Tom Bennion is an environmental lawyer. Like Shaun Hendy in the previous episode he sees reductions in air travel as vital to reducing emissions. I wanted to delve into details about the EEZ, the RMA and the Treaty of Waitangi. But this time we talked mainly about the recent amendments to the Crown Minerals Act, the result of the recent refusal to allow offshore exploration in New Zealand waters.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://imaginemyrelief.blog/2018/11/19/tom-bennion-banning-oil-and-gas-exploration/