Folic acid fiasco
I just don’t see why medicating an entire population to prevent a handful of spina bifida cases, which will only work if women […]
Environment
Toast
What a horrifying sight today’s Q+A interview with Minister of Food Safety Kate Wilkinson made. It was a shameful performance from a media point […]
Greenpeace to Obama: Show some leadership
From Greenpeace USA: Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mount Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming. The banner […]
Unassailable Evidence
Inaugural Lectures are very traditional University events; held these days to permit outstanding researchers to present an overview of their work to the […]
Oil’s well that ends well?
Now days everybody wanna talk, like they got something to say, but nothing comes out when they move their lips, just a bunch […]
40 by 2020
Great new video from 350.org.nz calling on the Government to back a 40% reduction in emissions by 2020. Current National Party policy is […]
Climate change, passing the pain.
The US has finally managed to pass a bill through the house of representatives dealing with climate change (sort of). It is laden […]
Shouting into the void
Pop quiz – did you know that earlier this week the UN released a major report on the “Green Economy”? Here is a […]
A lecture on the WAIS
There are a few odd times that I wish I was living in Wellington instead of Auckland (not often).This is one of them. […]
Private member’s ballot
The Left continues to have luck with the private member’s bill ballot, getting both of the bills drawn today just like a couple […]
Two birds with one stone
In 2007, in election mode, John Key was talking up National’s commitment to the environment and the Enviroschools programme: Without a trace of […]
350.org
This is the latest YouTube clip from 350.org, the international movement planning a worldwide day of protest on October 24 to demand our […]
The psychology of buying green
I know political animals are watching Mt Albert today, but something to read in the meantime on the psychology of buying ‘green’. We […]
Cataclysm
Six Degrees Could Change the World This is a documentary detailing the possible effects as temperatures rise throughout the world degree by degree. […]
New Zealand’s weakest link
Is its business leaders. There’s Keys, the Fyfes, the Weldons. Who all spend so much money to look good on the covers of […]
Nat discovers the virtues of listening
Here’s an exert from Nick Smith’s speech to the 2009 New Zealand Planning Institute Conference: I acknowledge, that while the bulk of submissions […]
Sweet rides
A few weeks back, in the best traditions of tabloid TV, Q+A took time to mention Lockwood’s ride, the macho muscle car Ford […]
Crusher crushes rights
Collins has given us a little teaser of what’s in her car-crushing law. As any fool could have predicted the fascist in her […]
The legitimacy of distraction
A cold weekend afternoon. Perfect timing for a distracting article on Twitter, Adderall, lifehacking, mindful jogging, power browsing, Obama’s BlackBerry, and the benefits […]
NACT: Going backwards for politics
The Fast Forward Fund was axed by the NACT government in Feburary. This was a fund that was to be invested and the […]
Class warfare, with bulldozers
Using Labour’s Google Map of National’s Waterview route and Google Street View, I had a look at the type of houses that National wants […]
Classic
From the Herald’s Your Views on Waterview: HammerHead (Wellington City): No they should replace it with a cycleway. This would prevent criminals coming […]
Ravi back in the running?
Over at Red Alert, the Labour MPs’ blog, Trevor Mallard points out that nominations for the Mt Albert by-election don’t close until next […]
Boring into the numbers 2
National has released its Waterview plan. Basically a trench rather than a tunnel, and a few hundred more homes knocked down. They reckon […]
For the kids
A mate put me onto the “story of stuff” the other day. It’s an excellent Green-Left critique of our economic system pitched toward […]
Joyce Trashes Mt Albert
Yesterday the long wait for a decision on the Waterview Connection somewhat ended. The full picture will become more obvious today, once NZTA […]
Boring into the numbers
Here’s a trick you can all play at home. You’ll need several different plans for a major motorway project produced by NZTA and […]
CCD Myths – East Antarctica
In east Antarctica, the sea ice sheets have been larger recently. Predictably this has been seized on by the scientifically simple-minded climate change […]
Lobby group wants motorways to drive over locals
Owen McShane’s lobby group the Centre for Resource Management Studies has a set of questions up about the Waterview Tunnel option of SH20. […]
Retrograde NZ
I had the pleasure of meeting lauded climate activist and author Bill McKibben this morning. McKibben is in New Zealand as part of […]
Coincidence?
Here’s the cover of Ian Wishart’s latest piece of scientifically illiterate climate change denialism, Air Con: And here’s the poster for World Fair Trade […]
Book review of the insane
Robinsod is no longer here to do the book reviews of Wishart‘s latest insights into the world of the paranoid. As he said […]
The RTF tries another RUC rort
Tony Friedlander of the trucking lobby and architect of the famous ‘truck strike’ (remember that? man that was weird when you think about […]
Imagine.
Inspired by a forwarded e-mail about Obama’s speech to the NAS with this line in it Imagine Key committing to invest 3% of […]
How did we miss the sweet spot?
This fascinating article (with many links) describes some of the radical technologies America is considering to address the urgent problem of global warming. […]
The next oil spike(s)
Remember the oil spike? Over the course of the last 4-5 years, oil kept on breaking records, culminating in a massive spike to […]