TLDR: The Labour-led Government supported by the Greens declared a climate emergency two years ago and PM Jacinda Ardern said five years ago that climate change was her generation’s ‘nuclear free moment’, but her Government has again delayed action to reduce emissions to avoid an immediate increase in fuel prices.
Energy Minister Megan Woods yesterday quietly announced1 another one-year delay in forcing fuel companies to use biofuels until April 1, 2024, saying it avoided a diesel price rise of as much as 10c/litre. An earlier move would have cut emissions by several millions of tonnes by 2030.
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Elsewhere in the news overnight and this morning:
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