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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-template-do-not-use-make-a-copy/
- Published: 2022-05-09T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-09T06:55:30.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Environment, NZ, NZ Climate change, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

> The next 10 days may see a historic shift in climate policy in Aotearoa.  
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> \[…\] It comes as data shows there is half as much time as previously thought [to mitigate or retreat from sea level rise](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/466262/sea-levels-rising-twice-as-fast-as-thought-in-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) in some parts of the country.

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> \[…\] Minister **James Shaw** talked up the government’s actions to reduce emissions, and was scathing about the National Party’s plans for tax cuts right when massive investment in climate action was needed.  
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> “I think it’s an absurd proposition – what \[Minister of Finance Grant Robertson\] refers to as the Bermuda Triangle, the idea that you can increase infrastructure spending, cut taxes, and reduce debt all at the same time.  
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> “It is just not actually physically possible.”  
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> \[…\] Meanwhile, the ACT Party announced today [it would essentially bin the entire climate programme.](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/466730/act-s-alternative-budget-cuts-to-taxes-and-public-services?ref=goodoil.news)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/troughers.jpg)

Troughers. Cartoon credit SonovaMin. The BFD.

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