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400 parts per what?
It was refreshing to see New Zealand climate scientist Jim Salinger writing in the Herald this week about carbon dioxide reaching 400 parts per million in the atmosphere for the first time in human history. That's ...
Have you seen the Google homepage today?
Did anyone see the cute graphic – or Google Doodle as they're known – on the Google homepage today (22 April 2013)? If you click the image you're taken through to the website for Earth Day ...
Sssshhhhh don't mention climate change New Zealand!!
Reader submitted“Experts warn it could spell the end for farming as we know it and may cost the country billions of dollars in drought relief each year before practices are adjusted.” Great read over on the Greenpeace ...
Youth climate change movement coming to Auckland
Reader submittedClimate change, it’s no longer a side issue, it’s no longer just an environmental issue, and it’s not just a political game any more.
Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme – what do they mean?
Reader submittedOn November 8, the third reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill passed by a 58-61 majority in parliament.
Where to now for America?
Reader submittedSustainability was barely mentioned by either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney during their campaigning for the Oval Office. Climate change was well down the list of issues, in an election dominated by a global financial crisis ...
Pacific power
Reader submittedTokelau, the New Zealand territory northwest of the Cook Islands, has become the first territory in the world that can produce on average 100% of its energy requirements using solar power. Through the Tokelau Renewable ...
Obama needs to prioritise climate change
Reader submittedNo more magical thinking – a great piece by David Remnick in the New Yorker calling for Obama to seriously address climate change in his second term as President. Says Remnick: "Inaction on climate change has an ...
Should New Zealand be drilling for offshore oil and gas?
Big news for NZ last week was that permit applications are now open for oil and gas exploration, including in an area stretching all the way from the Manukau Harbour on the North Island's west ...
Renewable energy through wind
Reader submittedHi everyone If you live on a larger property here, you are currently being encouraged to consider having a wind turbine / windmill erected to help generate renewable energy. I like the idea in theory, but ...