Fast-Track Amendment Bill a Savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature - Greenpeace Aotearoa The Fast-Track Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament today, prompting fierce condemnation from Greenpeace, who have branded it a “savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nat...

The Luxon Government is on a reckless rampage that risks turning Aotearoa into an industrial wasteland to be used & abused by foreign mining giants. As evidenced yesterday by proposed amendments to an already brutal attack on nature AKA the Fast Track Act www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Our submission elaborates on the differences between conventional selective breeding techniques & gene editing - as does Prof Heinemanns. Gene editing (incl SDN-1) can cause unintended mutations in species, and put DNA from one species into another, by accident - as in the hornless cattle incident.

(PDF) INBI submission to health select committee gene tech bill 2024 PDF | New Zealand is proposing to amend gene technology (biotechnology, GMO) laws and regulations. Consultation on the proposed framework has begun. Our... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...

It is worth reading Prof Jack Heinemann and his teams subs on this. They argue SDN-1 is a powerful GE tool capable of creating GMOs. The exemption of it, as proposed in the bill, would remove all oversight, tracking and accountability of GMOs created by it. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Antibiotic resistance in ‘gene-edited’ cattle FDA finds unintended antibiotic resistance genes in ‘gene-edited’ dehorned cattle.

Sorry but that's not right - our subs argues the opposite of that. SDN-1 is a powerful GE tool that can introduce foreign transgenes into the genome of a species in the same way older GE techniques create transgenic GMOs, and it has already done so. For example: theecologist.org/2019/aug/21/...

This is our submission on it for more info www.greenpeace.org/static/plane...

Hey Manu. The Bill proposes to exempt gene editing techniques including SDN-1, from regulation altogether. If exempt SDN-1 can be be used to create GMOs outside the lab with no oversight. The Select Committee recommended an amendment to that but we're yet to see if the Govt will accept it.

The Gene Tech Bill - Too Risky Even for Fonterra and NZ First The Luxon Government wants to remove GE safeguards and let GMOs free. Greenpeace isn’t the only one who is ringing the alarm bells.

The Luxon Government wants to remove GE safeguards and let GMOs free. Greenpeace isn’t the only one who is ringing the alarm bells.
#Food&Farming #Biodiversity #Health

The Polluters Get Paid Plan: AKA Regulatory Takings - Greenpeace Aotearoa How the Government is pushing an extreme idea that would block environmental protection and reshape our democracy.

What if polluters could demand a payout – just for being told to stop polluting?

That’s exactly what the Govt is considering putting into the new RMA replacement laws. A fringe idea called “regulatory takings” which is really just a polluters get paid plan.

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Luxon Govt subsidy to fossil fuel companies is 12 TIMES HIGHER per person than Trump's subsidy. Trump subsidy is US$625m to coal - NZ$1070m. Luxon subsidy is (at least) NZ$200m to oil and gas exploration. 5.2m people in NZ and 347m in US. Trump subsidy NZ$3 per person; Luxon NZ$38 per person.

Luxon’s gas letter is a political stunt to hide his own Government's failures Families are cutting back on heating, small businesses are struggling to pay their bills, and manufacturers are shutting their doors – while the Prime Minister plays political games.

Families are cutting back on heating, small businesses are struggling to pay their bills, and manufacturers are shutting their doors – while the Prime Minister plays political games.
#nzpol ##ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ
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Luxon’s gas letter is a political stunt to hide his own Government's failures - Greenpeace Aotearoa Families are cutting back on heating, small businesses are struggling to pay their bills, and manufacturers are shutting their doors – while the Prime Minister plays political games.

Let's call Luxon's little gas letter what it was. A textbook political stunt that leaders use when they don’t have a credible plan: the “blame the last lot” routine. This Govt is trying to distract from its own track record which has made the energy crisis worse.
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon asks Labour leader Chris Hipkins to support offshore gas exploration The Prime Minister wants a bipartisan approach to offshore exploration for natural gas.

I will reiterate as someone with field and specific knowledge of New Zealand’s oil and gas sector, there is no giant untapped field out there. Even if Labour agrees to this, not a single drop of oil or gas will be produced in the next decade because it’s not there. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

International organisations condemn ‘no additional warming’ approach as NZ methane target decision looms - Greenpeace Aotearoa Nearly 100 organisations have launched an open letter to governments calling for binding targets to cut industrial agricultural emissions.

PRESS RELEASE: International organisations condemn ‘no additional warming’ approach as NZ methane target decision looms www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

Say no to poison porridge - sign the open letter The Luxon Govt aims to allow 100 times more glyphosate residue on our food and fast-track more toxic agrichemicals into our food system. Say no to poison porridge. Sign the open letter now.

Now David Seymour & co want to make it even easier for chemical cowboys to put more dangerous pesticides on our food and into our environment, to get away with it.
26,000+ have said HELL NO.
Sign the open letter action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/gly...

One company illegally sprayed the organophosphate pesticide, methamidophos, leaving residues at 30x the legal limit on food.
That pesticide is so toxic it’s now banned.
But sure, let’s keep cracking down on poor people stealing food they need to survive while agribusiness crooks walk free.

