GAVIN EVANS: Climate change: announcements or action?

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This article has been republished. It was first published in June 2020.New Zealand may be poised to make its second big emissions export in five years.The Marsden Point oil refinery – apparently doomed for closure – ranks among the top-quarter of plants globally for emissions performance.But should it close, as many observers expect, the million-odd tonnes of CO2 it produces annually will magically disappear from this country’s emissions liability.That may thrill some, but unless we can source petrol, diesel and jet fuel from...

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