Last-minute law change a ‘pass to pollute’, or is it ‘environmental pragmatism’?

Last-minute law change a ‘pass to pollute’, or is it ‘environmental pragmatism’?

The Green Party says the Government has handed companies “a free pass to pollute”, with a law change to make it easier send waste down rivers.

Govt’s Justification For Last-minute RMA Changes Appears To Directly Contradict EU Free Trade Agreement – Choose Clean Water

The Government’s attempt to justify last-minute changes to the Resource Management Act appear to contradict New Zealand’s commitments under our Free Trade Agreement with the European Union, say freshwater campaign group Choose Clean Water. On Tuesday, the Government issued a press release stating that its last-minute changes to the Resource Management Act, which would allow agricultural and industrial pollution of waterways to continue where it’…