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Weather Eye with John Maunder

Weather Eye with John Maunder

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 10-14, and page 15. The following was published on

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Rules for Shaw Might Well Mean More in Glasgow

Rules for Shaw Might Well Mean More in Glasgow

The Prime Minister’s announcement today that she will provide Climate Change Minister James Shaw and his nine officials special allocation in MIQ on return from COP26 in Glasgow doesn’t square with the rules other Kiwis have to play by, says National’s spokesperson for Climate Change Stuart Smith.

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James Shaw Is Tone Deaf

James Shaw Is Tone Deaf

The BFD transcript Newstalk ZB Tuesday 21 September Kate Hawkesby speaks to Stuart Smith, National’s Spokesperson for Climate Change Kate: Climate Change Minister James Shaw is wanting to take nine other people with him from Wellington to this year’s climate change talks in Glasgow. Dubbed COP26, it will

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Weather Eye with John Maunder

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

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Captain Planet and the First VX

Captain Planet and the First VX

David Seymour ACT Leader Captain Planet James Shaw is taking 14 officials to Glasgow with him, the first XV of climate change. Despite COVID-19 being out of control in Glasgow, Shaw has decided to dive in boots and all. This is not the first time the squad has gone on

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Shaw to Have 14 Staff in Glasgow for Climate Talks

Shaw to Have 14 Staff in Glasgow for Climate Talks

If James Shaw was giving consolation gifts to Kiwis desperately trying to get home this Christmas he’d likely give them a lump of coal, having confirmed he plans to take 14 staff with him to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says.

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Climate Excuses Just More Hot Air

Climate Excuses Just More Hot Air

Climate Change Minister James Shaw stating that the Emissions Reduction Plan is to be aligned with Budget 2022 is just more hot air, says National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith. “James Shaw is making a habit of missing his own deadlines on climate change. “New Zealand has seen the

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Weather Eye with John Maunder

Weather Eye with John Maunder

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 5-9. Weather dice were shown on the cover of

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James Shaw’s Feeble Excuses Exposed by Truth

James Shaw’s Feeble Excuses Exposed by Truth

Green Party co-leader James Shaw has been under fire for planning to fly to Glasgow for a climate change conference with an unspecified number of support staff. Priding ourselves on fairness towards New Zealand’s elected representatives, the Taxpayers’ Union offered Mr Shaw the opportunity to present his defence. It

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This Kiwi Won’t Be Flying to Climate Change Conference

This Kiwi Won’t Be Flying to Climate Change Conference

Covid-19 has meant that New Zealanders have had to sacrifice a great deal. They have missed funerals, weddings, births, and all manner of other special moments, National’s Climate Change spokesperson Stuart Smith says. “It seems a no-brainer to me that now is not the time for me to be

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James Shaw Shows Staggering Hypocrisy

James Shaw Shows Staggering Hypocrisy

David Seymour ACT Leader Just last week Greens co-leader James Shaw said Parliament sitting was “putting lives at risk” by sitting in Level 4, and yet this week he’s prepared to fly to the COVID hot spot of Glasgow for climate talks. “James Shaw jumped on his moral high

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Hypocrite of the Day

Hypocrite of the Day

James Shaw flees an unsafe Parliament where lives are being put at risk to Covid hotspot Glasgow for a climate change conference. pic.twitter.com/uEfYtMb5qX — David Seymour (@dbseymour) September 9, 2021

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