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The fast track has created a dependency on political patronage. Individual businesses can only access the fast track if ministers agree. Coincidentally political party donations linked to fast track applications have ballooned.

The NZ economy is being lashed by high fossil fuel prices, which increase the cost of living and drive inflation. Let's decarbonise the energy system for the climate and reap the side benefits of lower energy prices.

Just a reminder at how poorly served farmers are by agribusiness lobby groups, like Fed Farmers, which vociferously oppose action on climate change, leaving ordinary farmers to deal with the climate disruption. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warnFarmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continuewww.theguardian.com

We desperately need to outlaw corporate donations to political parties. We need electoral finance reform. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

National donor Bayleys pockets $2.5m for selling state housesKāinga Ora says Bayleys Real Estate won the lucrative contract in a competitive tender.www.stuff.co.nz

1991 Building Act deregulated building industry resulting in the $50b leaky houses disaster. Tort law was successfully used to sue those responsible. This led to Govt re-regulation. TODAY people are trying to use tort law to hold companies responsible for climate harm, to force action on climate

Have you noticed the FLOOD of paid political advertising? That's because of the FLOOD of MONEY into parties. Much of it is connected to corps aiming to weaken enviro protections. We need to ban corp donations and we need campaign finance reform. action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/cle...

PETITION: Clean up politicsJoin the call to clean up politics and stop the corrosive influence of corporate donations on democracyaction.greenpeace.org.nz

There is a flood of donation$ into the political process - a great deal of it is linked to corporations that seek to overturn enviro protections and get subsidies for pollution. Today we've called for a citizens assembly to reform electoral finance rules. Join us: greenpeace.nz/tvyip8s7

PETITION: Clean up politicsJoin the call to clean up politics and stop the corrosive influence of corporate donations on democracygreenpeace.nz

The NZ Gov plans to deregulate the setting of maximum residue limits for toxic pesticides. I mean hey deregulation worked so well for the building industry what could possibly go wrong. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/more...

The similarities between Trump and Luxon. NZ weakened fuel efficiency standards for imported cars, and weakened the methane reduction targets for agribusiness while stopping their entry into the ETS

The neoliberal deregulation of the building industry continues to cause misery and complications decades later. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...

'They’ve destroyed us': Apartment owners lose high-stakes leaky home legal battleOwners at the St Lukes complex face repair bills topping $240m across 17 buildings.www.nzherald.co.nz

Ōwairaka / Mount Albert with its head above the fog in Tamaki Auckland this morning. Is this what it looks like if the seas rise up?

The climate commission report out today shows emissions reductions almost coming to a standstill in 2024 as the Govt’s war on climate policy had its predicted impact. Dairy emissions are up. 2025 numbers will be worse. It is grossly immoral for NZ Govt to undermine global climate efforts.

The NZ Govt has pursued policies to increase fossil fuel dependence. This is terrible for the climate, but also inflationary and adds to our import bill - $8 to $10 billion per year. Decarbonising the economy means lower climate pollution, lower inflation, more energy sovereignty, lower energy bills

The Coalition Govt’s deliberate policy of making the NZ economy more fossil fuel dependent sure looks pretty stupid now. Fossil fuels are driving inflation and climate disasters.

Winston's idea to give $1billion of govt money to oil cos for exploration is a lose-lose gamble: If they find oil, we get more catastrophic climate change; if they don't find oil we just pay oil cos $1b for nothing. Spending on solar/batteries is a guaranteed investment in clean energy sovereignty

Solar and other new renewable generation is putting downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices without climate pollution (unlike fossil fuels which are expensive and polluting) : www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

NZ’s biggest solar farm powers up in WaikatoThe 182ha Tauhei Solar Farm will power about 35,000 households by October.www.nzherald.co.nz

Every person who campaigned against the Govt’s fast track bill can claim a piece of the credit for stopping seabed mining off Taranaki, which in turn leaves open the possibility of baseload offshore wind generation off Taranaki.

That NZ could possibly have game changing offshore wind generation is only possible because we beat the seabed miners TTR. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

Super Fund-backed offshore wind project pushes ahead as rivals withdrawThe partnership has invested $15m to test a 1GW wind farm off South Taranaki.www.nzherald.co.nz

Smart Govts do everything they can to cut fossil fuel dependency. Reduce climate pollution, reduce Trumpflation, increase energy sovereignty.

The Govt is spending $294million to reduce environmental protections. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Treasury flags major risks in Melling and RMA overhaulThe two projects were given the second highest risk rating possible in Treasury’s independent gateway reviews.www.thepost.co.nz