170,000 NZers demand end to ban on nuclear power and GE

The media re reporting that 170,000 NZers have taken part in marches today demanding more be done on climate change.

I look forward to the Government announcing immediately they will remove restrictions on genetic engineering (which has huge potential to reduce methane emissions and emissions from crops) and scrap the ban on nuclear power (which has 1.5% the emissions of coal, 2.5% the emissions of gas and half the emissions of hydro).

After all if this really is an emergency, you wouldn’t quibble about using all the tools available to reduce emissions.

So I look forward to James Shaw introducing those law changes under urgency to Parliament next week.