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Fairy tales of eternal economic growth
Written By: - Date published: 8:13 am, September 24th, 2019 - 67 comments
Greta Thunberg has spoken at the UN Climate Change summit and has warned the world that it is stealing the dreams and hopes of young people through its failure to address climate change.
Climate choices
Written By: - Date published: 7:15 am, September 24th, 2019 - 16 comments
There’s good news and there’s bad news in the landmark United in Science report.
Lying : the preferred denier behavior
Written By: - Date published: 3:45 pm, September 22nd, 2019 - 26 comments
In a striking example of the typical climate change denier, the “Australian Young Coal Coalition” released a photo bemoaning the mess left by friday’s climate change strike rally in Hyde Park. Pity that it was a lying fake. Being put out by climate change deniers, of course it was just a lie. That is all […]
The climate action momentum
Written By: - Date published: 7:05 am, September 21st, 2019 - 33 comments
The global School Strikes this week and the upcoming International Rebellions are part of a large wave of change that gives us a chance at preventing the worst of climate disaster.
China, Climate Conference, and New Zealand
Written By: - Date published: 7:44 am, September 18th, 2019 - 4 comments
At the United Nations Climate Action Summit next weekend the question may be asked what would happen if China stopped buying Australian coal?
National gather fuel for their political dumpster fires
Written By: - Date published: 10:17 am, September 2nd, 2019 - 21 comments
Not so much Zero Carbon as Zero Shits. While National look set to monkey-wrench our climate legislation, we can remember that the real power in addressing the climate crisis lies outside of parliament.
We are sailing
Written By: - Date published: 7:15 am, August 30th, 2019 - 209 comments
Greta Thunberg’s journey was an invitation into a conversation not about deprivation, but how to live well as we change.
Funding radical climate action
Written By: - Date published: 7:10 am, August 30th, 2019 - 36 comments
The Climate Emergency Fund (CEF) has pledged $350k to Extinction Rebellion, if others will match it.
Toxic masculinity
Written By: - Date published: 8:36 am, August 28th, 2019 - 153 comments
As the Amazon burns and the world looks on aghast as our lungs go up in flames Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has chosen to respond to an offer of help from the G7 by picking a fight with French leader Emmanuel Macron.
National are lighting political dumpster fires while the Amazon burns
Written By: - Date published: 7:15 am, August 27th, 2019 - 47 comments
New Zealand’s poster boys for late stage capitalism’s dying throes are fools of the highest order.
The thoughts of Matt King on climate change
Written By: - Date published: 7:58 am, August 26th, 2019 - 85 comments
National MP Matt King has been caught posting climate change denial material on his facebook page.
RIP David Koch
Written By: - Date published: 7:54 am, August 24th, 2019 - 54 comments
David Koch, the man possibly most responsible for the growth of climate change denialism, has died at the age of 79 as the Arctic melts and the Amazon burns.
100 Days of climate vigil
Written By: - Date published: 11:54 am, August 23rd, 2019 - 4 comments
Ollie Langridge doing the climate action mahi at parliament.
Kill us now, or choose life.
Written By: - Date published: 7:13 am, August 23rd, 2019 - 27 comments
The Amazon burns. The Arctic is on fire. We won’t be able to eat or breath our electric cars, but we still have time to choose a different path.
Cmon Aussie …
Written By: - Date published: 10:48 am, August 18th, 2019 - 54 comments
In the last week Australia has insulted Pacific nations by refusing to commit to a 1.5 degree maximum increase in global temperatures and by claiming that Pacific Islands will be fine because they can pick Australia’s fruit. And Alan Jones has almost lost his job through misogynist attacks on Jacinda Ardern.
Fertile land is priceless
Written By: - Date published: 7:45 am, August 15th, 2019 - 220 comments
As Labour moves to protect prime food growing land around our cities, we should be having a wider discussion about food security in New Zealand.
Dunedin South as Next Fox River Dump Disaster?
Written By: - Date published: 8:00 am, August 10th, 2019 - 75 comments
If we thought the devastation and mess caused by a flood ripping through the old dump at Fox Glacier village was bad, just wait until a decent storm punches through the old dump of New Zealand’s fifth largest city on its coastline. It’s getting close.
What is up with NZ First?
Written By: - Date published: 8:37 am, August 9th, 2019 - 105 comments
New Zealand First’s late decision to promote a referendum concerning abortion has caught everyone including its spokesperson Tracy Martin by surprise and is the latest example of last minute changes of position.
Maybe we shouldn’t take the plane
Written By: - Date published: 6:21 am, August 8th, 2019 - 84 comments
The case for reducing mass air travel rests in looking at whole systems rather than counting the carbon emissions of each flight.
