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    The smoking gun - by frog



    De Smog Blog has just commented on the issue that many climate change campaigners have been too scared to traverse.  Weather events are random, and you can’t pin any particular one to climate change.  There was some muted media discussion on hurricane Katrina and its links to climate change before the focus moved to the US [...] read more
    May 13, 2008 4:14 pm - 12 Comments
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    Aussie supermarket duopoly comes under the spotlight - by frog



    New Zealand is not the only country facing rising food costs. Over in Australia the government has directed its Competition and Consumer Commission to launch an inquiry into food prices. Interestingly there the inquiry is focusing on the perceived lack of competition between Australia’s two major grocery suppliers, Woolworths and Coles, who between them control [...] read more
    January 23, 2008 9:19 am - 3 Comments
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    Joining the dots - by frog



    You’d think from listening to Radio New Zealand news this morning that something was going on.  First Al Gore collects his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, and says we face a  ”planetary emergency“.  “Without realising it, we have begun to wage war on the earth itself.  It is time to make peace with the planet”. [...] read more
    December 11, 2007 9:12 am - 63 Comments