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Former Greens leader roasts Shaw's carbon bill

Wednesday 23 Oct 19 12:00pm

Russel Norman … the climate commission has no power whatsoever to actually cut emissions

Climate minister James Shaw will let the climate commission control carbon prices if he’s serious about cutting emissions, says the man who preceded him as co-leader of the Green Party.

Russel Norman, now head of Greenpeace New Zealand, gave Shaw’s zero-carbon bill a roasting when he delivered the annual Bruce Jesson Memorial Lecture in Auckland last night.

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