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Strong opposition to plan to remove ban on offshore oil and gas

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s office warns repealing the ban will be noted internationally.

A parliamentary select committee is hearing submissions on legislation to allow offshore gas exploration.

Brent Edwards Tue, 08 Oct 2024

Greymouth Petroleum Mining Group supports changes to the decommissioning provisions the previous Labour Government introduced.

But Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton is not so keen, warning that taxpayers might again have to pick up the bill to clean up wells in the

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Brent Edwards Tue, 08 Oct 2024
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