The Herald this morning ran the disturbing story that a Japanese company is seeking to distribute whale meat from ’scientific’ whale hunts to Japanese schools, hospitals and family-oriented restaurants in order to ‘whet the appetite’ of Japanese consumers for whale meat. This follows previous stories pointing out that whale meat often languishes in stockpiles in […]
Transport Safety and Associate Environment Minister Harry Duynhoven has launched a new website aimed at helping motorists to be more fuel efficient. Online at www.fuelsaver.govt.nz, it allows you to calculate your car’s fuel efficiency and to see how your weekly/monthly/yearly petrol cost can be reduced by making particular changes, like not using air conditioning or […]
Turn Down the Heat, the Green Party’s paper of proposals to address climate change in New Zealand, which was launched by Jeanette at the end of March, contains a number of measures which are aimed at attaching an economic incentive to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. If there is an economic cost as well as an […]
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