What if we let the wilding pines grow?
Written By: - Date published: 1:03 pm, August 7th, 2019 - 129 comments
Take a breath, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. In an age of climate breakdown, where reforesting is a critical component of climate mitigation and adaptation, we need to stop cutting down so many trees, and move to forest-based thinking.
Maybe we should take the plane
Written By: - Date published: 7:42 am, August 7th, 2019 - 119 comments
Activist Greta Thunberg is attending a United Nations global warming summit in New York, and will get there by boat not airplane. But should she consider flying?
Can the Greens rise like the liberal democrats?
Written By: - Date published: 9:56 am, August 4th, 2019 - 71 comments
Only 6 months ago the UK Liberal Democrat party was at a real low, with their leader resigning and the polls about 7%: same as the last five years. Fast forward five months from that and they are ready to become a major opposition party of opposition. Can the Greens do the same?
Truth-telling and The New Climate Denial
Written By: - Date published: 2:03 am, August 4th, 2019 - 170 comments
James Shaw lays it out in his AGM speech: the new climate denial sounds reasonable and is the gravest danger we currently face.
Embark 2019
Written By: - Date published: 8:05 am, July 29th, 2019 - 99 comments
Last week the Embark 2019 conference involved corporations discussing what they can do to address climate change.
National’s ranks are cracking about climate change
Written By: - Date published: 7:36 am, July 22nd, 2019 - 90 comments
National Climate Change spokesperson Todd Muller has publicly stated that he is broadly supportive of the Government’s proposed EV incentive policy.
There is no climate emergency according to National
Written By: - Date published: 10:59 am, July 19th, 2019 - 194 comments
Simon Wilson has suggested in the the Herald this morning that for purely political reasons National will frustrate and stymie action on climate change
Brian Easton on methane
Written By: - Date published: 9:14 am, July 18th, 2019 - 4 comments
Brian Easton has put up a interesting post at Pundit which looks at how we should measure and constrain in our methane emissions. My initial impression is that his approach defeats the purpose of trying to reduce the effects of climate change over the coming century.
Matata
Written By: - Date published: 9:00 am, July 18th, 2019 - 44 comments
Many a bold claim has been made for the necessity of responding to climate change, but when it comes to storms affecting one’s own home, Matata is surely the test case of this century.
Sometimes explaining is not losing
Written By: - Date published: 8:03 am, July 18th, 2019 - 98 comments
Stacey Kirk thinks that Julie Anne Genter should not have criticised National’s spin on the Government’s fuel efficient importation policy but forgets to do her basic job of analysing National’s spin.
Dinosaurs Fight Extinction Rebellion
Written By: - Date published: 12:46 am, July 17th, 2019 - 181 comments
Dinosaurs are speeding up our extinction.
D Day for ETS?
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 am, July 16th, 2019 - 75 comments
There are rumours that the Interim Climate Change Committee will propose that agriculture is included in the Emissions Trading Scheme as an interim measure to allow a levy/rebate system that can operate at a farm level.
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- IRD Data Leaking Killed By 9,000-strong Taxpayers’ Union Campaign
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- Appalling Attack On Public Service Official By Minister Crosses The Line
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- New Zealand Loyal Political Party Is Under New Management
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- OIA Documents Reveal Minister Is Considering Changing Long-term Child Poverty Reduction Targets (CPA...
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- Equity, Not Just Fairness, Required For Survivors Of Abuse In State Care
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- CAPHRA Warns Against Rushed Vaping Legislation In New Zealand
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- CID & Members’ Call For Action Against UNRWA Ban In Israel And Occupied Palestinian Territorie...
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- Genetic Engineering Reforms Risk Making NZ An Outlier
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- Police Withdraw Charges After Arrest For Engaging In Debate, A Huge Victory For Free Speech
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- Parliament Blocks Submissions Calling For Transparency On Parliament’s Expenses
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- NZ Staunchest Western Supporter Of Israel – Silence On Israel’s Attacks On The United Nations
The New Zealand government blames Hamas for all the killing and destruction committed by Israel, though it also finds space to condemn Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran. ...2 weeks ago
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- Commonwealth Summit Dominated By Tensions Over Climate Crisis And War Preparations Against China
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- Global Privacy Authorities Issue Follow-up Joint Statement On Data Scraping After Industry Engagemen...
The discussions between industry representatives and data protection authorities enabled all parties to further examine issues related to data scraping. ...3 weeks ago
- FACT Aotearoa Says New Zealand Should Deny Holocaust Denier Candace Owens A Visa
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- Industrial Action Escalates As NZDF Refuses To Budge On Zero Pay Rise
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