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Article: NEW ZEALAND: CLIMATE CHANGE SELECT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- December 9, 2008
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The government of New Zealand issued the following news release:
New Zealand needs to build a broader consensus about how to make progress on climate change issues, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith said today in releasing the terms of reference for the select committee to review the Emissions Trading Scheme and related matters.
Dr Smith confirmed that the special select committee was being set up to honour the terms of the confidence and supply agreement between National and ACT.
"The new government takes a more modest view of New Zealand's role in the global efforts to tackle climate change.
"It is unrealistic for New Zealand to proclaim itself as a world leader when our emissions have ...