The new government will be reducing our environmental progress while Obama is stepping the US up.
So what does the National and Act coalition mean for the environment and the Emmisions Trading Scheme? Is the real loser in this year’s election the environment?
Vincent Heeringa from Idealog Magazine explains
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Greens co-leader Russel Norman reports from the campaign trail and slams both Labour and National for climate change policies that make New Zealand a lagger rather than leader or even fast follower.
He agrees with John Key’s points on Labour’s poor climate change track record in the TV One YouTube debate but then slams National’s policies as even worse for the environment.
Russel also makes some sense of the shower head issue, universal student allowances and reveals that the Greens will say who they are prepared to go into a coalition with next week.
