Environment Southland who recently voted against declaring a ‘climate emergency’. The only other council to do so in New Zealand so far is Thames-Coromandel.
[…] It’s a relief to see some common sense after so many councils have jumped on the climate emergency bandwagon. The trend doesn’t seem likely to let up soon, so expect your council to vote on a declaration soon (if it hasn’t already).
Taxpayer’s Union
A taxi driver’s strange tale and what farming in East Africa is really like.
Councillors chose to hold the plant at arm’s length. They then behaved as though that put the politics of it out of their reach too, which was never true.
The powers that be are just sweeping these issues under the rug and whistling past the landfill graveyards.
Brent hit $US108 per barrel once news of the pipeline attack got out and, unless the Saudis fix it fast and supply troops to protect it – perhaps with soldiers from the other Gulf States – will likely rise higher.
Maria Island’s penguins learn the truth of Ronald Reagan’s most famous aphorism.
How an extraordinary rescue raid humiliated a dictator.
