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When Wind Farms Kill Whales

When Wind Farms Kill Whales

David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion.html For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see cfact.org/author/david-wojick-ph-d/ Available for confidential research and consulting. The Bureau

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A ‘Blocking High’ Helped Auckland’s Weather Bomb

A ‘Blocking High’ Helped Auckland’s Weather Bomb

John Maunder The “weather bomb” which brought widespread destruction and the loss of lives and record rainfalls in the Auckland area of New Zealand during the January 27 -31, 2023 period was in part (together with a third La Nina event in three years, and much warmer sea temperatures), the

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The Tongan Eruption Was a Wake-up Call

The Tongan Eruption Was a Wake-up Call

Shane Cronin Professor of Earth Sciences University of Auckland The Kingdom of Tonga exploded into global news on January 15 last year with one of the most spectacular and violent volcanic eruptions ever seen. Remarkably, it was caused by a volcano that lies under hundreds of metres of seawater. The

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Whales Lose Out to Wind Farms

Whales Lose Out to Wind Farms

As I wrote recently, the Green-Left’s environmental fanaticism is decidedly situational. The same army of grotty unemployables and interfering old biddies who’ll chain themselves to a development if it allegedly threatens a single, obscure breed of finch, are conspicuously absent when wind turbines are mincing dozens of endangered

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It’s a Win for the Environment!

It’s a Win for the Environment!

They’re a strange mob, the Greens. They’ll chain themselves to the gate six-deep to a mining site if word gets out that a wallaby fell in a tailings dam and drowned. But the same gaggle of smelly unemployables and pious nosey-nannas are nowhere to be seen while wind-farms

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Building the Cathedrals of Europe… the Climate Factor

Building the Cathedrals of Europe… the Climate Factor

John Maunder When I was in Canada about 30 years ago, I listened to a lecture about Medieval Warming, the building of the Gothic Cathedrals and the freemasons. It appears that there was no theological reason why the cathedrals were built at that time but there is an interesting link

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A New Species of New Zealand Gecko Hidden in Plain Sight

A New Species of New Zealand Gecko Hidden in Plain Sight

Lachie Scarsbrook, DPhil Student University of Oxford Kerry Walton, Researcher Nic Rawlence, Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA University of Otago New Zealand is home to an incredible diversity of lizards  – more than 120 species are identified, and counting. Elusive species are being (re)discovered in cracks and crevices in remote

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Davos ‘Masterclass in Hypocrisy’, 1,000+ Private Flights

Wyatt Reed dailytelegraph.co.nz Wyatt Reed is a journalist covering Latin America and racial and environmental justice movements in the US. He reported on the 2019 coup d’etat in Bolivia from the ground and has covered stories throughout the region from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador and more. The

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Nuclear? The Regulation Has to Be Reformed

Nuclear? The Regulation Has to Be Reformed

Duggan Flanakin cfact.org Duggan Flanakin is the director of policy research at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas.

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Can the Stone Age Be Sustainable?

Can the Stone Age Be Sustainable?

Nic Rawlence Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA Kerry Walton Researcher Richard Walter Professor of Archaeology University of Otago New Zealand’s wilderness areas are the jewel in our ecotourism crown. But conservation laws may soon be in for a radical shake-up. Recent proposals would, among other things, allow Maori to

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Marvelous Misunderstood Mistletoe

Rachel Ehrenberg knowablemagazine.org Rachel Ehrenberg is associate editor at Knowable and a big fan of parasitic plants. Some plants are so entwined with tradition that it’s impossible to think of one without the other. Mistletoe is such a plant. But set aside the kissing custom and you’ll

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The High Price of Net Zero

The High Price of Net Zero

Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is the Director of Policy Research at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former Senior Fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr. Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief

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Up to 90% Of Sharks Targeted by Lucrative Fin Trade Will Now Be Protected

Julia Conley Common Dreams Conservation advocates applauded Friday following a vote at the 19th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Panama, at which delegates from 183 countries and the European Union voted for sweeping protections for shark species. “This landmark vote marks the culmination of

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“Compassionate”, “Uplifting” Activist Wants Humanity to Die Off

“Compassionate”, “Uplifting” Activist Wants Humanity to Die Off

Clay Waters newsbusters.org Clay Waters was director of Times Watch, a former project of the Media Research Center. His self-published whodunnit? is Death In The Eye. New York Times climate reporter Cara Buckley issued a weirdly casual “news” profile of the “gentle” leader of a radical anti-humanity movement called

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Why We Should Celebrate Baby 8 Billion

Why We Should Celebrate Baby 8 Billion

Some years back, I took part in an opinion poll group survey. I managed to shock the room — which is nothing new, but… I digress. My shocking heresy, on this particular occasion, was to not be hysterically doom-obsessed about overpopulation. In fact, I said, it’s a problem that’s

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What’s Wrong with the NZ Green Party?

What’s Wrong with the NZ Green Party?

Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in German Literature. Information Opinion In August 2022 Wellington mayoral candidate Tory Whanau, along with other Green and Labour candidates and sitting councillors, attended a counter-demonstration organised by the Wellington section of Antifa, a worldwide organisation known for its chosen strategy

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