'Tough on crime' Government lets repeat pesticide offenders off the hook - Greenpeace Aotearoa Greenpeace is calling the Government’s “tough on crime” rhetoric a complete sham after official documents reveal companies repeatedly breaking food safety laws are escaping prosecution.

The Govt reckons it’s “tough on crime” - unless you're a company illegally spraying toxic pesticides on our food.
Official documents uncovered by Greenpeace show four companies repeatedly broke food safety laws.
Guess how many prosecutions in 9 years?
Zero.
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Damning MBIE report: Coal imports skyrocket, power prices remain high MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report, released today, shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, while coal imports rocket.

PRESS RELEASE
MBIE’s latest quarterly energy report shows electricity prices remain stubbornly high, coal imports increasing and the Luxon government fumbling the ball on the energy crisis.
#nzpol #ClimateCrisis #SolariseNZ

Motherfucking wind farms…

Oppose mining in fragile ecosystems: Submission guide to stop RMA changes - Greenpeace Aotearoa Stop Luxon letting mining companies re-write our environmental law

4/ Submissions are due 27 July – follow the link to make yours now. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

3/ This is not policymaking in the public interest – it’s corporate pillage. It's Luxon's govt yet again working to make multinational mining giants and their offshore shareholders rich by letting them loot Aotearoa, poison our water, destroy native habitats and extract more climate killing coal.

2/ Wetlands, forests and protected ecosystems are all on the chopping block. And official documents show only two industry lobby groups – Straterra (the mining lobbyists) and the Quarrying lobby group – were consulted. There was no consultation with Māori or environmental groups. #DefendTeTiriti

1/ The latest from Luxon’s War on Nature is a proposal to make it easier for mining corporations to bulldoze NZ's most fragile and precious ecosystems. And the mining industry didn’t just get a seat at the table - they basically got given the pen to re-write the mining rulebook.
#DefendNature #NZpol

A cartoon titled 'The Regulatory Standards Bill Payment Plan' shows David Seymour standing next to five men in suits holding a large cheque from the NZ Government for "millions of taxpayer money" with the words "sorry for making you adhere to environmental and cultural protections", signed David Seymour. The men have badges that say Talley's BP and Fonterra. one has a sack of coal at his feet. Seymour is saying: I am proud to finally offer these big corporations a formal apology. For too long, they have felt harsh treatment and lost profits by being forced to adhere to 'environmental protections'. Hopefully, this gesture of tax-payer money will be the first of many to help make things right."

For the first time in NZ’s history, we could see corporations demanding taxpayer handouts from Govt for any environmental, health and safety, or cost of living protections that affect the use of their property… IF David Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill passes.
🎨 @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social

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PETITION: Stop the RMA reform corporate power grab Call on Chris Bishop to stop the corporate power grab in his RMA reforms: no to companies suing govts for protecting nature, no to erasing Te Tiriti, no to putting profits and property before people a...

3/ The Government also wants make it legal for oil and gas corporations to sue councils if they try and protect nature from oil spills and fracking, or take climate action. Sign the petition to stop this. #PeopleNotPolluters #ClimateJustice action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/sto...

2/ The so-called “Investment Boost” lets polluters deduct 20% off new asset costs - like fossil fuel infrastructure straight from their tax bill. That’s public money funding climate chaos. And its about to get worse.

Govt's 'Think Big' Investment Boost: There. Is. No. Limit. Tower buildings. Gas rigs. Irrigation dams and power plants. By the Government's own admission, the tax incentive is inspired by the Think Big schemes of Nicola Willis' predecessor, Sir Robert Muldoon...

1/ Nelson is in flood, over 800 homes have been lost as New South Wales finds itself underwater. But what’s our govt doing in the midst of this climate crisis? Handing billions of dollars in tax breaks to oil + gas giants. #NZpol newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/23/g...

If you thought TPB was bad, RSB is worse

🚨 Worse because they’re sneaking it through
🚨 Worse because the Govt intends to back it
🚨 Worse because they’re betting you won’t fight twice

Let’s prove them wrong

Tag us when you’ve submitted, who you organised, who you helped. Whānau, we’re on. #NZPol

Climate target failure would bring overseas scrutiny, government warned The government was warned to expect overseas scrutiny over a huge shortfall in plans for meeting the country's international climate target.

The NZ taxpayer is going to have to fork out $3-24 billion to buy offshore carbon credits cos every govt. ever elected to serve said taxpayers has been too captured by Agribusiness and Fonterra to put them in the ETS and make them pay for their climate pollution. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Rare moth discovery could derail gold mine plans The endemic and threatened moth species is only found in parts of Otago.

I'm with the moth!

OceanaGold Otago mine expansion plans potentially derailed by rare native moth

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Scorched Earth Budget - tax cuts for polluters and investing in fossil fuels - Greenpeace Aotearoa Greenpeace Aotearoa is condemning the Government’s 2025 Budget as a fighting fund for the war on nature, taken from hard-working New Zealanders to funnel towards wannabe seabed miners and oil…

Scorched Earth Budget

Tax cuts for polluters and investing in fossil fuels, via @greenpeace.org.nz

#nzpol #budget2025