Posts for government

Via stuff.co.nz, 14-05-2011 Stopping the use of coal for electricity generation is the answer to halting global warming. This is the view of an internationally acclaimed scientist, known as the ‘father of climate change’, who spoke at Massey University yesterday. Dr James Hansen is one…

From NZ HERALD A United Nations review has found a large credibility gap between New Zealand’s target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and the measures in place to achieve it. “It could find no plan for two-thirds or more of what is required…

KIRAN CHUG – The Dominion Post, via stuff.co.nz, 30-10-2010 Air pollution is at unsafe levels around some North Island highways, where World Health Organisation safety limits are being breached. New data has revealed Auckland and Hamilton roads with unacceptably high levels of pollutants known to…

By DAVID WILLIAMS – The Press, from Stuff.co.nz, 08/10/2010 New Zealanders are “trashing” nature and a radical economic rethink is needed to “save ourselves from ourselves”, says Department of Conservation director-general Al Morrison.

Work is underway to develop a rating tool for residential homes.The tool is expected to be released in August. This tool is based on the UK’s Code for Sustainability, the US LEED program & Australian BASIX and will be available for New Zealand’s new and…

From Mercola, extracted from NEXUS Magazine, Volume 2, #25 (April-May ’95). Originally printed from the April 1994 edition of Acres, USA. Back in May of 1989, after Tom Valentine first moved to St Paul, Minnesota, he heard on the car radio a short announcement that…

Mercola, by Anthony Wayne and Lawrence Newell Is it possible that millions of people are ignorantly sacrificing their health in exchange for the convenience of microwave ovens? Why did the Soviet Union ban the use of microwave ovens in 1976? Who invented microwave ovens, and…

Via stuff.co.nz, 22/01/2010 Five glaring errors were discovered in one paragraph of the world’s most authoritative report on global warming, forcing the Nobel Prize-winning panel of climate scientists who wrote it to apologise and promise to be more careful. The errors are in a 2007…

Via stuff.co.nz, 12/01/2010 New Zealand’s largest harbour could be providing power to 250,000 homes within 10 years now that the Government has been advised to give its blessing to a tidal power station.

Work is now underway to develop a single rating tool to assess the comfort and performance of New Zealand’s new and existing homes. A partnership has been formed between the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), BRANZ, and Beacon Pathway to develop a system that…