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Podcast: The Green Plan for our SOEs - by Russel Norman
Green Co-leader, Dr Russel Norman, last week outlined his plan for a sustainable and prosperous economy at the Party’s AGM. One of his most talked-about initiatives was how our state-owned enterprises could be leveraged to lift our country’s economic performance in partnership with the private sector. He proposed this as an alternative to John Key’s [...] read moreJune 20, 2011 11:31 am - 13 Comments -
Business Council for Sustainable Development’s internal ructions - by frog
The Business Council for Sustainable Development’s report arguing that an emissions trading scheme could lead to more than $12 billion of investment over the next 10 years and create nearly 10,000 jobs has certainly thrown the cat amongst the pigeons. The interesting thing to me is not so much the validity or not of NZBCSD’s [...] read moreJune 25, 2008 9:50 am - 33 Comments -
Nick Smith Calls Meridian and LandCare frauds - by frog
With the stroke of a pen, Nick Smith is calling Meridian Energy and LandCare Research frauds and painting emissions offsetting as modern day hocus-pocus. I guess this means that National has gone completely off the boil for emissions trading and is willing to come clean on their policy of climate change denial. He then goes [...] read moreJune 13, 2008 12:32 pm - 25 Comments -
Meridian’s secret Mokihinui report - by frog
Minister Steve Chadwick said in response to Metiria’s question in Parliament this afternoon that the Department of Conservation will be making a submission in on Meridian Energy’s proposal to build a hydro dam on the Mokihinui River and it will be advocating for the protection of the river. Metiria then asked her about Meridian’s suppressed [...] read moreApril 15, 2008 5:49 pm - 1 Comment -
The Mokihinui question - by frog
Today’s Green question in Parliament – Metiria Turei to the Minister of Conservation: Does the Department of Conservation plan to submit on the resource consent applications for Meridian Energy Limited’s Mokihinui Hydro Proposal; if so, will the Department be advocating for the protection of the river? You can watch parliament questions and answers at 2pm [...] read moreApril 15, 2008 11:27 am - 13 Comments -
Flying up the Mokihinui River - by frog
We’ve been talking about the Mokihinui River, which Meridian Energy wants to dam. If you want to see what it looks like, here’s a video that a kayaker called Ben put together: Metiria said last week: This river is quintessentially wild and ecologically special – the type of river that captures the imagination of New [...] read moreApril 14, 2008 3:06 pm - 19 Comments -
Damming the Mokihinui River eels - by frog
One of the things both Russel and Metiria can get really passionately fired up about is eels. I’m telling you, don’t let either of them catch you saying nasty things about eels, let alone damming or irrigating their rivers; off come their calm, reasonable Green Party politician personas.So, you can imagine their current consternation over [...] read moreApril 3, 2008 11:31 am - 10 Comments
