Archive for October 11th, 2006

World goes in to ecological debt

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

According to the New Economics Foundation October 9 was the day that the world went in to ecological debt for the year. You can think of it as if the world has a budget for the year, and basically this week it blew it. And of course there aren’t particularly friendly credit agencies to borrow […]

House debates climate change policy

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Nandor yesterday asked Climate Change Minister David Parker, who noted the urgent need for action on climate change in his speech at the symposium last Friday, why the Government isn’t proposing to introduce any price-based measures until after 2012, prompting an interesting exchange involving most parties.
NANDOR TANCZOS (Green) to the Minister responsible for Climate Change […]