John Maunder The chart below shows that since 1979, when reliable satellite observations became available, there has been little overall trend in the average tropospheric temperatures, apart from, at times, milder temperatures since about 1997, and three significant warm periods associated with the El Nino events in 1998 , 2015-16, and
Diane Beattie Facebook In case anyone was confused as to why the farmers were protesting on Friday I thought I would just put something here so people have an idea of why. Firstly SNA’s (Significant Natural Areas), are areas of farmland or lifestyle blocks that the Government is getting
You’re no doubt grimly familiar by now with the odious term, “the precautionary principle”. This has become the go-to excuse for every leftist busybody, green curtain-twitcher and nanny-stater who just lives to tell other people what to do. Want to stop a coal mine? “Ah, precautionary principle!” Lock up
An old mate of mine used to justify an early beer or three by saying, “Hey, it’s five o’clock somewhere”. Reading the news, sometimes I think every day must be April 1st somewhere. It’s hard to deny that we live in a Clown World, when men are
John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. The following are extracts are from pages 203- 207. The 19th Century weather disaster – dubbed “The
China is turning the South China Sea into a world of shit. Literally. Figuratively, of course, China has been stirring up a shit-storm in the South China Sea for years, trying to claim the disputed territory for itself. China has laid claim to isolated reefs, atolls and sandbars, declaring them
The BFD staff attended as many of the protests on Friday as possible. We ran and updated this post continually throughout the day in order to keep those that couldn’t be there informed in order to highlight the magnitude of unrest around the country, and also to provide a
Viv Forbes Executive Director The Saltbush Club Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications, and a life-time of experience in the Australian bush. He was a member of a local bush fire brigade for 23 years and he and his wife have watched, lit and fought many bush and grass
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The BFD is very supportive of the fledgling Groundswell NZ protest movement and we encourage everyone who supports our Farmers, Growers and Tradies to put in an appearance if possible. As an amateur movement in its infancy, info has been a little slow in coming out but there is now
Thursday in select committee, Director-General Lou Sanson revealed that the Department of Conservation is in talks with the SPCA about establishing a cat curfew and a plan for dealing with feral cats, National’s Environment spokesperson Scott Simpson says. “I noted that DG Sanson pawsed before he admitted that it
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes has science and financial qualifications, experience in the energy business and the bureaucracy, has rooftop solar panels and a diesel generator, but no vested interests in hydrocarbon fuels except as a consumer. Viv is Executive Director of the Saltbush Club, Australia. Green Hydrogen is
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. As a reaffirmation of what Abraham Lincoln
Greens Party co-leader James Shaw described the farmer protest group Groundswell NZ based in Southland as “a group of pakeha farmers down south’’ He is also claiming that the statements that they have made about the the National Policy Statement for National Biodiversity are ” misinformation.” But he has failed to
Mark Cameron ACT Rural Affairs spokesperson A new Bill from the ACT Party drawn today will ensure the baton of environmental regulations is given to regional councils and taken out of the hands of Wellington bureaucrats. In recent years farmers have been hammered by regulations put in place by Government
