Our emissions are tiny, so why are we racing to kill our export industry?

Our emissions are tiny, so why are we racing to kill our export industry?
If Joshua Cheptegei’s world 10k record of 26:11 was the world's emissions, NZ's race would be over in 1.1 seconds. (Image: Getty)
Warren Couillault
The late, great US president Ronald Reagan was well known not only for his fine stewardship of the nation and outstanding foreign relations (“Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall”) but also for his quips, jokes and one-liners. My favourite is from back in 1986 when he said: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.” It’s so true in many regards and – right now in both the US and New Zealand – seemingly more and more applica...

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