The Green Party’s huge lead in a major environmental poll gives a clear indication of where we stand on environmental issue - out in front by a long way, Green Party’s Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei says.
When will the media report the facts about proposed changes to the Building Code in relation to water heating, rather than the political spin being circulated by some politicians? There is no proposal to restrict flow rates in showers.
The Emissions Trading Scheme is now law, but only the first small step towards getting New Zealand’s carbon emissions under control. The Green Party supported this legislation after negotiating a range of important changes , but it's important that New Zealanders do not think that, because we have an emissions trading scheme, climate change is fixed. Our guide to the ETS and the changes we won Jeanette's speech at the final reading of the Bill
an emissions trading scheme (ETS) is a way to put a price on carbon so that industries that produce greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, pay a price based on how much they emit. This cost should encourage them to find more efficient ways of doing business. This in turn will help us reduces the damage that all countries are doing to the atmosphere and reduce the risk of dangerous climate change.
The Green Party has decided to support the ETS after winning agreement that money would be recycled into a Billion dollar fund to make New Zealand homes more energy efficient and cheaper to heat. A price on carbon will encourage sustainable alternatives to our energy wasting and unsustainable way of life, but this ETS will only reduce emissions by about 2 percent. Far more than that is needed, and quickly, if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change. Watch a video of the announcement and press conference What is an ETS?
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