On Monday Cabinet announced the approval of regulations to ban the sale and manufacture of synthetic microbeads.
The government says the regulation will come into force in six months, although the New World, Pak'nSave and Four Square supermarket chains stopped selling products with microbeads from July.
Penalties for ignoring the ban may include fines of up to $100,000, with the Environmental protection Authority enforcing it.
Reuben McLaren spoke to Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage to find out more.
Lyric caught up with Green Party MP Eugenie Sage live onair to discuss her thoughts on Labour's Hauraki Gulf revitalisation plan, announced this morning.
The Green Party is calling for bottom trawling on seamounts to stop, following a 'white paper' from Sealord which the party calls greenwashing. Stella spoke to the party’s ocean and fisheries spokesperson, Eugenie Sage, on the matter.
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Guest Host of the Green Desk Lillian Hanly spoke to Eugenie Sage Associate Minister for the Environment to recap the budget wins for the environment. Lillian asks if the minister believes that this is the greenest budget yet?
On the 23rd of March, under alert level 2, the Department of Conservation closed its hut and campsite bookings, and back-country huts closed under alert level three. However the Department has now announced that bookings for the Great Walks will reopen between the 9-11th of June, with the exception of the Milford and Routeburn tracks which are still undergoing storm repairs. Booking for all other DOC huts and campsites will repen on the 25th of June.
Bronwyn spoke to Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage about the reopening, differential pricing for international trampers, and general conservation current events in the wake of COVID-19.
The government has announced they are pushing through with their Three Waters plan to centralise water management in Aotearoa, despite opposition from numerous mayors and councils.
Noah Ferguson-Dudding spoke to Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta about the backlash it has received. Healso spoke to National's Local Government Spokesperson, Christopher Luxon, and the Green Party's Conservation Spokesperson, Eugenie Sage, to hear why they oppose the policy.
The Three Waters reform aims to provide safe, reliable drinking water, better environmental performance of wastewater and stormwater services, efficient, sustainable, resilient and accountable multi-regional water sewage services, and making it affordable for future generations. Taumata Arowai has already been established as the new water regulator and aims to strengthen regulation around the three waters - drinking water, wastewater and stormwater.
Arno spoke with Green Party spokesperson Eugnie Sage to get an overview of the issue and what might happen going forward.
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