The commission’s suggestion to restrict new natural gas connections in 2025 caught some by surprise, with users of social media platform Twitter wondering if it meant giving up infinity hot water (although electric-powered systems exist). John Carnegie, chief executive of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association, sympathised. He’s opposed to a ban on connections, though, according to the commission’s analysis, it would protect new customers from choosing gas only to have bills skyrocket as the carbon price rises. “It is about being an informed consumer.” All in all, the commission’s approach was “thoughtful and nuanced”, he added. He agreed with the commission that natural gas will be needed as a back-up fuel to generate electricity.
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Great to read this, thank you to the the community and mana whenua, for some real action on our environment. I just hope that all abide by this and we don t see any going against this as it is viewed as optional . Better to see the local body/govt formalise this. Better still enlarge such protection into other areas Mana whenua on Waiheke island are placing a two-year rāhui on the island in a bid to stop four species of kaimoana from collapsing.
End of petrol cars: NZ must ban fossil-fuelled imports by 2032, says Climate Change Commission
31 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Political reporter, NZ Herald@AmeliaJWade
New Zealand must ban the import of petrol and diesel cars by 2032 in order to reach its climate change targets and decarbonise the economy, new advice recommends.
And Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government will not hold back on taking action and committed to setting more ambitious emissions commitments by the end of the year.
She called the Climate Change Commission s blueprint for New Zealand to be carbon neutral by 2050 achievable and affordable .
One of the key recommendations was to ban the import of fossil-fuelled vehicles within 14 years and half of all new cars and motorbikes need to be electric by 2027.
Source:Â Greenpeace
31st January 2020: Greenpeace has welcomed key parts of the Climate Change Commissionâs report, but says the ambition falls short of âtransformationalâ and continues a long tradition of giving the dairy industry a âfree pass to polluteâ.
The report details recommendations that New Zealand will need to take in order to reduce emissions and tackle the climate crisis.
But Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says the Commissionâs recommendations for cutting climate pollution from agriculture, which is responsible for half of New Zealandâs emissions, fall short.
âThe Climate Change Commissionâs draft plan seems more anxious about maintaining the status quo than biting the bullet in the existential crisis of our time. It effectively says âWe can only save the planet so long as we donât have to produce one kilo less milk or meat by 2035â. That ainât transformation,â says Abel.
Greenpeace has welcomed key parts of the Climate Change Commission's report, but says the ambition falls short of 'transformational' and continues a long tradition of giving the dairy industry a 'free pass to pollute'. The report .