Asia Pacific > Poll-leading NZ Labour would ease agriculture into ETS, softening impact

Poll-leading NZ Labour would ease agriculture into ETS, softening impact

Published 09:45 on September 8, 2017  /  Last updated at 17:58 on September 8, 2017  / Stian Reklev /  Asia Pacific, New Zealand

The New Zealand Labour party, which is pulling further ahead in election polls, said it would hand out almost all of agriculture’s carbon permits for free initially, likely dampening the impact of bringing the nation’s biggest-emitting sector into the ETS.
The New Zealand Labour party, which is pulling further ahead in election polls, said it would hand out almost all of agriculture’s carbon permits for free initially, likely dampening the impact of bringing the nation’s biggest-emitting sector into the ETS.


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