Impeccable credentials

PIERS Locke is an ‘‘independant social scientist’’ who, contracted by Christchurch Airport 9.5.22), has found his employer's environmental credentials in almost perfect order.

‘‘Readers may be understandably sceptical,’’ he adds. Indeed.

And the proposed new airport at Tarras will be similarly environmentally virtuous in both ‘‘construction and operations’’.

Clearly, it would be even more virtuous if it didn't happen at all.

What is not so clear, however, is the fine distinction between a professional opinion and a PR handout.

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