If you have 15 minutes: Open letters to close new mines (from Climate Club last newsletter)
Urgent: The government’s proposed “fast-track consenting bill” is being rushed through Parliament with almost no consultation from the public, despite its far-reaching implications. “This isn’t normal, everyday bill-making – this will bypass environmental law that we have had in place for 30 years.”
Action: Email your MP or the Minister for RMA reform (chris.bishop@parliament.govt.nz) and CC us in via climateclubnz@substack.com. You can base it off the open letters by these freshwater experts:
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- Article by Marnie Prickett (Research Fellow at the University of Otago)
- Letter by Dr Mike Joy (Senior Researcher at Victoria University)