Renewables First, Not Fossils First: Policy Response to the Fossil Fuel Crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa The attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran have created a global energy crisis, as oil and gas exports from the Gulf are restricted and global prices rise.

It was a bet on fossil fuels that has gone catastrophically wrong. But in the world of climate crisis, it was always wrong. There is a better way: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

13. Proposed diverting tens of billions of Government funding into Roads of National Significance which takes funding away from projects that reduce fossil fuel dependency; and
14. Proposed building an LNG import facility, which reduces the incentives to move off fossil gas.

11. Cancelled the NZ Battery Project which was looking into options to underpin the electricity system with long term large scale storage;
12. Cancelled the Gas Transition Plan, which was looking to reduce our use of fossil gas;

9. Failed to deliver on an EV charging network as promised;
10, Blocked the development of offshore wind generation Taranaki through its overt support for seabed mining in the same location, which is incompatible with offshore wind. This resulted in two offshore wind consortia leaving the country;

7. Increased speed limits, which not only increased fuel consumption, it made cycling more dangerous and hence discouraged cycling;
8. Collapsed prices in the Emission Trading Scheme, through various policies, which reduced incentives to use less fossil fuels in transport and other sectors;

5. Blocked funding to new cycling or walking infrastructure. This led to the stalling of cycling infrastructure projects and hence more car use;
6. Banned Councils from using transport funding to improve cycleways or pedestrian walkways during local road maintenance projects;

4. Scrapped the Climate Emergency Response Fund which had been used to fund transport projects such as public transport, walking and cycling;
Reduced support for public transport, leading to higher fares and fewer services;

3. Abolished the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry (GIDI) fund which helped businesses move off fossil fuels. The GIDI had enabled many businesses to cut fossil fuel use and its abolition left many businesses stranded on fossil fuels without the capital to transition;

2. Weakened the Clean Car Standard, which incentivized importers to sell more fuel efficient vehicles and penalised them for selling more high fuel consumption vehicles. This weakening led to an increase in sales of heavy fuel inefficient vehicles;

1. Removed the Clean Car Discount, which supported sales of EVs and low emissions vehicles and disincentivized sales of high fuel consumption vehicles. This removal resulted in a collapse of EV sales.

NZ Govt has taken a huge bet on fossil fuels. NZ was already spending $8 billion a year importing fossil fuels, and now the global fuel crisis is going to make that worse. Betting on fossil fuels has turned out to be a losing bet for NZ. This is the 14 point policy record of 2 years of the NZ Govt:

PETITION: Solarise NZ to make fossil fuels history We can power our homes, transport and economy with clean energy and end our reliance on dirty fossil fuels.

Add your voice. action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/sol...

Renewables First, Not Fossils First: Policy Response to the Fossil Fuel Crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa The attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran have created a global energy crisis, as oil and gas exports from the Gulf are restricted and global prices rise.

We have the solutions to deal with the climate crisis and the fuel crisis simultaneously. The fossil fuel industry and their paid politicians and lobbyists got us into this hole. But we can get ourselves out of it. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

'A storm every eight days' - country's biggest insurer calls for systemic response An increasing number of severe weather events were now happening in spring and summer, IAG says.

Climate science deniers, funded by oil companies, told people climate change was all a hoax. They lied. They were paid to lie. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Iran war: Greens call to ‘electrify everything’ and distance NZ from US The Green Party says a national electrification plan is needed to build NZ’s energy security as, unlike oil shipments, wind and solar can’t be held up in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Green Party says a national electrification plan is needed to build NZ’s energy security as, unlike oil shipments, wind and solar can’t be held up in the Strait of Hormuz.

Hesgeth didn’t quote the “furious anger” verse from Pulp Fiction, did he? He didn’t, right?

Renewables First, Not Fossils First: Policy Response to the Fossil Fuel Crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa The attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran have created a global energy crisis, as oil and gas exports from the Gulf are restricted and global prices rise.

Fossil fuels are unreliable, expensive, and incompatible with a stable climate. Fortunately we are blessed with alternatives. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Renewables First, Not Fossils First: Policy Response to the Fossil Fuel Crisis - Greenpeace Aotearoa The attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran have created a global energy crisis, as oil and gas exports from the Gulf are restricted and global prices rise.

Of course Greenpeace and others have been calling for policies to reduce fossil fuel exposure for years. We were right then and we're right now. Here's an update on things that would actually help with the current global fossil fuel crisis. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Rod Drury (Xero) wrote a letter of support for Peter Theil so Theil could gain NZ citizenship. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Talk of relocation after string of weather disasters, Christopher Luxon says A storm has once again brought flooding and destruction, along with uncertainty and stress.

Fresh from reversing virtually all NZ’s policies aimed at cutting climate pollution, our PM thinks he’s spotted a pattern in this string of extreme weather. I wonder what the cause could be? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

So how’s the dopey LNG import plan going Simeon? Climate destruction and expensive. And now controlled by the whim of the insane guy in the White House who has launched a war on Iran and the Pope. Genius.

They say the Pope is weak on crime but he has an elaborate costume, a Popemobile and is seldom seen after dark.

I wonder if Luxon/Seymour/Peters will be inviting their favourite regime’s Vice President JD Vance to NZ in the lead up to the NZ election?

Hungary blocks EU sanctions against violent Israeli settlers Hungary, represented by Minister Péter Szijjártó, also blocked the 20th package of sanctions against Russia and withdrew its approval for the maxi-loan to Ukraine agreed by leaders in December.

Reminder that in addition to Russia/Ukraine issues, Orbán was also vetoing more sanctions against violent West Bank settlers
www.eunews.it/en/2026/02/2...

Traveling back to 1776: “Guys, 250 years from now, a majority of America is gonna be rooting for the Pope and against the President.”

Talk of relocation after string of weather disasters, Christopher Luxon says A storm has once again brought flooding and destruction, along with uncertainty and stress.

Fresh from reversing virtually all NZ’s policies aimed at cutting climate pollution, our PM thinks he’s spotted a pattern in this string of extreme weather. I wonder what the cause could be? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.

He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.

The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

The rightwing anti-democratic Govt in Hungary has been chucked out by the people, in spite of Orban’s efforts to rig the election. People can successfully fight back!

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry.
The reason?

The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore.

Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​