Accelerating over the edge of the cliff

Climate & Capitalism have posted a  Sunday Herald story on a report due out tomorrow. The report is by the environmental advisors to the U.K governments and appears to pull no punches – a taste:
The economic system is broken, and attempts by governments to fix it by kick-starting growth and consumerism are “delusional” and “pathological”
UPDATE: The [...]

Which ‘Green New Deal’ is the Real Deal?

It seems that every politician and commentator, every international NGO and every global institution left of GW Bush is trying to sell us a Green New Deal just now. Some of them are merely Grey Old Deals with a quick and fashionable paint job; some of them are Lite Green; but one or two do seem to be [...]

Let’s call the Business Roundtable’s bluff on a carbon tax

The New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) is opposed to a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme for Aotearoa (as reported here). I agree with them. As I have written on Wellsharp before, the ETS idea is flawed on a number of levels.
 
In its place, the NZBR proposes a carbon tax. However, while idea of a carbon tax [...]

Plan B 3.0

Lester Brown’s Plan B 3.0 – Mobilizing to save civilization is, of course, another of those “How To Save The Planet From Ecological Disaster” books.
If you are familiar with the issues, you may wish to skip past the first half of the book, which describes – with depressing clarity – the ecological mess we’re in, [...]

Help us fight draconian ‘Guilt by association’ internet law

Where there is no vision … Climate change and energy policy in New Zealand

It is not possible to have vision when your head is in the sand. Exhibit 1: climate change negotiations minister Tim Groser, speaking about this year’s climate change conference in Copenhagen
“The idea that Copenhagen could, in the language used at the [2008] Poznan conference, result in a ‘full and certifiable international agreement …’ is Noddyland [...]