For whom the Toll bells
The Government has bought back the rail stock and ferries from Toll for $655 million. The privatisation of these vital assets, which are […]
Environment
Right answer, wrong question
It’s not often National gets something right but their latest flip-flop, on bio-fuels, is a good policy (well, partially and for the wrong […]
Right question, wrong answer
Interesting to see people gradually waking up to what Fidel Castro, last year, called “The sinister idea of converting food into combustibles”. Even […]
Flat-Earthers heart climate change deniers
The Climate Science Coalition is the last of a dying breed; a rabid, climate change denying lobby group. Of late, they have been performing a desperate, last-ditch attempt […]
50 ways to help the planet
Check out 50 ways to help the planet. My favourites? Shower with your partner Invest in your own reusable coffee cup Picnic with […]
Twin peaks
We have all heard of the peak oil crisis that is already manifesting itself in fuel prices. Now, consider peak food, the point […]
Lockwood: unsurprisingly relaxed about global warming
Hiding from the hakapiks
There is a Novotel hotel beside the Canadian High Commission on The Terrace in Wellington. Check out this billboard on the wall of […]
National retreads deny climate change
Lockwood Smith gave us student debt. Maurice Williamson gave us traffic jams. Now they want to give us global warming. Just days after […]
Al Gore’s new climate change campaign
Al Gore has just launched a $300 million, bipartisan campaign to try to push climate change higher on the nation’s political agenda. The […]
The parties’ climate change policies
‘Tis the season for surveys of the parties. Greenpeace sent a questionnaire to each of the parliamentary parties asking for their polices on […]
Canada’s shame
For those of you who saw the title and thought this post was about Celine Dion, sorry, it’s about the seal cull. Every […]
What would Jesus drive?
The Vatican’s update of sins to include issues of social justice and environment reminded me of a conversation I had recently with a […]
Calling coal to account
New Zealand’s coal industry is a mess of contradictions. We worry about carbon emissions and Kyoto while State-owned Solid Energy exports coal to dirty Chinese […]
Guest post: Simon Tegg on Peak Oil
Meet Guest post. Guest post is 32 years old, he likes long walks on the beach and lively political debate. He is our […]
Birds of a feather…
Frogblog covers Muriel Newman’s column in the Dom yesterday: “Climate change, we didn’t do it” [whew! back to my environmentally pollutive and destructive […]
Reactions to New Zealand Fast Forward
Groups that issued press releases welcoming the Government announcement of the $700 million research and development fund for argiculture (press releases on Scoop): […]
Most Aussies support Kyoto protocol
The ABC reports: “Today Australia becomes an official member of the Kyoto club after the initial ratification documents were lodged with the United […]
The whalers are coming
The Dom reports today that the Japanese whaling fleet has ben “spotted steaming towards the Ross Sea” – part of our territorial waters. […]
John Doerr on “Greentech”
Another video from TED: “I don’t think we’re going to make it,” John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and […]
NZ leads the world on climate change in Bali
Here’s a clip that aired last night on TV3. It shows NZ leading the world in our response to climate change in Bali. […]
Bush absent at Bali conference
Al Gore has just accepted his Nobel Peace Prize for advocacy for action on climate change. In his speech he’s lauded Kevin Rudd’s […]
Xmas trees & when all that glitters
It was once a matter of personal preference. Now it’s part of the sustainability story. Do you prefer the uniform shape, colour, ease […]
Greencabs – Toyota Prius taxi fleet
There’s a new taxi fleet servicing Wellington and (in three days time) Auckland. The vehicles are all Toyota Prius hybrids and the company, […]
Do your part for sustainability
The PM has launched a new website, sustainability.govt.nz challenging citizens to commit to doing one thing to help contribute to a “sustainable nation”.
Australia ends 10-year Kyoto exile
From the Guardian: “Australia yesterday joined the fold of rich countries committed to tackling climate change by signing the Kyoto agreement to limit […]
PopSci award winner: printed solar cells
Popular Science has recently announced its “Grand Award Winner” in the “Green” category: PowerSheet solar cells. ‘Imagine a solar panel without the panel. […]
Google invests in renewable energy research
From the NYT: Google, the Internet company with a seemingly limitless source of revenue, plans to get into the business of finding limitless […]
Pascal’s Wager on climate change
Fortunately we have a government that’s prepared to act on climate change rather than gamble with the future. Nevertheless here’s an interesting take […]
Lawson not bonkers
Esteemed Tory Brit-econ-pop-enviro-guru Nigel Lawson, Lord of Blaby, dad of Nigella, is not bonkers. Lord Blaby (Ed: shurely not? Wot? It is true?), […]
Roundtable shirks science, embraces aristocrat
The Business Roundtable has invited Nigel Lawson, British Chancellor of the Exchequer under Thatcher, to speak to them on climate change. Inevitably, Lawson […]
Sharpen up your climate change arguments
The BBC has a good roundup of the top 10 climate change denier arguments with rebuttals from scientists who agree with the Intergovernmental […]
Up-Skilling Skilling
The NZ Institute needs to look a bit more closely before leaping into print. The strangest thing about its exhortation that NZ should […]
Lights out San Francisco
Lights Out San Francisco is a citywide energy conservation event next scheduled for March 29, 2008. On this night, they invite the entire […]
NZ Institute turns up the heat
The New Zealand Institute has come out imploring us to be a “fast follower” rather than a leader in the race to reduce […]
New hybrid Crown limos announced
In an effort to play an even larger part in the fight against global warming the New Zealand government today announced the purchase […]