Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 6:25 am, August 5th, 2016 -
92 comments
Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, infrastructure, political alternatives, science, transport, vision
Tags: action needed, climate change, global warming
Part IV of IV
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 11:20 am, August 4th, 2016 -
25 comments
Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, infrastructure, political alternatives, public transport, science, transport, vision
Tags: climate change, equity, global warming, petrol, roading, transport
Part III of IV – a focus on road transport.
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 6:38 pm, August 1st, 2016 -
11 comments
Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, political alternatives, science, transport, vision
Tags: alice bows, aviation, climate change, global warming, Kevin Anderson, shipping
Part II of IV. How to achieve zero carbon from the shipping and aviation sectors by the 2030s.
Written By:
Bill -
Date published: 1:42 pm, August 1st, 2016 -
3 comments
Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, global warming, political alternatives, science, transport, vision
Tags: alice bows, climate change, free petrol, global warming, Kevin Anderson
Part I of a IV part series of posts on what we can do to hold global warming below 2 degrees C.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 8:00 am, September 11th, 2022 -
177 comments
Categories: Europe, International, Peace, Ukraine, uncategorized
Tags:
If we fail to support Ukraine’s struggle we all lose far more than self rule for 44 million people.
Written By:
weka -
Date published: 10:03 am, April 22nd, 2022 -
17 comments
Categories: climate change, public transport, sustainability, transport
Tags: dunedin, just transition, oil crisis, rob hopkins, south dunedin, what if...?
It’s 2032, and we’re looking back at a decade of oil, climate and economic crisis, and how one city found a way through.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 6:04 am, May 8th, 2021 -
24 comments
Categories: economy, labour, wages, workers' rights
Tags: Branko Marcetic, the democracy project
Consistent with how they’ve governed so far, Ardern and Robertson are happy to demand workers sacrifice for the greater good — but asking the rich to do the same is a red line they simply won’t cross.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 7:21 am, October 9th, 2018 -
139 comments
Categories: australian politics, climate change, Conservation, energy, Environment, global warming, greens, jacinda ardern, james shaw, sustainability
Tags:
Get ready, according to the AA, for petrol at $3 a liter for Christmas.
Written By:
r0b -
Date published: 10:59 am, March 9th, 2011 -
20 comments
Categories: class war, cost of living, dpf, economy, making shit up, national
Tags: lies, tax cuts, tax swindle
Hey National – stop lying and inventing dodgy stats to try and prove that we’re all better off. The tax cut received by most people was derisory, and the cost of living is shooting up fast. Even the Kiwiblog heartland isn’t buying the lies. If you can’t convince them, you can’t convince anyone…
Written By:
Dancer -
Date published: 4:15 pm, May 6th, 2008 -
1 comment
Categories: International
Tags: big business, Clinton, International, mccain, obama, petrol
It seems that NZers are not the only ones interested in petrol prices. From The Guardian: Barack Obama, facing increasingly close primary contests today in Indiana and North Carolina, fought off a populist push by Hillary Clinton to capitalise on American unease at rising petrol prices. The BBC has this on the unrelenting politics: To […]
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 4:08 pm, September 2nd, 2024 -
44 comments
Categories: uncategorized
Tags:
Yes, Labour can restore its woeful tax position.
Written By:
Simon Louisson -
Date published: 9:00 am, August 27th, 2024 -
43 comments
Categories: climate change, Economy, energy, Environment, simeon brown
Tags: fertilizer, LNG, methanol, power cuts, same old national, solar power
Energy Minister Simeon Brown is peddling lies about a gas shortage. The country exports around 40 percent of its annual gas production as methanol. More is used to make synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, a nasty greenhouse emission source, for our farms. We don’t need expensive LNG distribution facilities while exporting the bulk of our own gas.
Written By:
Guest post -
Date published: 10:58 am, July 7th, 2024 -
6 comments
Categories: climate change, coalition of chaos, corruption, Mining, Politics
Tags: Fast Track Bill, lobbyists, NACT1, roading, seabed mining, TTR
Last week the Coalition Govt said they were doing away with the name “fast-track.” This is a Govt of professional lobbyists so I am not surprised by their attunement to marketing. “Fast-track” became bad for business. The name had to go. They have also weakened regarding fast-track because of opposition.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 10:39 pm, February 13th, 2024 -
103 comments
Categories: act, climate change, community democracy, Conservation, democracy under attack, democratic participation, global warming, journalism, labour, Left, Propaganda, taxpayers union, thinktank, us politics
Tags:
Attacking leftists attempts to expose the Atlas Network of right-wing think tanks, Chris Trotter offers this gem “Morally speaking, is taking money from oil companies really all that distinguishable from giving money to oil companies every time we fill up our petrol tank?”
