Marnie Prickett

Aug 19, 2024 | phcc.org.nz | Simon Hales |Marnie Prickett |John Kerr |Sara Walton

The government has released its second greenhouse gas ’Emissions Reduction Plan’ for consultation. The proposed plan removes major policies developed by the previous government that were likely to be effective in reducing emissions. It relies instead on emissions trading and technological advances, the latter of which are highly speculative and uncertain.

Aug 19, 2024 | phcc.org.nz | Simon Hales |Marnie Prickett |John Kerr |Sara Walton

The government has released its second greenhouse gas ’Emissions Reduction Plan’ for consultation. The proposed plan removes major policies developed by the previous government that were likely to be effective in reducing emissions. It relies instead on emissions trading and technological advances, the latter of which are highly speculative and uncertain.

Mar 7, 2024 | wellington.scoop.co.nz | Marnie Prickett

by Marnie Prickett, Research Fellow, Department of Public Health, University of Otago, WellingtonThe new government’s Fast-track Consents Bill would put us on the wrong track. Instead of working to address serious issues of our time – climate change, water pollution, ecosystem collapse – what the Government has signalled is to be fast-tracked under the Bill are projects that would undoubtedly make these problems worse.

Dec 3, 2023 | thespinoff.co.nz | Marnie Prickett

As the devastating impacts of climate change hit ever closer to home, the coalition agreements appear years, if not decades, out of touch with public sentiment and the direction the rest of the world is moving in. In terms of environmental policy, the coalition agreements announced last week are objectively extreme.

Sep 9, 2023 | msn.com | Marnie Prickett

National and Act’s policies on drinking water would reduce protections and ignore the recommendations of the inquiry into the Havelock North campylobacter outbreak Opinion: During the heady weeks of election campaigning, fundamental public health needs can be overshadowed by more scandalous or dramatic political stories. But, overlooked, public health concerns such as drinking water can become dramatic in the worst of ways, as the campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North in 2016 demonstrated.