No Right Turn: Give the Rangitata back
If we want to protect our environment and ourselves, we need to scale this back. And the easiest way to do that is give the river back: remove or massively scale back those consents, and let the rivers flow.
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No Right Turn: The transport policy we need
All of these policies will get fossil cars off the roads, reducing emissions.
No Right Turn: The coming US shitshow
President Trump once again refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the US election.
No Right Turn: Against facial recognition
“we should be outlawing this intrusive technology and the tracking it enables and entails.”
No Right Turn: Ending dairy in Canterbury
Idiot/Savant at No Right Turn writes: “Environment Canterbury has finally proposed nitrogen limits to stop dairy farmers from poisoning Christchurch’s water supply”
NRT on submitting on the End of Life Choice Bill
“If you care about the bill, I encourage you to speak up about it.”
NRT: About time too
Idiot/savant writes about Labour’s legislation to extend paid parental leave.
NRT: Good Riddance
“The government is throwing out pay equity legislation introduced by National, saying it makes it harder for people to make a claim for fair wages.”
No Right Turn: Here’s hoping
Julie Anne Genter as the new Minister for Women is likely to revisit a private members bill that would advance pay equity in NZ.
No Right Turn: Dealing with ghost homes
“we want houses to be homes for people to live in, not gold bars for the rich”
No Right Turn: Climate change: Ending oil
I/S at No Right Turn writes: “Fossil fuels are the primary cause of climate change. A significant chunk of those fossil fuels are burned in cars, so if we want to beat climate change, we need to stop doing that. And today, the French government signalled that it would do just that, announcing that it would ban the sale of petrol and diesel-fuelled cars by 2040″
NRT: Everybody knows the dice are loaded…
I/S at No Right Turn writes: “Around the world, we’ve seen a backlash against political establishments, driven in part by a recognition that economic and political systems are rigged to the advantage of the rich. And we have the same sentiments in New Zealand”