by Cimino | 5 Aug 2011 | Cartoons, Local board
The draft Rodney Local Board Plan submission form begins with: I agree with the following priorities proposed in the draft local board plan: The difficulty is that, in the draft plan, seven priorities are listed. The first listed, for example, is: Priority One: Build...
by Cimino | 1 Aug 2011 | Local board
It’s not that it’s a bad plan. That notwithstanding, most comments on the draft local board plan will be negative simply because it is human nature for folk to react strongly to things they disagree with. So it could be argued that by asking citizens to state the...
by Cimino | 26 Jul 2011 | Global democracy
It’s a dirty word amongst most Green supporters. But globalisation, of democracy, is essential if global climate action is to have the best chance of averting ruinous greenhouse gas concentrations. Back in 2003, Green Party Senator Bob Brown moved: That the Senate...
by Cimino | 20 Jul 2011 | Cartoons, Local board
The draft local board plan is mostly Mahurangi-friendly. Mahurangi is mentioned six times, and the Mahurangi Action Plan twice. Even Mahurangi River dredging gets mentioned, which is right and proper considering how well canvassed the need is, including being included...
by C V Powell | 14 Jul 2011 | Science
Every catchment issue is set to become more acute. Scientists and economists are warning us with increasing urgency of impending environmental and social calamities—damage, ozone depletion, and energy depletion caused by humanity’s excesses. Politicians seem to greet...
by Cimino | 9 Jul 2011 | Climate action economics, Smart networks
The concept’s catching on like wildfire. Since Pure Advantage launched on Thursday evening, the number of registered supporters has shot to more than 1000—responding to the call: The greater our numbers, the greater our influence on business and Government. The...
by Dr James Hansen | 7 Jul 2011 | Science, Sea-level rise
Paleoclimate implications for human-made climate change Paper 1 submitted for publication in Climate Change at the Eve of the Second Decade of the Century: Inferences from Paleoclimate and Regional Aspects Proceedings of Milutin Milanković 130th Anniversary Symposium...
by Cimino | 4 Jul 2011 | Regional parks
The public transport needs of the Mahurangi, in most ways, are unremarkable. Warkworth and Mahurangi East have long needed both a local bus service as well as better connectivity to Auckland’s bus system. But what is unique about the Mahurangi is that it is...
by Cimino | 3 Jul 2011 | Moratorium on population
Dick Smith writes entirely eloquently. Which should mean that Dick Smith’s Population Crisis gets to be read by a usefully broad audience. It also helps that his just-published book, at 198 pages, is not too dauntingly lengthy, given the inherently daunting subject....
