Green groups unite to oppose RMA reform proposals

Green groups unite to oppose RMA reform proposals
By Pattrick Smellie Sept 9 (BusinessDesk) - A coalition of the country's leading environmental lobby groups has united to oppose what it says are an eccentric "dog's breakfast" of proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act. The government is considering the recommendations of a Technical Advisory Group on changes to the RMA, which the green groups say will politicise environmental decision-making. The claims are made in an open letter to the Environment Minister, Amy Adams, from the Environmental Defence Society, Royal Forest & Bird Pr...