jan wright – The Standard

Abdicating our global responsibility

Written By: Anthony R0bins

Date published: 6:43 am, September 17th, 2012 - 175 comments

With proposed ETS changes National is abdicating our responsibility on the world stage, and sending the bill to the taxpayers. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment calls it ‘a farce’. It’s cowardly, it’s weak, and it’s shafting the working Kiwi.

Enviro commissioner: end miners’ free-ride in DoC estate

Written By: Marty G

Date published: 10:23 am, September 23rd, 2010 - 23 comments

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright has released her Mining the Conservation Estate report. Among other important points,it asks what we asked during the Schedule 4 fight: Why do miners get to mine on conservation estate without paying a lease? No private land owner would give away their land like that.