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		<title>LNG terminal New Zealand slammed as ‘worst of both worlds’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed $1 billion LNG terminal is being slammed as costly, high-emission and corporate welfare — raising serious questions about NZ’s energy future.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Long-Overdue Review Of Dog Control Act Must Deliver Real Change &#8211; SPCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SPCA welcomes Dog Control Act review but warns real reform is needed to reduce dog attacks and improve animal welfare in NZ.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Minister Was Required To Do Better Than ‘A Coin Toss’ On Climate &#8211; Environmental Law Initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Legal challenge claims NZ’s Emissions Reduction Plan fails climate law, with officials warning targets were no better than a “coin toss”.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Government’s dirty climate laundry aired outside High Court as emissions plan faces legal challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Climate activists protest outside Wellington High Court as Simon Watts faces a legal challenge over the Government’s emissions reduction plan.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Government will ram through multi-billion gas project that will make climate change worse</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martyn Bradbury]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Luxon Government plans a $1b LNG import terminal critics call dirty, dumb and expensive. Is this corporate welfare for the gas industry that will worsen climate change and raise power prices?]]></description>
		
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