Budget 2026 Fails Climate and Fuel Crises
Greenpeace says Budget 2026 repairs roads wrecked by climate change while refusing to cut the pollution causing the damage. That is not a plan.

Greenpeace says Budget 2026 repairs roads wrecked by climate change while refusing to cut the pollution causing the damage. That is not a plan.

The rich will raise walls and buy more air conditioning. Everyone else gets heat, hunger, displacement and a political system protecting the polluters.

Fonterra and Z Energy lobbied the Prime Minister’s Office over climate litigation. The public only found out through the courts. That should alarm everyone.

The coalition flunked Greenpeace’s fuel crisis test, but Labour’s hesitant middle-ground approach also came under scrutiny.

A looming Super El Niño combined with global food insecurity and fertiliser disruption could trigger devastating climate and humanitarian consequences.

The Government wants to rewrite climate law before major polluters can be tested in court, and legal experts say the implications could be enormous.

This wasn’t another climate talkfest. Santa Marta put fossil fuels on the chopping block, and civil society is watching to make sure governments don’t flinch.

Pacific leaders have declared a fuel emergency as new 350.org research claims fossil fuels are draining households worldwide through hidden subsidies, health costs and climate damage.

NZ is so laid back we may sleepwalk through a fuel crisis, an LNG gamble, and an economic shock — all while being told not to panic.

When disaster hits, marae step up. The question is — why are they still doing it alone?