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The absolute disregard for anything alive. The lack of care for anything not immediately putting money in their pocket. The naked conflict of interest and regulatory capture.
The shameless vandalism in their statements.

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Law change protects vulnerable roads and mines from skinks, geckos and frogs - Newsroom
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/06/law-change-protects-vulnerable-roads-and-mines-from-skinks-geckos-and-frogs/

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Law change protects vulnerable roads and mines from skinks, geckos and frogs

Resources Minister Shane Jones says the best argument for stopping the OceanaGold mine is that vibrations will disturb the mating of endangered frogs – and that's not a good enough reason. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom
May 6, 2025 at 7:26pmWeb
Show threadJon SullivanMay 7, 2025
@pezmico I was thinking about this today. I saw this morning that the latest long-term carbon dioxide measurement at Mauna Loa is 429 ppm, and is still accelerating upwards. It was 324 ppm when I was born. I’m really struggling to escape the conclusion that we’re living in a death cult. Society is so dangerously focused on the now and on individual lifestyles that it seems unavoidable that the near future is going to be catastrophically awful.