No amateur hour for real leaders
Among the breathless reporting of who John Key is having a meeting with (‘he’s talking to the Queen!’ ‘he’s going to talk to […]
Environment
Everybody else is going, so why can’t we?
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon have called on world leaders to attend the Copenhagen talks on the new climate […]
Key must bite the bullet over Copenhagen
Another instalment of “John Key’s” video diary from talented impersonator PlumedeKiwi; this time taking a comedic stab at the PM’s refusal to attend […]
Who wins from digging up Coromandel
Gerry Brownlee is talking of digging up Coromandel to extract a few tens of millions of dollars worth of gold. Naturally, the company […]
The evidence on warming
Much ado about nothing in the last few days, with the release of materials related to climate change and warming on both the […]
Shame on you
Never in the history of New Zealand politics has so much taxpayers’ money been hurled into the chasm with such contempt for the […]
Our word is our bond
Maori Party policy on the environment: We aspire to work together to make the economy great but not at the expense of our […]
National / Maori ETS now law
So, the National / Maori ETS is now law. Waiho mÄ te WhakamÄ e Patu. Shame on those who supported this appalling legislation […]
Sharples and the Maori Party revolt
Via Newsroom [offline], Pita Sharples has confirmed reports of an internal revolt within the Maori Party over its support for National’s ETS. The […]
Maori Party caucus divided on ETS?
Maori Party whip Te Ururoa Flavell is doing what he can to play down internal divisions that suggested the party could vote against […]
Rod Oram on ETS and Monetary Policy
Rod Oram did a business segment on Nine to Noon yesterday. As usual he went quite deep into the issues. A welcome contrast […]
ETS – last chance!
Breaking news. It seems that turmoil within the Maori Party may derail the ETS after all: EXCLUSIVE: An 11th hour revolt within the […]
Shane Jones on National’s ETS
Not all ETSs are created equal
On his blog, Colin Espiner writes: “it’s also extremely ironic to hear Labour wringing its hands about the impact of the ETS when…HELLO…Labour […]
CCDs. Worms perhaps?
It has been fascinating over the last few days watching the CCDs (Climate Change Deniers) make an another attempt to scale the bastion […]
A plague on both your houses
So, as far as National and Maori leaders are concerned, it’s a done deal: “Maori Party to support ETS – bill to become […]
Harawira and Katene to cross the floor?
National wants to get its shambolic ETS through the House this week. It’s not quite clear what the hurry is; there’s no actual […]
Lunch time quiz
1) What the hell is John Key trying to say here? “Maori are not getting special preference, if you go back to those […]
Key opens rich mates’ marina, slaps local Maori
Unbelievable. John Key has opened the environmentally destructive Whangamata Marina. This was a battle between rich property developers, against the serious concerns of local […]
Bludging farmers
The Fed Farmers have used Goff’s speech on monetary policy to have another whinge about beneficiaries, who they reckon are somehow to blame […]
Doctors speak up against ETS
A couple of days ago I raised (again) the question of why we don’t see more experts, scientists and academics contributing to public […]
Key needs to face the facts
Nice Mr Key may be feeling the strain a bit. He’s starting to sound quite snippy: Meanwhile, Key has also slammed Treasury predictions […]
Greenpeace to focus on poverty
The new head of Greenpeace, South African Kumi Naidoo, has pledged under his leadership that the organisation’s core focus will be the effect […]
Total shambles
The government’s handling of the ETS is a total shambles at every level. Even their fans at The Herald are pointing out the […]
Maori Party shafts Maori workers
The Maori Party says it will support John Key’s emissions trading scheme in exchange for a lucrative deal for the wealthiest Maori. According […]
Key’s $155b subsidy to polluters
A month ago, I wrote that National’s moves to gut the Emissions Trading Scheme would increase government debt by $73 billion by 2050. A Treasury […]
Kiwis will continue to subsidise PM’s rich mates
The Finance and Expenditure Committee has released its report on John Key’s Emissions Trading Scheme. ACT, Labour, and the Greens refused to support […]
Greens greenwashing for anti-environment govt
The Greens have announced the collapse of the cornerstone of their Memorandum of Understanding with National. With Gerry Brownlee as Minister for Energy, National […]
Climate Change cowardice hurting NZ’s image abroad
One of the UK’s most influential newspapers, The Guardian, carries a stinging attack under the title New Zealand was a friend to Middle […]
Sciblogs
Welcome to a new NZ blog, Sciblogs. From the About: Sciblogs brings together the best science bloggers in the country on one website, […]
Stupid stupid stupid
Our government is stupid. Sorry, it’s the only conclusion I can draw. Our government is made up of confused, muddled thinkers incapable of […]
Climate Change: The Looney Lord Responds
Rob Salmond The other day I posted a critique of Lord Monckton’s recent presentation, which purports to show that global warming is not […]
Climate Change: Looney Tunes from Lord Monckton
Rob Salmond In attempting to cover for DPF’s embarrassing disaster of a post on climate change, in his comments section some prominent right wingers […]
Shamed by Africa
On Monday climate change negotiations got under way in Barcelona – “the final chance for negotiators to hammer out a text before […]
Kiwis should be free-riders – NZIER
A nice attempt at wedge politics from rightwing economic think-tank NZIER today. They say we should be concentrating on water quality, air quality, […]
David Farrar’s echo chamber fail
There’s some massive FAIL going on over at Kiwiblog. Farrar’s got this new green-bashing post up where he breathlessly mocks Al Gore for […]