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Cats need to be managed in sensitive wildlife areas

Gareth MorganDecember 20, 2015Environment

Do you live near the Waitakere Ranges? Send a message to the Deputy Mayor, Penny Hulse, saying you want to see cats controlled [gravityform id=”6″ title=”false” description=”false”] Cats need to be managed in sensitive wildlife areas was last modified: December … Read More

What the Politicians don’t want you to know about climate change – Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganDecember 17, 2015Environment

Paris saw the governments of the world not only confirm they want to keep warming under 2 degrees but that ideally they want to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. This is in recognition of the growing evidence on the impacts … Read More

Government celebrates climate deal – Returns home to say they will do nothing

Geoff SimmonsDecember 14, 2015Environment

The Paris agreement has been warmly received around the world; finally we have an international agreement that has lived up to the hype. But let’s be honest, our expectations have been surpassed only because they have been lowered over many … Read More

You’re told NZ’s energy is 80% renewable. That couldn’t be further from the truth

Geoff SimmonsDecember 10, 2015Environment

John Key recently defended New Zealand’s clean, green image by pointing out that 80% of our electricity comes from renewable sources. Is this claim relevant or just a way to deflect attention away from his Government’s lack of action? Let’s … Read More

Key boasts while our emissions credibility burns

Gareth MorganDecember 8, 2015Environment

John Key has responded to more than 35,000 climate action marchers by smugly claiming that because 80 per cent of our electricity comes from renewable sources, we’re respectable. Such a boast is irrelevant to the task at hand – reducing … Read More

Is it possible to avoid “dangerous” climate change or is the world stuffed for your kids?

Gareth MorganDecember 7, 2015Environment

The big news from Paris overnight was Canada throwing its weight behind a bid to limit warming to 1.5 degrees. While it is an eye-catching political move from a new administration, the reality of the situation facing the world is … Read More

Government’s wimpish river regulations watered down

Geoff SimmonsDecember 6, 2015Environment

The Government’s fresh water policy is under strain around the country. Remember when they defined ‘bottom lines’ for quality as ‘wadeable’ (not swimmable), but ‘communities’ could improve on them if they wanted, and promised that no matter what, water quality … Read More

Remarkable achievement: New Zealand’s first predator free community

Gareth MorganDecember 3, 2015Environment

Congratulations to Kelvin Hastie and the people of Crofton Downs for being the country’s first predator free suburb. You’ve shown us all what is possible – let’s hope the whole of Wellington and other towns around the country follow your lead. … Read More

Reducing CO2 what’s fair for NZ? – Whiteboard Friday

Gareth MorganDecember 3, 2015Environment

With the Paris climate change conference on we’ve been talking about the Government’s relatively weak emissions reduction target. They have justified this on the basis that this target will cost New Zealand more, but over this week we have seen … Read More

Which is Scarier: the Cost of Climate Change, Diabetes or Pension?

Geoff SimmonsDecember 2, 2015Environment, Health, Tax and Welfare

In recent blogs we have been looking at the Government’s deliberate exaggeration of the costs of taking action on climate change. Their intention is to divert attention from our lack of progress thus far, and to justify their weak target … Read More

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