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    Two Reasons to Vote Green - by frog



    Except for the funny accent and that fact that we’re not part of the EU, this could just as easily be a video to support our very own Green New Deal and Green Stimulus Package right here in New Zealand. If I were Irish, I know how I’d be voting this year! read more
    June 3, 2009 10:54 am - 60 Comments
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    Kyoto’s International ETS went live this week - by frog



    The UN Climate Change secretariat announced Tuesday the integration of dozens of international transaction logs to form one large global emissions trading system. ‘ETS go-live has been a high priority project for the UNFCCC secretariat. We have worked closely with the European Commission and the EU member states in coordinating the extensive preparatory work that [...] read more
    October 16, 2008 10:35 am - 3 Comments
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    Europe’s long term planning - by frog



    The Sunday Herald’s series on voters on swinging Nutsey St today features Dutch immigrant Robin Romein who isn’t that impressed with any of the New Zealand political parties, but at this stage is leaning towards voting Green as a protest against the short sightedness of the two old major parties. “I don’t think National and [...] read more
    September 7, 2008 8:23 pm - 9 Comments
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    Hooton is half right - by frog



    Matthew Hooton lashes out a Chris Trotter today in the Sunday Star Times. He gets so personal that after I write this, I’ll dig up Trotter’s article from last week and have a read. I don’t know how I missed Trotter being vitriolic!. In the middle of his article, Hooton makes an interesting assertion: The [...] read more
    July 27, 2008 12:32 pm - 24 Comments