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Cabinet’s emissions pricing plan leaves too much to chance
Only the Green Party has a plan to reduce agricultural emissions at the scale and pace needed. The Labour Cabinet’s plan for pricing agriculture emissions announced today falls short. -
Greens celebrate passing of Organic Products and Production Bill
Following decades of work by the Green Party alongside the organics sector, people will finally be able to be confident that products labelled organic have met standards. -
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. -
Government handing Fonterra a free pass
Minister O’Connor should immediately pause the Government’s proposed Fonterra Bill and review its potential impact on the climate, the Green Party says. -
Pricing must cut agriculture emissions
Cutting climate pollution must be the number one priority for Cabinet when considering how it intends to price agricultural emissions, the Green Party says. -
Agricultural emissions proposal falls short
The He Waka Eke Noa agricultural emissions pricing proposal leaves more questions than answers, the Green Party says. -
Phase out PKE as part of climate plan
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor to phase out the use of the Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE) on farms to help address the climate crisis. -
Govt must start phase out of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser
Responding to new research showing the link between cancer and nitrates in drinking water, the Green Party is calling on the Government to immediately start phasing out the use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. -
No time for half measures - ban import of palm oil by-products
The Government should take urgent action to ban imports of Palm Kernel Expeller and Palm Kernel Meal, the Green Party says. -
Green Party dismayed at delay in intensive winter grazing regulations
“The Government’s decision to cave into agribusiness and delay the implementation of critical regulations on intensive winter grazing is a bad outcome for rivers and animal welfare”, Green Party Environment spokesperson Eugenie Sage said today.