Why New Zealand’s west coast is pushing back against Ardern climate laws
The mining and farming region is tired of being the country’s ‘environmental conscience’ and wants its voice heard
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“I love coal.”
It’s not a phrase you might expect to hear from the mouth of an official in New Zealand, where last week both sides of parliament committed to reducing the nation’s carbon emissions to zero by 2050.