Archive for May 24th, 2006

Cullen’s inadequate responses on roading

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

As reported this morning, Jeanette and Keith asked a series of questions in the House yesterday, attempting to pin Finance Minister Michael Cullen down on exactly how he justifies the massive increase in roading funding in last week’s budget. His answers were decidedly unsatisfactory, for example:
JEANETTE FITZSIMONS (Co-Leader-Green) to the Minister of Finance: Is he […]

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Global warming getting faster and faster

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006

National Radio this morning had this report on two new studies which reveal that the pace of global warming will probably be much faster than previous estimates. The reason = as the planet warms, a natural consequence of the higher temperatures is that more CO2 is released from natural eco-systems, forests, soil etc. This CO2 […]

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