It's absolutely widespread across both major parties, and (imho) absolutely more prevalent among the MPs of one of those two parties than the other, if the 31 January 2023 'Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament' is ...
‘Two years to save the world’: UN climate chief calls for faster action and more finance [11 April 2024] Climate Analytics CEO Bill Hare said Stiell was “listening to the science” - namely that global emissions must be halved by the end of the decade to ...
Seymour’s simplistic and cynical proposal is just a giant dog-whistle. Maybe, if Seymour was a parent... but I'm torn.
Veganism would be a step too far for me, but not for health reasons. It is naturally mostly men running the everyone can be vegan line. And (naturally?) mostly women swallowing it, vegan hook, line and sinker. This article, written by (naturally) a man [...
Thanks GA, makes sense to me. I'll give those guidelines (300 g of meat + 1.7 kg of dairy per week) a go - think I've already got meat covered. Will be good for me, as well as our environment - a win-win, as you say.
... King!"] I expect more from Drowsy. What "more" do you expect...
Ok Robert, here goes. It appears that you have been given three options/characterisations to choose from, none of which seem particularly appealing (to me): RG doesn’t care about women’s sex based rights, [RG] doesn’t understand them [women's sex based ...
No need to ask for myself, Robert. I could ask on behalf of others, if that would be helpful
I can’t tell if RG doesn’t care about women’s sex based rights, doesn’t understand them, or is simply arguing abstract whatevers for the sake of his own thought experiment agenda... I don't know either, weka, but I suspect - Lord save us from men (and ...
@RG (10:14 am) Yes, Le Guin is a great favourite of mind/mine - so imaginative, and what would Homo sapiens be without the gift of imagination. Embracing uncertainty can open up new possibilities - "the future’s not ours to see" - mind you, I don't fancy ...
...-public-service-cuts.html “Please, M’Lud, a crust of bread...
With apologies to Hughes Mearns: Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a trans who wasn't there They were not there again today I wish, I wish they'd go away... Biological facts cannot be upstaged by beliefs. Facts of all kinds have been regularly 'upstaged' by...
And declaring something that can't be guaranteed a "human right" just debases the idea of human rights. Bloody meddling UN - debasing all over the shop - what do 'they' know https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
Imho, such a declaration is aspirational. Much like declaring a climate crisis doesn't achieve anything of itself, nevertheless it may prompt greater awareness and eventually even action - although with our CoC govt, I won't be holding my breath. And if ...
Climate change mitigation: reducing emissions [modified 25 March 2024] Now, more ambitious goals are set that include a net 55% or greater reduction below 1990 levels by 2030 and a climate-neutrality objective by 2050. Reaching these goals will require ...
This should be a serious discussion, ignoring other people's or groups views only results in further resentment, alienation, division within society. Imho, some views are soooo wack that if I didn't ignore them, then teasing would be a rational response. ...
Michael, my initial interpretation must be wrong - NZ's contribution to global warming would be way to high, maybe 6% of the total ~1.5°C. So maybe the numbers are cumulative, in which case according to the spreadsheet data NZ's contribution to global ...
approximately 3 / 1000th's of 1 degree C or 0.0003 degrees C ? "3 / 1000th's of 1 degree C" is 0.003°C, not "0.0003 degrees C". Probably just a typo - it'll be fune Not sure I'm interpreting that spreadsheet data correctly either, but here goes. Using the...
I don't think people will have forgotten the 352 school building projects being put on hold by this government. What those schools / hospitals / ferry terminals need is a canny landLord
Mammals are a tiny % of global carbon biomass And a single species belonging to that "timy %" is punching unnaturally above its weight vis-à-vis ecosystem collapse and mass extinction. Our huge collective brain power has identified causes and solutions - ...
Thanks joe90 for that more up-to-date information.
This cartoon (at least 5 years old) put the hoofprint of civilisation's animals on shapeship Earth in perspective for me. Everyone has to eat (apart from 'exceptional' humans who claim to live on light - a bit like plants), and most NZers can do better, ...
Vegans, vegetarians in NZ rarer than many thought [7 Dec 2023] How could you (eat a mushroom)? Love mushrooms, but draw the line at chips - a pity, given some are made in NZ, and then there are imported (Australian) options. https://www.mushroomhouse.co....
Brilliant link weka - Lal "is working for one of our [Labour's] MPs" - ta.
Thanks weka for that link to a video of Ovens' interview with Plunkett. "Jill Ovens on Shaneel Lal’s position in the Labour Party" [@ 0:22] And at the end of the interview I [Plunkett] quizzed him [Hipkins] about the employment by the Labour party of a man...
In this case, that Lal has been employed by a Labour MP has been discussed enough that you will find this from a simply google or TS search. Robert might have been seeking evidence that supports the oft-discussed belief that Lal is, or has been, employed ...
TS - it's a great platform for debate. Is the Labour Party employing a tainted trans? Someone must know - it'll leak soon...
No debate has been an issue, but I'm not seeing much evidence of it here and now - not seeing much evidence at all, actually. If Labour severed/repudiated its links to the tainted trans in question, would that help? Doubt it - some taints do linger. Maybe ...
Young NZer of the Year 2023 employed by Labour Party - now that would be a headline to stir the blood. Has anyone else heard the same? Time to purge Labour of its trans taint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaneel_Lal#Other_work Online campaign against ...
Gotta wonder if 13,000 Children is enough for you all? To my way of thinking, there has been a disappointingly large amount of hand-wringing by 'concerned' people everywhere - it's been going on for months. Recent examples of refugee groups accepted by NZ...
Presumably eventually the EROEI and economics mean the whole thing will collapse but not in time to prevent climate collapse. When a profit can be had now, GHG concerns go out the window and into 'our' atmosphere; a liveable Earth don't enter in to it. If...
Cats, with their independent spirit and beguiling purrs, have captured the hearts of humans for millennia. In New Zealand, felines are no exception, boasting the highest national cat ownership rate globally [definition cat nz cat foundation]. An estimated 1.134 million pet cats grace Kiwi households, compared to 683,000 dogs ...
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