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 5:06 pm, December 28th, 2023 -
47 comments
Categories: Deep stuff, sustainability, tourism, uncategorized
Tags:
The purpose of everyone in New Zealand is to keep Wanaka pure.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:19 am, November 23rd, 2023 -
102 comments
Categories: act, Christopher Luxon, david seymour, election 2023, national, nz first, winston peters
Tags:
Today may be the day we have a new Government, that is as long as Act and NZ First can resolve their fight over who is to be Deputy Prime Minister.
Written By:
nickkelly -
Date published: 10:31 pm, September 27th, 2023 -
16 comments
Categories: budget 2023, capital gains, chris hipkins, Economy, economy, election 2023, elections, grant robertson, greens, gst, health, labour, Long Read, maori party, tax
Tags: capital gains tax, chris trotter, green party, GST, Labour Party, Quality Public Services, tax
Earlier this year Andrew Marr wrote in the New Statesmen, that Britain’s problem was that it wanted Scandinavian levels of Public Services and North American levels of taxation. His view was that Britain was overdue for an honest debate about tax and public spending. In New Zealand, there is a similar challenge.
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 6:05 am, June 15th, 2023 -
17 comments
Categories: climate change, uncategorized
Tags: greenpeace, Rosemary Penwarden
“We applaud Rosemary for standing up against big oil and gas.”
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 12:44 pm, June 5th, 2023 -
51 comments
Categories: climate change, Environment, public transport, science, transport
Tags:
Regional rail is a perpetual makework gig servicing the wrong economy and just needs to stop.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 9:57 am, October 21st, 2022 -
32 comments
Categories: climate change, energy, Environment, Mining, science
Tags:
We need more mines if we are to transition to low carbon. There’s a field of industry that National and Labour could readily agree to if they put their minds to it, and it’s one of the highest paid industries in the world: mining. Electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels are made with a […]
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 7:00 am, September 7th, 2022 -
39 comments
Categories: climate change, Deep stuff, energy, Environment, Europe, International, peak oil, science, uncategorized
Tags:
Many European governments now face a perfect storm of threatened energy security, rising inflation, war-propelled refugee crisis, and climate objectives. New Zealand be warned.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 11:24 am, August 22nd, 2022 -
19 comments
Categories: China, Economy, Free Trade, International, trade, us politics
Tags:
Muchn’all as I try and stay positive about New Zealand’s economic direction, our reliance on China is getting much, much worse, and we need to move as China declines.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 8:00 am, March 22nd, 2022 -
88 comments
Categories: climate change, energy, International, Joe Biden, peak oil, science, uncategorized, us politics
Tags:
There is only so much New Zealand and its government can do to soften the blows of the instability that are besetting the world. And the problem is without dramatic change New Zealand will remain one of the most car-addicted, petrol reliant societies on earth for several decades to come.
Written By:
Mike Smith -
Date published: 4:32 pm, March 20th, 2022 -
194 comments
Categories: boycott, China, Diplomacy, Economy, energy, Europe, exports, farming, food, Gerry Brownlee, Iran, Japan, monetary policy, Peace, Peace, Russia, same old national, trade, uk politics, Ukraine, United Nations, us politics, war
Tags:
New Zealand’s sanctions on Russia have not stopped the war in Ukraine. They may have made our parliamentarians feel better, and Tony Blinken was quick to congratulate us on falling into line with the US “high-impact sanctions.” The language is combative, but the evidence shows sanctions do not work. They can have significant blow-back effects, particularly if not combined with effective diplomacy.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 7:00 am, March 17th, 2022 -
351 comments
Categories: climate change, Deep stuff, global warming, grant robertson, International, jacinda ardern, Russia, science, us politics
Tags:
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinsky has made a direct appeal broadcast to the United States Congress. That will sort out the Putin supporters from the rest. And with climate change beckoning it is time to pick a side.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 11:01 am, February 10th, 2022 -
42 comments
Categories: capitalism, climate change, covid-19, Deep stuff, food, greens, science, tourism
Tags:
Chloe Swarbrick has requested that the government help Auckland central’s restaurants. But in a post Covid pre climate change world this is not going to help.
Written By:
mickysavage -
Date published: 10:01 am, October 25th, 2020 -
74 comments
Categories: election 2020, greens, jacinda ardern, labour, uncategorized
Tags:
With the hand brake gone and the Government’s policy platform already complete what should the Labour Government set out to achieve this term?
Written By:
notices and features -
Date published: 6:05 am, September 30th, 2020 -
40 comments
Categories: climate change, greens, labour, national, public transport, sustainability, transport
Tags: no right turn, NRT, us politics
All of these policies will get fossil cars off the roads, reducing emissions.
Written By:
advantage -
Date published: 8:30 am, September 24th, 2020 -
100 comments
Categories: covid-19, Economy, health, infrastructure, jacinda ardern, jobs, labour, Living Wage, minimum wage, uncategorized, wages, workers' rights
Tags:
This is a backpocket election – and that’s where most of Labour’s effort is going as it rightly should.
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