NZ passes first Green bill, energy efficiency
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11/05/2000
An energy efficiency bill passed by the New Zealand parliament put the country on track to meet its climate change obligations, Greens party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said on Thursday. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill, put forward by the Greens, gives the Labour-led government the power to set energy efficiency standards and lays the foundation for New Zealand's first national energy saving plan.