AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoClimate Litigation: Climate cases are gaining ground as governments scale back climate action. Australia’s top court has blocked a coal mine expansion over its climate impact, while international courts have affirmed countries’ obligations to act. Fishing and Marine Protection: National is promising new marine reserves, tougher fishing rules and a $20 million fisheries fund, as well as a Hauraki Gulf ring-net ban and a review of bottom trawling. Opponents say its fishing policy has shifted. Roads and Wildlife: Forest & Bird is urging a rethink of the proposed Brynderwyns route, warning it could cut through more than eight hectares of old-growth forest and threaten long-tailed bats, frogs, skinks and kauri snails. Pollution: Taylorville Resource Park has been fined $104,000 for dumping 2,733 tonnes of road waste. Restoration: A Tairāwhiti programme will deliver 10 catchment restoration projects, while New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions have reached a record level, according to a recent report.
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