NEIL HOLDOM: Labour's costly, puzzling energy policy

NEIL HOLDOM: Labour's costly, puzzling energy policy
Neil Holdom
If New Zealand is to materially reduce carbon emissions we must take a dragon’s den approach to choosing between the billions of dollars of projects required to make a meaningful difference to the way we power our economy. Aotearoa has committed to ripping 60 megatonnes of carbon a year out of our national emissions in just 30 years as well as offsetting the other 20 million through carbon sinks to achieve the Holy Grail of net carbon neutrality. The government previously tasked the Interim Climate Change Committee (ICCC) with i...

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