Big Polluter Farce
They call it parliamentary sovereignty. Martyn calls it what it looks like: retrospective law to shield big polluters from a citizen using the courts.
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The Bradbury Group Turns 1 Fighting Polluter Power
The Bradbury Group turns one because the old show was punished for saying the quiet parts out loud: Israel, think tanks, media power and big polluter influence.
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Government Ignored Advice to Shield Big Polluters
Officials said do not intervene. Big Polluters wanted protection from Mike Smith’s court case. The Government went ahead and gave them exactly what they wanted.
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National Torches the Ministry for the Environment
National has abolished the Ministry for the Environment and folded nature’s voice into a development mega-ministry. It feels less like reform than an institutional bonfire.
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Super El Niño Could Splinter Politics as Climate Crisis Bites
The rich will raise walls and buy more air conditioning. Everyone else gets heat, hunger, displacement and a political system protecting the polluters.
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Luxon John Campbell Clash Over Big Polluters
John Campbell asks why big polluters appear to be getting the law rewritten in their favour, and Luxon responds with a warning. That alone tells you how rotten this looks.
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Luxon Shields Polluters From Mike Smith Climate Lawsuit
Mike Smith won the right to take major emitters to court. Now Luxon’s Government is changing the law before the evidence can be heard.
