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Article: New Zealand: UnitedFuture: Emissions Trading Scheme Still Set To Hit Household Budgets.
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- August 22, 2008
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Byline: Mamta03
UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne says the governments emissions trading scheme will still hit household budgets hard, despite claims by the Greens and New Zealand First that they have negotiated improvements.
"New Zealand Firsts claim that it has won concessions for power costs for the elderly is good for older New Zealanders, but does nothing for the vast majority of New Zealand families who will also suffer rising power costs under the ETS.
"The Greens promise to have won concessions about funding to make houses more energy efficient is fine, but it once again ignores the day-to-day increased costs families will face once the ...