Canterbury could end up with 12,400 more cows as dairy profits are prioritised over the nitrate emergency #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence www.thepress.co.nz/business/360...

Canterbury could end up with 1...
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Big Meat & Dairy's #COP30 greenwashing: 'Tropical Agriculture’ hides Amazon destruction www.greenpeace.org/internationa... #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence

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Big Ag’s COP30 greenwashing: ‘Tropical Agriculture’ hides Amazon destruction - Greenpeace International

More than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon. At COP30 we urgently need effective action that not just halts, but reverses deforestation.

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New Zealand’s dairy industry-backed methane target rollback sets bad precedent, scientists warn www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol #climatechange

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Dairy conversions boom in Canterbury despite ‘nitrate emergency’

⁦‪Fonterra‬⁩ increases profit and pollution while we pay the price of contaminated drinking water, polluted rivers and methane climate emissions.

#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360843117/dairy-conversions-boom-canterbury-despite-nitrate-emergency #nzpol

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Dairy conversions boom in Canterbury despite ‘nitrate emergency’ ⁦‪Fonterra‬⁩ increases profit and pollution while we pay the price of contaminated drinking water, polluted rivers and methane climate emissions. #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

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Disgusting! Farmers now won't even need consent to pollute waterways as government undoes RMA fresh water protection rules #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Farmers won't need consent to pollute waterways as government undoes RMA rules

The changes will save thousands of farmers from having to lodge resource consents to discharge pollutants into waterways, but critics say councils should be in charge.

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It's hard to feel any sympathy for Federated Farmers here... A proposed law change could mean Federated Farmers will be charged tax on its membership for the first time. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... #nzpol #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence

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Opposition mounts to new tax for organisations

Federated Farmers says it is not a routine tax consultation, it is a "significant new interpretation that overturns 20 years of settled practice".

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The Luxon Govt is once again putting corporate profits ahead of people’s health by proposing freshwater policies that will drive more dairy pollution at the expense of safe drinking water and swimmable rivers.

#ToomanyCows #TooMuchInfluence

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https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/luxon-government-to-favour-dairy-pollution-at-the-expense-of-drinking-water/?utm_medium=post&utm_content=postid-70617&utm_source=mastodon

Luxon Government to favour dairy pollution at the expense of drinking water - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Luxon’s Government is once again putting corporate profits ahead of people’s health by proposing freshwater policies that will drive more dairy pollution at the expense of safe drinking water and…

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The kids have to watch out for melted plastic and insect lavae in their crappy, budget school lunches, but meanwhile... Farm machinery tax discount a 'boost' for rural economy www.rnz.co.nz/news/country... #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence

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Farm machinery tax discount a 'boost' for rural economy

Those in the agriculture sector who can afford to buy new farm equipment are feeling buoyed by the government's new tax incentive.

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How much influence does @FedFarmers have over the Luxon Government? Fed Farmers won’t be able to strip our charitable status as the law stands now, says Greenpeace www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... #TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol

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