{
  "id": 1856036,
  "title": "New Zealand passes law blocking climate action against companies: ‘dark day for democracy’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/new-zealand-passes-law-blocking-climate-action-against-companies-dark",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T02:41:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3364503/new-zealand-passes-law-blocking-climate-action-against-companies-dark-day-democracy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Zealand has passed hotly contested legislation to block lawsuits that seek to hold companies liable for climate change harm. The right-wing coalition government’s legal amendment cleared a final hurdle in parliament on Tuesday night by a margin of 67 votes to 53. The law aimed to prevent civil litigation overriding its climate policy and undermining business confidence, the government said.…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}