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Here's an event focused on one possible way to bring down transport emissions:
Sustainable Energy Forum Seminar
Electric Vehicles and Electric Transport in New Zealand: 2010 and
Beyond
When: Friday 6 November, 12.30-2pm
Where: Large Gallery, Tur…
The Sustainable Energy Forum has released an Open Letter to the Minister of Transport, calling for a rethink of Government transport policy in the light of recent developments. You can find it (and other relevant documents) in PDF format here:
http…
I suggest you tell him he risks becoming an international laughing-stock at Copenhagen, and that New Zealand can't keep getting away with pretending to be "clean and green" and acting the opposite. The rest of the world is going to find out.
Here's my comment on the Government's just-announced 10-20% target range for the Copenhagen negotiations:
http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/missing-target.html
John Key's comments were churlish and unwarranted. It's more evidence that Muldoonism is alive and kicking in the current Government.
But I think his comments are a sign that he's feeling the heat on the 2020 target. The more he and Nick Smith reso…
If you're looking for a good place to find rebuttals of the standard climate sceptic arguments, then
http://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2008/07/how_to_talk_to_a_sceptic.php
is an excellent place. While I'm at it, the latest post on realclimate.…
Here's my reaction to the Government's announcement it won't pursue a 40% target:
The Government Says 40% Greenhouse Gas Reductions Can't Be Achieved By 2020. I Say They Can.
I've made my personal submission on how the Government can achieve a 40% responsibility target by 2020. It's not a comprehensive plan, but it is an attempt to indicate where the major reductions can be made.
It's available online at http://users.ac…
Manu, Gareth Renowden's review of Air Con on Hot Topic might help:
http://hot-topic.co.nz/somethin%E2%80%99-stupid/
While I agree that the consultation is intended for show, that doesn't make it valueless. The real audience for these consultation meetings is Nick Smith's Cabinet and National caucus colleagues - many of them climate sceptics or deniers - and the f…
Whoops, no autolinking! My blog post about tonight's consultation session is at
http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/consult-and-survive-first-session.html
I've put my impressions of tonight's meeting on my blog at http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com/2009/07/consult-and-survive-first-session.html
Well done, Intersect, 350 and Signup, for such a great turnout!
I agree with your general point, Nick - but I'm famously pedantic!
Nick, the US Bill's target is not that ambitious - it's for a 17% reduction by 2020 and an 83% reduction by 2050. The NZ Govt's 2050 target is 50% and they are currently consulting on their 2020 target
350.org.nz launches the NZ conversation to meet the challenge of stabilising atmospheric GHG concentrations at 350ppm...inviting New Zealander's to get involved in the international effort to protect our climate.
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- Date of Birth
- June 15, 1959
- About Me:
- I attended the Pathways to Resilient Communities forum and am ken to be involved in follow-up discussions
- Areas of interest and expertise
- I'm the Convenor of the Sustainable Energy Forum, www.sef.org.nz, and also involved in the Climate Defence Network and in Wellington sustainable transport issues. Wearing another hat, I'm a Wellington writer with six books published.
- Website:
- http://timjonesbooks.blogspot.com
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