Environmental activism was a great source for satirical images. I couldn’t believe my luck when they published a photo of the snail that had been named after Greta Thunberg as it perfectly lent itself to an image which featured in February.
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Perhaps the Wellington-centred media, who have been promulgating the idea that New Zealand is stuck in a slough of despond, need to get out more. The world’s always going to look miserable from a dyspeptic capital that is itself mired in the doldrums.
In 2023 we found out the paper straws have more ‘forever chemicals’ than plastic straws. While plastic straws have the teflon style (PFAS) ‘forever chemicals’ – the paper straws had even more of them.
From beaches to old-growth forests, wind farms are destroying the environment in the name of saving it, says Sandra Bourke. Greens are turning their backs as reckless renewables industrialise the natural world.
The psychological warfare specialist who asked whether a safety-first future made possible by a permanent underclass would be worth living.
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