The climate ’emergency’ nonsense got a fair old roasting last week. And rightly so. As Karma wondered, “Is there an ambulance big enough to fit the environment in?” But if the children declare it is an emergency, then it must be. Children always know best. Our single use plastic PM
It never ceases to amaze me that a country economy dependent on growing things — be it via arboriculture, agriculture, apiculture, aquaculture, aviculture, citriculture, floriculture, horticulture, mariculture, pisciculture, silviculture, viticulture or simply the scenery that brings tourists to our Great Walks etc — would want to deprive all this of its feedstock.
Information Satire Once upon a time the single use prime minister of a small pacific nation at the bottom of the world had a neuron-free generational moment. Needing big-ups on the world stage and wanting to impress other newly minted leaders like Justin Time and Heman U L Macron she
Okay, all you naughty Photoshoppers and Meme creators. Cease and desist forthwith! We cannot have you offending, upsetting and making fun of politicians. They are delicate wee petals that need the full protection of the law. One Florida Democrat is proving just how far government officials are willing to go
While the spill at Taupo is unfortunate, there are such things as ‘accidents’. For whatever reason, road vibrations, minor earthquakes etc, a wastewater main leaked into pumice soil and eroded it. With no soil (pumice) left to support the wastewater main, it broke and spilled 800,000 litres of raw
Perhaps you caught the report on Putin’s comments in Stuff? Maybe it was behind the Herald paywall? In an interview with Financial Times Putin declares that “the liberal idea… has finally outlived its usefulness” because it no longer serves the needs of the majority of the peoples. Not “people,
It is cold comfort for Israel Folau to know that he is not alone but his situation is a clear example of the fact that the war against Christians is getting worse, not better. Open Doors released its 2019 World Watch List on global persecution with this terrifying observation: “Persecution
There is very worrying news about; there is an emergency! Obviously the place to get information about emergencies is the wonderful world wide webby thingy so what does a search for ’emergency in NZ’ give? Is it an emergency? You can call 111 emergency call in situations such as: * fire
Did you wonder about the 1 – 2 m of hail in Mexico? Did you ponder the physics of hail piling cars at funny angles? Did you blame the Guadalajara Council for not declaring a climate emergency? Wonder no more: It was clearly a dramatic and extremely impressive event with major
With Messiah-like adulation David Attenborough was feted at Glastonbury. Attenborough made a surprise appearance on the Pyramid Stage and the 93-year-old environmentalist thanked the crowd for ditching their plastic water bottles for the event. It appears to have been a monumental fail as the fields of Glastonbury looked a long
One more reason not to buy an electric vehicle. Why not the noise of a throaty V8 or something equally reeking of toxic masculinity? One more reason for Brexit as well. New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.
Cooling via air-conditioning is a human right and must be powered from renewal energy sources. Thus says the UN, so “Comrade” Ardern will be on board with this. Landlords, start your engines … As global temperatures reach record highs, providing cooling systems which are effective, sustainable and which do not harm
The new ‘evil’ is jet contrails. They are going to cook us all. Much worse than CO2 etc etc yadda yadda The aviation industry is even worse for climate change than previously thought, with a new study revealing the damage being done by otherwise harmless contrails. They’re so bad,
The End of Life Choice Bill states in clause 4: Meaning of person who is eligible for assisted dying In this Act, person who is eligible for assisted dying means a person who— (a) is aged 18 years or over; and (b) is— (i) a person who has New Zealand
It is a long time since biology lessons were a part of my day but my dim recall seems to suggest that there is a slight problem with Julian Castro’s logic. The upside of providing free abortions to men, however, is that the annual cost of such a programme
In an interview on TVNZ News at Six on the 28th of June, the Scott Base Redevelopment Senior Project Manager, Simon Shelton, said, “It’s about three times the cost to build in Antarctica, that’s a fully self-sufficient building in the most harshest [sic] continent on earth.” This raised
