Petition latest bid to stop climate torts bill

Today 11:30am

By Shannon Morris-Williams

Climate activist and iwi leader Mike Smith has launched a petition calling on the Government to abandon its legislation to bar climate torts, marking the latest step in his campaign against a bill criticised as shielding major emitters from legal accountability.

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