The climate crisis is one of the greatest threats to life on our planet, and as Prime Minister Boris Johnson should have fronted this debate. By failing to do so, he has shown himself to be a weak and feeble leader. By not engaging on the critical issue of climate change, Boris Johnson has shown not only UK electors, but the world that he is a fool.
Seven senior climate scientists have written a piece in Nature updating the science on climate catastrophe and urging action.
The Museum of Oil History and SS4C dancing the Macarena ended an awesome week of protest action against oil drilling in NZ.
Is it too early to call negative odds on Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy?
School Strike for Climate, Extinction Rebellion, That Humble Man, Greenpeace.
One hundred and sixty three British economists have signed a letter to the Financial Times to say they believe that Labour should form […]
As the climate catastrophe gets to another level of intensity, building new systems can be an antidote to feeling powerless or afraid in the face of the crisis.
A group of farmers protested against Government climate policies yesterday including policies which the National Party either established or supported.
While Australia burns its conservative politicians still refuse to accept the enormity of the climate crisis and are acting to hinder and prevent measures that need to be taken to address what is a clear threat to the country’s future.
The tussock fire at Middlemarch has impacted Dunedin’s water supply and raises issues about our preparedness for climate change.
The Sustainable Party, National’s sock puppet party designed to weaken the Greens has launched. And its policies for some strange reason have not put climate change front and centre.
The Zero Carbon Act is not perfect, but it’s a critical step in the social and political change that is needed to prevent catastrophe.
“The landmark judgment upholds the peoples’ fundamental right to peaceful protest and prohibits the Police from any such future ban”
An indigenous youth delegation from Aotearoa is heading to the 25th UN Climate Talks.
Rio Tinto is practising further brinkmanship and have reportedly sent in a closure team to assess the viability of Tiwai Point and no doubt seek a Government handout. Is it time to say no and provide cheaper cleaner power to the country instead?
The Zero Carbon Bill has been reported back largely unchanged. But National has a series of talking points that suggest it will not cooperate with the passage of the bill into law.
Following on from Weka’s post yesterday concerning attacks on the right to protest in the United Kingdom, Australia has also shown a concerning tendency to attack and undermine that most important of rights.
Amnesty International condemn police blanket ban on Extinction Rebellion protests in London.
Why is it that conservative politicians throughout the world engage in rhetorical attacks on laws that in many situations actually serve important purposes?
The recent local government elections resulted in a number of people committed to addressing climate change being elected. And an apparent thinning of those who think that it is a hoax.
Keep it seemly …
Dunedin is going to be a very interesting test of politics and opportunity over this coming three years for this new mayor.
Extinction Rebellion NZ starts off an international week of Climate Rebellion designed to encourage governments to act in meaningful terms on the climate crisis.
“there’s more than one way to protest, and as the climate crisis bites, then continued government inaction is likely to push people towards more confrontational styles of protest.” Extinction Rebellion’s Wellington day of action is on Monday.
“The political status quo is unfit to confront the climate crisis”
Why New Zealand – and its government – need to engage much harder about Fonterra.
Yesterday’s New Zealand Climate Strike numbers reached a tipping point of climate action going mainstream.
Countrywide events for today’s Strike for Climate.
National has chosen to attack Jacinda Ardern on her trip to New York for doing too much and not enough at the same time. It seems to be a pattern.
“How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just ‘business as usual’ and some technical solutions?”
Greta Thunberg has spoken at the UN Climate Change summit and has warned the world that it is stealing the dreams and hopes of young people through its failure to address climate change.
There’s good news and there’s bad news in the landmark United in Science report.
In a striking example of the typical climate change denier, the “Australian Young Coal Coalition” released a photo bemoaning the mess left by […]
The global School Strikes this week and the upcoming International Rebellions are part of a large wave of change that gives us a chance at preventing the worst of climate disaster.
At the United Nations Climate Action Summit next weekend the question may be asked what would happen if China stopped buying Australian coal?
