Would you step into a driverless car?
And would you send your child off to a party in a driverless car?
Economy
energy
Why Can’t We Hold Vector Accountable?
For those of us who were without electricity to their houses in Auckland for several days, it’s worth turning our thoughts to Vector.
Global finance and climate change
The two greatest powers at work in the world right now are the roles of global finance, and climate change. In New Zealand we don’t yet see how these intersecting worlds of finance and climate change are interacting, or the government’s role in forming that interaction. But this is close.
Government blocks off shore oil and gas drilling
The Government has announced that there will be no new offshore oil and gas exploration permits issued under the block offer process.
Ardern suggests that oil exploration may cease
The Government is reconsidering the future of New Zealand’s block offer process which releases exploration permits to the oil industry for exploratory drilling.
NRT: Past time to end fossil fuel exploration
“The foreign shareholders in that toxic industry will kick and scream, but its basicly them or the planet – and if we want to save the world and keep our own coastal cities above water, they have to go.”
Bio-fuels.
Biofuels and fossil. The difference?
Two Labour Governments, two coal mines
The New Zealand Government has rejected the OIO’s proposal to allow Bathurst to purchase DOC land for coal mining purposes. And in Australia the Queensland Labor Government is working out how it can back out of an agreement to permit the Adani coal mine to proceed.
Climate activists threatened with “draconian” Anadarko Amendment
“We can’t burn existing fossil fuel reserves if we are to avoid climate catastrophe.” – Russell Norman.
The Saviour Machine
Our ingenuity.
Let’s stop kidding ourselves.
The “Adapting to Climate Change in NZ” report.
World Bank to stop funding oil and gas exploration
It is time for all of the institutions, countries, investors and individuals who are still in the Paris Agreement to stop funding fossils – once and for all.
– Stephen Kretzmann, Executive Director of Oil Change International
Economy 2018
It’s that time of year where we start making predictions for 2018. I see it looking not too hot, not too cold.
Vote for compassion and competence
National has created the perception that it is a better manager of Government than Labour and is suggesting that it is more compassionate. Neither claim is true.
Greens: Fuel pipeline debacle puts environment at risk
Despite assurances from industry and council, there are still unanswered questions about the environmental impact at the Ruakaka oil leak.
Closing the loops on oil spills and broken pipe lines
This isn’t what we meant by keep it in the ground.
The Green Party’s Wellington Transport Plan
The Green Party will save families and students money, reduce pollution, and make it easier to get around Wellington.
That’s cold
What’s wrong with a few mid-winter power cuts down south?
Oil and Water Mix.
Our economic paradigm (market capitalism) and oil don’t mix. False hope (BECCS) and survival doesn’t mix. Current political settings (Paris pledges produce 3- 4 degrees C warming with the US on board) and intelligent action don’t mix. Incrementalism (time is not on our side) and AGW doesn’t mix. Whatever can’t be mixed into some AGW solution needs to be flushed.
Scary, huh? Well, yes and no…
Eight years to an electric transport world
The pace of change in transportation may mean that some time soon private ownership of petroleum cars may disappear.
Stunning nature
Drilling for oil we shouldn’t use, in a place that should remain untouched. Is this really what NZ wants?
Thank you Charlie.
I took myself along to Dunedin’s March for Science last Saturday. There was a high point.
Green power
Lots to like in The Greens’ new power policy.
Greenpeace got themselves a bigger boat…
“Yours is an honourable mission with the power to bring alive the conscience of the world”
Oil prospecting on the shores of Lake Te Anau?
The Nats are buying another fight with NZ’s nature lovers. Last time they tried something like this 50,000 marched in Auckland and they were forced to back down.
Climate Change and Us
3 major environmental reports today – the OECD says our economy is beyond environmental limits; a cross party group of MPs sponsor research into the way to net zero emissions; and the World Meteorological Organisation has a stark look at continued climate change.
Kia Kaha Canterbury
It seems almost inevitable that the recent fires in Canterbury and the Hawkes Bay are the result of climate change and the harbingers of things to come.
Stop. Driving. Climate. Change.
What can we do today that will make a difference?
100 Coal Fired Projects Scrapped.
…including some already in the construction phase.
Powerdown
Climate change, Peak Oil, resource depletion. Some of our options are better than others.
Keep it in the ground
In the last days of the Obama presidency the current President is taking steps to protect the Arctic from oil drilling.
As politicians go….
Following voters in the USA adding yet another to a growing list of defeats for the radical centre….
Te Ikaroa – Seismic Testing Presents Significant Risk To East Coast
“Seismic blasting, every 10 seconds, 24hrs a day from now until next May” Time to step up again and protect our environment.
Oh noes! The world’s not going to saved now!
Bollocks. It was never going to be.
Standing Rock update
The Standing Rock water protection movement continues in the face of increasing state violence.
Peak Oil Demand
A decade ago peak oil, or the capping of supply was thought to be an imminent problem. Now it is looking more likely that demand will peak, and soon.