By 2032, new homes won’t have gas connections, we’ll be cycling twice as much, and you won’t be able to import a petrol car, under a blueprint for making the whole country carbon neutral.
[…] “We can’t continue to postpone what we need to do to reach our goals,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, at an announcement at which she committed to meet the budgets. Delaying would mean pushing the burden to future generations, she said. “The Government will not hold back”.
[…] Coal would be phased out quickly, with a longer transition for natural gas. There’d be fewer cows in the 2030s, but not necessarily less milk. Pine plantations would taper off, but native forests would keep expanding.
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