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NZ Greens Launch Petition to Stop Government’s Plan to Overturn Oil, Gas Ban

‘The new government’s plan to expand oil and gas exploration is as dangerous as it is unscientific,’ said the Green party leader.
NZ Greens Launch Petition to Stop Government’s Plan to Overturn Oil, Gas Ban
Green Party Leader James Shaw speaks to media in Auckland, New Zealand, on Sept. 23, 2017. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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The New Zealand Green Party has started a petition to urge the new right-of-centre government to stop reversing the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration.

This comes after the three-party coalition government unveiled a plan to revoke the ban introduced by the former Labour government in 2018 to accelerate New Zealand’s transition to “a carbon-neutral future” in 30 years.
Alfred Bui
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