Claim: Rejecting Emissions Targets Undermines the International Rules Based Order

Apparently New Zealand’s climate defiance could bring down the Jenga Tower of international law.

Net Zero Hobbits Encounter Realities Outside Middle-earth

We were promised a “green” utopia free of fossil fuels, powered by sunshine and breezes. However, the net zero hobbits living in this imaginary shire were blissfully ignorant of hard…

New Zealand to revoke oil drilling ban amid fears of blackouts

The country’s coalition government is preparing to invite energy companies to resume exploration in the three major offshore fields that supply most of its gas.

NZ agriculture has already reached “net zero”: leading climate scientist contends in climate bombshell

Trenberth is not alone in thinking that methane’s effects have been overstated. According to climate researcher David Frame, the effect would be negligible if there was a drastic reduction in…

Unusual Cold Plagues Both Northern, Southern Hemispheres….Arctic Sea Ice Strengthens

Bolstered by the increasing snowfall in recent years (and despite the “devastating effects of climate change”), Saudi Arabia is working to improve its mountain tourism with its own ski resort…

TOO HOT TO HANDLE: NIWA’s misleading temperature records

“Claimed record after claimed record, there’s evidence that NIWA’s cherrypicked data is being used (and coloured in dark red for the most extreme bits) to bolster the narrative that extreme…

New Zealand Farmers Fed Up with Extreme Climate Policies

Reuters is predicting the possible election of a right wing government on a platform of repealing climate policies which are devastating the countryside.

New Zealand Partners with BlackRock to hit 100% Renewables

Just sign on the dotted line…

New Zealand Carbon Farming

What is at fault are successive governments and a failure to look after the public interest.

Electric Buses

Have EV buses been beneficial? Depends on your point of view. From a driver view-point I give them a thumbs down. The extra stress placed on drivers adds to an…

Dissecting a Wind Project: An Introduction to Bad Economics (and political correctness)

My own personal experience turned me from being “mildly agnostic” about intermittent renewable power to being a strong opponent of such schemes.

Tuesday Titter Twitter

Izzy’s mother is not happy that the process of using children as human shields and emotional manipulators backfired.

New Zealand Introduces a Climate Change Meat Tax

In the face of last month’s UN warning that 49 million people in 43 countries face severe risk of starvation, the New Zealand Government has chosen now to introduce a…

New Zealand Climate Commission Report Recommends Fewer Cars, More Electric, Fewer Cows

Climate ambition meet Modern Monetary Theory – a slap for every remaining productive sector of the New Zealand economy.

The Strategist: Navies Must Go Zero Carbon

Don’t mention the “N” word; The Strategist thinks the New Zealand Navy receiving money from the Treasury, then paying that money back to the Treasury to purchase carbon credits is…

New Zealand Climate Commission Accused of Carbon Accounting Tricks

Robert Lachlan, Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics at Massey University, has accused the New Zealand climate commission of using dubious accounting tricks to exaggerate New Zealands progress towards achieving emissions…

Claim: New Zealand Economy will Have to Restructure Around a Limited Renewable Energy Supply

According to climate researcher Jen Purdie, even New Zealand with its abundance of windy mountains, geothermal sources and vast hydropower lakes cannot provide enough renewable energy for people to live…

New Zealand Government Proposes Breeding Larger Cattle to Defeat Climate Change

According to the New Zealand government, so long as farmers continue productivity improvements, increasing the meat content per head of cattle, it should be possible to maintain current meat production…

Greta Thunberg Slams New Zealand’s Unambitious Climate Emergency

Greta Thunberg has slammed New Zealand’s “so-called” climate emergency. But rather than thank Greta for her criticism, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has compounded her error, and publicly contradicted the…

Fund Manager Advises on Navigating New Zealand’s Uncertain Climate Emergency Investment Landscape

Coming soon to the USA? Pathfinder Ethical Investment Fund manager John Berry advising on what sectors to avoid to protect your money from New Zealand’s Climate Emergency. But the reality…