Is more sea-ice in Antarctica a good thing or a bad thing? Seems like the answer depends on who you ask. Scientists have “asked” the Adelie penguins and gotten a surprising answer. Population trends and breeding success variability of Adélie penguins, a bioindicator of Antarctic environments, have been attributed to
Boomers are a funny lot. Their grasp of history seems to begin in the 1950s and end in the 80s. The apex of history, of course, was the middle 60s. The founders of climate alarmism are all boomers. So it’s no surprise that they seem to imagine that the
How did this get published, one may ask. It seems that some scientists have discovered that coral atolls build themselves up to keep pace with the ever so slowly rising seas. Who’d have thunk it? Natural creatures like corals building their little homes in exactly the right place that
I read Cameron Slater’s excellent article about the possibility of a National-Green coalition after the election with considerable interest. His angle on the matter was that National voters, upset at the prospect of a post-election deal between National and NZ First should think again, as an even more unpalatable
When one assembles a panel of green climate change wombles for an in-depth interview, there is only one possible outcome: “It’s worse than we thought!” Guyon Espiner conducted an in-depth interview with Simon Upton, NZ Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; Christiana Figueres, “hugely acclaimed” global climate leader, former Executive
In September of 2019, with great fanfare, our esteemed Doctor of History and Minister of Energy and Resources and of Research, Science and Innovation Megan Woods announced a pathway to a hydrogen economy for New Zealand. The Government is charting the way towards a more renewable energy system with the
Terry Dunleavy The Climate Commission claims that “We provide independent, evidence-based advice to Government to help Aotearoa New Zealand transition to a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy.” Note “…evidence-based…” Spending huge amounts of money on a low-emissions economy is only justified if there is scientifically convincing evidence that man-made greenhouse gases
The renewable energy pricing anomalies strike again. Not only does the long-suffering taxpayer shell out to windfarms operators to not produce electricity it appears they may be subsidising the smugmobile owners as well. When the ‘renewable utility companies have more electricity available than they need to meet demand, what do
From the public school toffs behind Extinction Rebellion to the jet-setting celebrity activists, climate change really is a problem for the first-world elite. Which is ironic, really – because if there really is a “climate emergency” (spoiler: there isn’t), they’re the ones causing it. The rich are primarily to
Way back when, when I was still wet enough behind the ears to be a fully-fledged catastrophic climate change believer (yes, readers – my secret shame is laid bare!), the fossil fuel lobby released an ad praising carbon dioxide. “They call it pollution. We call it life,” went the tag line,
“Green steel” might sound like Derek Zoolander’s contribution to celebrity climate activism, but according to a public policy think-tank, it’s totes the future of the Australian economy. But, like most green fantasies, it seems to be long on wishful thinking and short on hard detail. A new report
Sorry … Fake News. But imagine the headlines from the CO2-is-evil gang had there been the slightest detectable dip in measured CO2 as a result of the worldwide government mandated lockdowns. The evil aviation industry has, to all intents, been grounded. The evil private cars have been parked in garages or
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The science is settled. There is nothing left to learn about how the climate works in our wonderful world. 97% of scientists agree and that number of learned folk simply cannot be wrong, can they? So why do pesky, inquisitive, minds keep finding out new stuff? In the latest news:
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