Environment & Resource Management Archive

  • frog

    Joyce controlled transport for Auckland?



    As I noted last week, Granny Herald has finally woken up to the dangers of Rodney Hide and Steven Joyce’s plans for local government in Auckland. They’ve been running a useful series of articles about the proposed council controlled organizations. In particular, the Herald (and mayors) are concerned that all responsibility for transport issues, will be [...] read more
    March 15, 2010 9:00 am - 8 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    Coal and Sustainable Energy: An exciting essay topic



    To the CEO of Solid Energy: Dear Sir, I understand that your corporation is sponsoring an essay competition for schoolchildren in Southland, West Coast, Canterbury and Waikato. The essay, up to 1500 words, must address “The Role of Coal in Sustainable Energy Solutions for New Zealand.” read more
    March 13, 2010 10:20 am - 10 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Auckland’s CBD rail loop gets one step closer



    A preferred alignment for an underground rail loop to run through Auckland’s CBD was announced yesterday by ARTA. This is exciting news as it means this crucial project is coming one step closer to completion. You can see that there will be three stations, one near Aotea Square, Karangahape Road, and Symonds Street. ARTA estimate that [...] read more
    March 12, 2010 4:48 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Whale for Sale



    To support the Palmer position you have to believe it would work read more
    March 12, 2010 1:31 pm - 51 Comments
  • frog

    General Debate, 12th March 2010



    A few random links for ya Facebook group about whaling Send an ecard to save Radio New Zealand Greece mayhem French bread spiked with LSD IEA Economist Predicts ‘Era Of Cheap Energy Is Over’ Mega Kites Could Pull Giant, Floating Power Plants read more
    March 12, 2010 1:04 pm - 35 Comments
  • David Clendon

    Protect Our Pacific from climate change



    On Wednesday night I had the pleasure of attending a meeting to hear from Pelenise Pilitati a well known community leader and climate activist from Kiribati. As you can see from this Youtube clip, hearing Pelenise talk brings home the stark reality of the ways that climate change is already affecting Kiribati. She described how in the [...] read more
    March 12, 2010 11:22 am - 23 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    Dirty rivers update – my first dirty lake



    Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora is apparently the fourth largest lake in our country. And it has the consistency of pea soup; toxic pea soup to be precise. I visited there last Friday. Prue lent us a couple of kayaks, so myself and Monique from Radio NZ headed out into the soup. To keep us safe [...] read more
    March 11, 2010 4:05 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Nature 2, Monsanto 0 – GE fails again



    We know already that genetically modified crops do not improve yields. Surprisingly, Monsanto has admitted that one of their pest resistant cotton crops no longer resists the pests. How long did it take nature to thumb its nose at Monsanto? Monsanto’s advice to farmers? Use our Bollgard II version, it’s better. But the science doesn’t back [...] read more
    March 11, 2010 10:38 am - 33 Comments
  • frog

    Podcast: Get Smart!



    ..meters that is.  Let’s get smart meters in NZ. In this week’s podcast Dave Clendon lays out the reasons why they are a good idea. In the couple of days since this podcast was recorded, big bad Gerry Brownlee has stomped all over a very good idea and laid out the reasons to do nothing. Round two of [...] read more
    March 10, 2010 6:26 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    A putrid stench in the Canterbury environment



    It looks like Canterbury is in for a taste of the “Auckland treatment” – local democracy gutted and decision-making handed over to unelected Ministerial appointees. read more
    March 8, 2010 3:01 pm - 24 Comments
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