That's a good point. They are not stupid and they are not corrupt. But there are just some things they just can't do, no matter how much the circumstances warrant it, And that is interrupt the flow of profits by regulating the polluters. Politics is all ...
New Scientist published in the UK has a report referencing, among other recent extreme weather events, the back to back weather disasters in Auckland and Hastings. Do back-to-back disasters show first climate tipping point is upon us? Compound and ...
We aren't adapting,. We aren't mitigating. We have learnt nothing from this disaster. We are spending $13 billion on recovering, so that we can get smacked again, and each time the blow will be harder until we can't recover anymore.
"I'm #1 So why try harder" Fat Boy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
The key word here being "withdrawal". The war in Afghanistan and Vietnam ended with the invader's withdrawal. Without the invader's withdrawal those wars would still be going. Just as the war in Ukraine will end with the invader's withdrawal, and won't end...
"History never Repeats I tell myself before I go to sleep." Splitenz East Germany thrived on snitching lovers, fickle friends and envious schoolkids Newly unearthed secret files from the former German Democratic Republic reveal how easily we can betray ...
Georgia drops foreign agents law after massive protests By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE today TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s parliament voted Friday to drop a foreign agent registration bill after the legislation, which opponents warned could be used to stifle ...
Speaking of a media outlet losing its marbles. Kremlin mouthpiece RT has published a weird daydream about a Russian take over and the Ukraine government doing a US Vietnam or Afghanistan type flight from their own capital. Like that's ever gonna happen. ...
And Jesus H. Smithfield spoke, (through his disciple) would it not be better to focus on strategies that enable people to become wealthy from a sustainable perspective. Teach someone to fish rather than give them a fish etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
This is a coffee guy talking about coffee, that's his thing. And it is obviously what his video is about. His coffee loving audience have flooded his inbox querying an industry claim that coffee capsules are better for the climate, 'Allegedly' coffee ...
Personally speaking, I don't think Maurice is a climate denier per se. He was just outlining why this government, won't take any meaningful measures that would actually cut green house gas emissions. Except for the brief blip during the covid lockdowns, ...
.....Then this morning Hipkins reiterated the change by saying that Cyclone Gabrielle had changed everything and the Government had to focus on the repair job. Mickysavage The Government won't be doing anything about climate change, because of - - (wait ...
I have never maintained that it would be easy. But I do maintain that it is necessary. Our society and civilisation is at war with the natural world - And we are losing. If you are in a war, (and we are), and we want to regain the initiative, we will have ...
We have had a shocking wake up call. Adaption is like pushing the snooze button. Recovery is like pulling the clock plug out of the wall. We need to cut our emissions, 'Right Here, Right Now!' Close Huntly Ban coal imports and exports Make carbon targets ...
weka 9 March 2023 at 9:27 am ....we have to mitigate and adapt OK. Let's talk about mitigation and adaption. What is an example of climate mitigation vs adaptation? Climate adaptation vs. mitigation: What's the difference, and why does it matter? The ...
Think you can adapt to the effects of global climate change. Is like thinking you can adapt to the effects of global nuclear war. Climate change adapters may think they are prepared to give up coastal areas to rising seawaters, and coastal storm surges? ...
I recall the so called 'civic lessons' we had at my high school during election season. But not fondly. In the '70's the Cold War was at its height and our teachers were earnestly trying teach us the value of democracy. In social studies class we were made...
A nasty generalisation and slur made against the young people of this country, by RosieLee "I do not want adult votes cancelled out by someone with a sense of me/me entitlement..." RosieLee Young people with no right to vote on the issue, will inherit from...
Extending the franchise. Nah. Goldsmith raises not extending the franchise to 16 year olds to youth crime. Doesn't Goldsmith think that practicing civics and letting them have a say might help empower some disempowered young people? Government looks set to...
Oops forgot the link https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0207/S00190.htm
A roading lobbyist was on TVNZ this morning boasting that 93% of all freight in New Zealand is moved on roads. He made this boast as the reason for putting more government investment into roads. The current 93% state of affairs of freight going by road ...
Barstards! Every war attracts 'Carpet Baggers' and opportunists. From Wikipedia ....carpetbagger is a largely historical term used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, who were ...
Deny this; Since 1992, when the satellite started recording ocean surface height around the world, the global average sea level – shown by the zigzagging line in these charts – has risen 10.1cm, NASA says. The red and deep orange colours on the plot line ...
The 'Defenestration' of Russia Defenestration (from Modern Latin fenestra[1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.[2] The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that ...
The climate Minister refuses to call for climate action in a speech about lack of climate action.. Jesus wept.
James Shaw drops the ball Notices and Features yesterday. Featured the video of James Shaw's speech to parliament, in which James Shaw rails about our lack of action on climate change, James Shaw said; "If we do not act it will get worse". James Shaw ends ...
A sigh? From a dying party? Tragic really.
"The Greens have been advocating for these changes for a long time but people would rather blame them for not burning their political capital in an oppositional and non-collaborative approach to governance. This would backfire in our modern MMP system. ...
“They aren't the government, they aren't in cabinet, they rely on convincing larger parties to take it seriously.” Absolutely 100% agree. I wish James Shaw was doing that. "Your inapt comparison of the nuclear free declaration and lack of action on climate...
A speech made by a beauty pageant contestant, condemning the Russian assault on Ukraine in support of the people being brutalised and killed by the Russian Federation, would still be lightyears ahead of your support for this disgusting atrocity made by you...
The above shows that it can be done. .....we can have thriving rural communities where people make their livelihoods farming in a way that keeps our water, land, and climate safe and healthy, through more plant-based regenerative organic agriculture. But ...
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