Blah, blah, blah: climate change plan reactions pour in

Blah, blah, blah: climate change plan reactions pour in
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Staff reporters
A mix of despair, disappointment and desire was the reaction to the government’s latest step to finalise carbon emissions reduction budgets and policies to meet them.Climate change minister James Shaw today released a discussion document outlining the government’s thinking on what the budgets should be and some policy options to meet them.It warns the proposed budgets will not be met on current policies.However, National’s climate change spokesperson Stuart Smith called for a pause on the proposal, which he said represent...

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