by Cimino | 21 May 2010 | Science
And the prize for the most foolish first line goes to: Climate change advocates will be buoyed by data which has emerged from the US today. Admittedly, the New Zealand Herald is not alone in using the ludicrous phrase ‘climate change advocate’. But for foolishness,...
by Cimino | 19 May 2010 | Regional governance
Saying no to the chairman was not part of the plan. But when he put the question ‘But don’t you consider that this provides the mandate?’, it couldn’t be dodged. This, was the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance. And no, it did not provide a mandate to impose a...
by Cimino | 17 May 2010 | Transport and climate action, Warkworth, Weirs
Dam the Mahurangi River and generate electricity. Such a proposal would face fierce opposition. But what if the dam was already in place; built more than a century since… The damweir is the superior term, given that, as designed, the structure lacks an intentional...
by Cimino | 12 May 2010 | Cartoons, Climate brinksmanship
Overreact now to Gulf invasion and war on a habitable climate What we need is a decent nuclear accident, then they’ll vote Values. That was well before Chernobyl, in fact five years before Three Mile Island. And sadly, the self-appointed Values Party spokesman wasn’t...
by Kim Morresey | 12 May 2010 | Action plan planning
Draft Mahurangi Action Plan Launch Monday 31 May 6–8pm Venue Mahurangi River Winery, 162 Hamilton Road (off Sandspit Road) After many workshops and much hard work together drafting the Mahurangi Action Plan (a strategic plan for the catchment 2010–2030), we are very...
by Cimino | 2 May 2010 | Science
Geology was one of Ronald Locker’s abiding passions. In his chapter Laying the Foundations, Jade River : A History of the Mahurangi’s author succinctly explains the processes that gave rise to the Mahurangi—how this landscape of outstanding natural beauty came to be....
by Cimino | 30 Apr 2010 | Action plan planning, Mahurangi Action Plan on climate
Saving the planet was once a euphemism for environmental prissiness. Much better to look after numero uno, one’s family, the community or, at a pinch, the local environment. But that has changed dramatically due to the diminishing window of opportunity to mitigate,...
by Cimino | 28 Apr 2010 | Carbon tax
It is a $2 million-demonstration of the power of packaging. Fully 11% of the SuperGold Card travel budget has been used on trips to Waiheke Island, apparently helping put the scheme $12 million over budget. Although any discount and concession scheme would have been...
by Cimino | 23 Apr 2010 | Climate disinformation, Science
co2 can come before and after warming It’s a perfectly good question. If, following ice ages, a rise in carbon dioxide followed global warming, why is the scientific consensus that the current rise is causing global warming? The short answer is that increased levels...
by Cimino | 11 Apr 2010 | Agricultural emissions
It may not always seem like it. Nevertheless, the editorial policy of the Mahurangi Magazine is for it be good-news publication. But that is good-news, as opposed to head-in-the-sand news, when it comes to inconvenient truths. The successful inaugural conference of...
