Position Statement: Transitioning schools and hospitals from coal to biomass heating

Transitioning schools and hospitals from coal to biomass heating provides confidence that we can achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction targets the announcement that the Government will fund $10 million from the infrastructure package to help eight schools and a hospital end their use of coal boilers in a bid to decarbonise the public sector, provides confidence that New Zealand can achieve greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by use of biomass energy.