On this day in 2010, we marched up Queen Street in a 40,000-strong protest against the John Key Government's threat to open up Schedule 4 conservation land for mining...

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The most important change to the fast-track bill is to chuck it in the bin!
We don’t want new mines in conservation land, seabed mining up the coasts, more intensive dairy operations or a proliferation of waste-to-energy incinerators!

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BREAKING: Forest & Bird is presenting our oral submission on the Fast-track Approvals Bill to the Environment Committee at approx. 12.40pm today/Thursday. You can watch the live stream here: parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/scl/e…
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The fast-track bill gives three ministers unfettered discretion to approve industrial development projects without checks and balances on conflicts of interest or bias.

The Bill invites corruption from deep-pocketed applicants.

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#Humankind is on a mission to kill everything and everyone on this stunning 🌎

#China at it, today

#WarOnNature #Metacrisis

Great analysis by Tom Pullar-Strecker highlighting how bad the Fast-track Bill really is.

It's anti-democratic, anti-transparency, open to corruption and lacks any semblance of environmental protection while removing existing protections.

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We're on the brink of climate and biodiversity collapse. JAG lost her temper in the context of the Nats lying while debating yet another attack in this govt's #WarOnNature . Polls are showing that many people are over it. Spare me the pearl-clutching.

A damning poll result for Luxon and his extremist coalition partners thanks to their fast-track #WarOnNature .

New Zealanders don’t want mining on conservation land, seabed mining, and big new dairy irrigation schemes.

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The worst piece of law proposed since 1979’: Reactions to the Fast-track Approvals Bill
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Stuff asking ministers for transparency around their consent decisions.

Transparency is not the problem.

The deliberate removal of any impediment to the executive power of 3 ministers is the problem.

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#toitūtetiriti
#fasttrackwrongtrack

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The Luxon Government is on a fast-track to big trouble with its #WarOnNature . thepost.co.nz/politics/35025…

Oral Submission: We oppose the Fast Track Bill in its entirety. It’s anti-democratic, anti-transparency and creates vulnerability to corruption. It lacks any semblance of environmental protection and removes existing protections. #WarOnNature #nzpol
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The Fast-track bill is a lolly-scramble for deep-pocketed applicants newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/03/fas…

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A damning poll result for Luxon and his extremist coalition partners, no doubt largely thanks to their dangerous fast-track #WarOnNature .

New Zealanders don’t want Mining on conservation land, Seabed mining, and more big Dairy Irrigation dams. #nzpol
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Fast-track regime would lead to protests, likes of which ‘not seen for many years’, MPs told
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#StopTheFastTrack #WarOnNature #nzpol

Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates worldwide, and debate continues on how to combat it.

One idea that’s gained traction globally is to grant legal rights to nature.

Particularly relevant here as Luxon’s Govt launches a #WarOnNature !

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Does mining belong in the fast-track consenting regime?

That's a hard no.

#WarOnNature #BanSeabedMining
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Fast Track Approvals Bill: None from first day of hearings support bill in current form
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Fourteen years ago today, we Marched Against Mining when the John Key Government threatened to open conservation land to mining ✊

They soon backed down...

Over 40,000 In March Against Govt's Mining Plans greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press…

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“I don’t know how you can be a Kiwi and not be an environmentalist. It staggers me when people aren’t because this country has been so beautiful, and we’re watching it fall apart.”
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