New Zealand Government to Ban New Fossil Fuel Electricity Generation

16 May 2022 | Abstracted from New Zealand Herald

"Further to banning new offshore oil and gas exploration in 2018, and committing to a '100 per cent renewable electricity by 2030' target, the Government is planning to ban electricity companies from investing in new baseload generation from fossil fuels like coal and gas."

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