Feedback on the Debate of the Day concept and format is welcome in this thread too. Today’s topic: should farms be regulated to centre climate action and nature? Rod Oram at Newsroom,Opinion: “National is committed to this country’s climate change goals,” declares the party that could form the next government. Then in the very same statement on Wednesday, National announced a bonfire of farming regulations not seen since the 1990s. But eliminating these regulations would intensify existing farming practices, which in turn would make farming’s climate impacts worse.

Source: Stuff April 24, 2023 05:08 UTC