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Crown mineral change does not go far enough
Long overdue changes to the Crown Minerals Act are a welcome step in the right direction but the Government needs to go further to end the nonsensical search for fossil fuels. -
Nature missing in RMA reform
The Government has missed a crucial opportunity to redesign the resource management system with climate and nature at its heart. -
Changes needed to three waters plans
Greater local oversight and control, seven instead of four entities, stormwater staying with councils, and stronger safeguards against privatisation are among the changes the Green Party wants to three waters legislation. -
Huge win for oceans against deepsea mining
The Green Party is today celebrating a landmark decision by the Government to support a moratorium on seabed mining in international waters. -
Green pressure helps keep check on commercial fishing
Thanks to political pressure from the Green Party, environmental NGOs and recreational fishers, the Government has changed plans that would have baked into law rules that shut out the public from important fisheries decisions. -
Govt failing our oceans
Government progress to protect the health of our oceans is unacceptably slow, the Green Party says. -
Report shows reducing actual farming emissions vital
Evidence shows that relying on offsets to reduce agriculture’s impact on the climate will not work, the Green Party says. -
Swimmable rivers and healthy lakes could soon be out of reach
The Green Party is calling on the Government to tighten the rules on synthetic fertiliser use and intensive land use, including intensive winter grazing, after new monitoring data revealed almost two-thirds of monitored rivers and streams are in poor health. -
Moratorium on deep sea mining a step closer
Following months of pressure from the Green Party and environmental NGO and the public, the Minister for Foreign Affairs today confirmed that she is taking advice on whether the Government should support a moratorium on deep sea mining in international waters. -
Serious questions for Govt to answer following decision to allow deep-sea mining
The Government has questions to answer following a recent decision by international regulators to give the green-light to a potentially destructive deep-sea mining project in the Pacific.