Scrapping the biofuels mandate is short-term thinking during climate crisis

Above: Paul Bennett, Scion’s portfolio leader for Integrated Bioenergy

By Paul Bennett

OPINION: The Government’s decision to halt the biofuels mandate may ease concerns about looming price hikes at the petrol pump but it’s a political can that can’t be kicked down the road forever.

Prioritising New Zealand’s cost-of-living crisis in this way might seem sensible in the short term, but it ignores solutions that will help to mitigate the climate crisis – a climate emergency that is hitting home for many Kiwis this year.