Information Humour ( not an actual product) With some New Zealand councils recently declaring Climate Emergencies, the Blog team realised that it was time to put together a Climate Emergency Survival pack. The first item included in our pack is a highly sophisticated rain, snow, flooding and sun gauge made from
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government is keen to declare a climate-change emergency but work needs to be done to get more MPs onboard. “I don’t see why there should be any reasons why members of Parliament wouldn’t want to demonstrate that this is a matter
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,
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
In spite of all the alarm being forced upon those living near the coast as a result of Local Authorities drawing scary lines on their LIM reports, it seems that doomsday is a little way off yet. We can postpone the coastal climate emergency for a week or two. A
If timing is everything in comedy, then Al Gore must surely be the greatest comic genius since Groucho Marx. Not only are Gore’s climate prediction pratfalls legendarily comical; the King of Environmentalist Slapstick has timed his latest taxpayer-funded, carbon-spewing international junket to Australia right on the heels
By John What is it with governments and local councils these days? Many seem to have a penchant for either coming up with wacky ideas or involving themselves in areas that they think are fashionable, but in truth are no more than virtue signalling. Take the latest from Auckland council
It’s getting pretty hard to keep up with the ever-shifting nomenclature of climate catastrophism. Those of us with longer memories will recall the “New Ice Age” of the 1970s, which was climate change before it was cool, so to speak. But global cooling was quickly elbowed aside by
Louis Houlbrooke New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union ‘Climate emergency’ trend sweeping the nation Are you feeling alarmed? According to virtue-signalling local politicians, you should be, because councils across the country are rushing to declare ‘climate emergencies’. Following intense media attention on last week’s ‘climate change strike’, nearly every council
The above photo was taken at 5.16 pm on Friday 24 May 2019 from the western hills of Lower Hutt, looking towards Wellington Harbour. It was a calm late autumn evening and you will notice that the trees and fronds are surprisingly upright for a Wellington day. It has
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” We can Control our Climate”….? Pass another Tui… This idiot has never heard about sun spots and their effect.. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
If you listened to only the MSM and social media you’d think that 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg was Jesus Christ come down from heaven to save the world. You may think I’m exaggerating for comedic effect, but sadly I’m not. Go on Twitter and
As a precursor to the up coming Zero Carbon Act championed by the co-leader of the Green Party, The Hon James Shaw has announced a new policy initiative as his Captain’s Call. All indications are that he has made this decision on his own initiative as there was
