Fast track bill implications

[Lilith7]

These are clearly people who do not care about other people, the environment or the planet. Money is their objective, pure & simple. If they have their way then there will be little left in the end.
To even consider what they intend to do is an indication of the type of people they are.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5140...er-consent

Stevenson Mining has been chasing consent for a coal mine on a mountaintop site near Westport.

The land is home to numerous threatened species, such as roroa great spotted kiwi, South Island fernbird, geckos, and 17 plant species.
Forest and Bird won a case against the mining company in the Environment Court last April, with the court ruling efforts to boost the economic and social wellbeing of the community and mitigate the effects of mining activities did not outweigh the threat to biodiversity, and resource consent should not be granted.

Now, opponents are worried its decision not to appeal signals an intention to try for a spot on the fast-track approvals list.
Forest and Bird group manager Richard Capie did not believe it was not a coincidence.

"I don't think Stevenson Mining has suddenly come to its senses and decided that a 150-hectare mine on a stunning part of New Zealand with incredibly rare eco-systems is a bad idea."
The way the bill allowed projects, which the judicial system had already halted, to potentially gain approval was problematic, Capie said.