'Vanity-Belief Community': NZ Abandons Global Alliance, Concerns Reputation at Risk

New Zealand abandons international fossil fuel pledge

New Zealand’s departure from the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance came quietly, but not as a surprise to anyone closely following the Government’s fossil fuel policies. Resources Minister Shane Jones says the coalition’s fossil fuel plans meant the exit was inevitable. But he also says more formal agreements, like free trade deals with the EU, include wriggle room for matters of sovereign risk, such as national energy supply. Jones saw the Beyond Oil…

NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says the government's decision to repeal the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration was the main reason for leaving the coalition. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro By Eloise Gibson of RNZ The New Zealand government has quietly pulled out of an international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels.

New Zealand departs climate action group

The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance no longer counts New Zealand as an associate member after the mining-friendly...

'Vanity-belief community': NZ abandons global alliance, concerns reputation at risk

The Green Party is concerned the Government’s decision to abandon an alliance on phasing out oil and gas production will undermine New Zealand’s global...

Govt Abandons Beyond Oil And Gas Alliance

“Luxon’s Government is throwing public money, oil, coal, and gas onto the climate crisis fire. Today they’ve told the world that they don’t care about a stable climate or regular peoples’ lives,” says Green Party co-leader and spokesperson ...

Govt abandons Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance – Green Party

Christopher Luxon’s Government pulling out of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance is just the latest sign they care little for the climate crisis or cost of living it’ll exacerbate, says the Green Party. “Luxon’s Government is throwing public money, oil, coal, and gas onto the climate crisis fire. Today they’ve told the world that they don’t care about a stable climate or regular peoples’ lives,” says Green Party co-leader and spokesperson for Clima…