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Genetic Engineers Get Approval to Bypass Regulator

The Sustainability Council has begun High Court action to appeal a ruling that allows genetically engineered plants to be grown in New Zealand without any regulatory approval. A surprise decision …
20 June 2013|Topics: , , ,

Risk Bearers Best Placed to Make Decisions

If a local community does not itself want to amend a council plan to allow a particular RMA activity to proceed then that is a good sign that it …
14 April 2013|Topics:

ETS Losses Confirmed – Groser Has Explaining To Do

New documents confirm the ETS has been a net loser for the taxpayer and that the government faces a big deficit in its carbon accounts, contrary to the Climate …
7 November 2012|Topics: , ,

NZ’s Carbon Accounts in Deficit by $1.3 Billion

New Zealand has a carbon budget deficit equivalent to $1.3 billion because the ETS is failing to bring in enough revenue to pay the nation’s carbon bills. Five years on …
13 September 2012|Topics: , ,