tim groser Archive

  • Kennedy Graham

    Thanking our gracious hosts: Minister Groser and the Durban Conference - by Kennedy Graham



    Minister Timothy Groser, fresh from electoral triumph back home, has alighted upon Durban this week. Yesterday he delivered our country’s main speech to the UN climate change conference – the 17th meeting of the parties to the UN Framework Convention. “I would like to acknowledge”, he begins, “and thank our gracious hosts, South Africa, and [...] read more
    December 9, 2011 12:58 pm - 2 Comments
  • Russel Norman

    Forests and accounting are the big deal at Cancun - by Russel Norman



    While there was never a great expectation for a legally binding global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the Cancun climate talks, there is hope that the talks will see progress in stopping deforestation, which was calamitously overlooked by the original Kyoto Protocol. The scheme to watch for is Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and [...] read more
    December 8, 2010 1:35 pm - 1 Comment
  • frog

    Mokihinui – Brownlee’s burp - by frog



    So this week our Minister of Mining and Damming (aka Energy and Resources) let slip that the Mokihinui hydro-dam “would not go ahead”. Does he know something or was it just his ‘opinion’? Whatever the brain-burp was, he was ill-advised to say it but it’d be nice to think that there may be Moki fans in Government – perhaps they are closet readers of the 1400-fan facebook page! read more
    November 5, 2009 10:16 pm - 28 Comments
  • frog

    Mining Milford Sound? - by frog



    “Will he rule out of the review of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act any consideration of mining potential in Milford Sound; if not, why not?” National Parks, openness, ‘hysteria’ and cartoons. read more
    October 8, 2009 10:36 am - 12 Comments
  • frog

    Save Happy Valley celebrates 3rd anniversary - by frog



    The Save Happy Valley Coalition celebrated the occupation’s 3rd anniversary on the weekend. The valley is home to endangered kiwi and snails in a precious forest-edged red tussock wetland. Destroying this special place to mine coal that will contribute to climate change is doubly criminal. While the occupation has so far protected the valley from [...] read more
    January 27, 2009 9:43 am - 1 Comment