I caught up with some of the Environment Southland council and other candidates at the Government's Environment Roadshow at the Ascot this morning. I'd hoped to sit at the 'RMA' table and debate that issue with what I expected to be a good mix of Southlanders, but the table was already full when I arrived, so I breakfasted at the 'General' table instead. There, we discussed all sorts, including climate change (we had a passionate denier), megawatts and the need to reduce usage instead of constantly increasing generation, biochar (my contribution - I think that if the Government is offering several million to research charcoal as a sequestration method, then Southland should 'put its hand up') and emissions from farming, amongst others things. It was very interesting. This is the third year I've attended the roadshow and I'm not convinced that anything comes of it on a Government/policy level, but it is a good chance to talk with people from our region and hear a range of views.
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