Archive for May, 2009

  • frog

    ShapeNZ: Do more about climate change - by frog



    More climate change news out today. A ShapeNZ poll released today shows that a majority of kiwis support taking real action to combat global warming. I am not surprised. The Green message ultimately gets through because it’s based on the science and a healthy dose of common sense. Rod Oram typifies the sentiment in his [...] read more
    May 4, 2009 4:14 pm - 38 Comments
  • frog

    Gareth Morgan: The science is irrefutable - by frog



    Nobody wants to hear it from the Greens. Perhaps they will listen to Gareth Morgan, one of New Zealand’s more successful economists. Gareth got fed up with all the noise surrounding global warming, so he decided to hire the best scientific guns he could find on both sides of the so-called debate. Sceptics vs Alarmists. [...] read more
    May 3, 2009 8:38 pm - 67 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    What to do about Swine flu - by Kevin Hague



    A few years ago and the country was in the grip of Bird Flu Fever, so to speak. The Health sector was dusting off the plans from 1918 and sales of Geoffrey Rice’s excellent account of that earlier pandemic soared. It seemed like every organisation and business in the country was developing its own pandemic [...] read more
    May 1, 2009 12:08 pm - 78 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Scientific Megalomania? - by Catherine Delahunty



    The Education and Science Select Committee carries out financial reviews of Crown Research institutes which is a fascinating process, not so much the glossy balance sheets but reading between the lines. We also get to speak with the heads of these bodies and ask questions about the work. Yesterday we meet with Geological and Nuclear [...] read more
    May 1, 2009 9:40 am - 21 Comments
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