Archive for April 16th, 2007

G7 not much help

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Finance ministers from the G7 took time out from their calculators on Friday to tell the world how well it is doing. Which I am sure it is, if your perspective happens to be that of a finance minister in one of the seven most wealthy countries in the world.
Sadly the G7’s assessment […]

How about polluter pays?

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Interesting piece by Brian Fallow regarding the submissions from the forestry sector and the farming sector on greenhouse emissions. The issue revolves around the projected increase in agricultural emissions of 38 million tonnes CO2 equivalent from 1990 levels during the 2008-2012 period of the Kyoto Protocol.
From a political perspective, what is interesting is that it […]

Video from electrify rail public meeting

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Here is a report from Triangle TV’s Darpan Local News about the public meeting in Auckland in support of electrifying the Auckland rail network - the electrification item starts about 10mins 20s into the bulletin. 200 people at the meeting was a good turnout, let’s hope it translates into action soon.