Transport
Ever wondered how to fix Wellington’s transport woes? Can we get the buses running on time? Can trains run more frequently? Can we stop people from sitting in traffic for so long? We can. The Regional Council has many plans underway to reduce congestion and improve how we get
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This week is huge for New Zealand’s plan to halt climate change. The Emissions Reduction Plan (thrilling name I know) has been released. It is a mammoth 123 page document that shows how the Government will stop us polluting more carbon into the atmosphere. They’re required to make
Food
I need to admit something. I feel thrilled by climate change. It’s not because I want bad things to happen, or revel in the idea of a hotter climate. I am thrilled by climate change because it is a fantastic catalyst for smart people to solve an unprecedented problem.
Transport
I have some really fun and uplifting local stories coming. I promise. But I couldn’t let this go. Two years ago, Air New Zealand announced they were going to reduce their carbon pollution by 16.3% by 2030, using a mix of sustainable aviation fuel, efficient planes, and moonshot
The current Coalition government has been in the news repeatedly for doing things that will make climate change worse. They have made it possible to drill for oil and gas, made electric cars more expensive and gas guzzling cars cheaper, and removed agriculture’s responsibility to pay for pollution. All
Food
What does the prospect of switching to a low carbon lifestyle feel like to you? Daunting? Exciting? Vague and impossible? Low carbon choices face a serious communication problem. Fossil fuel companies have run serious misinformation campaigns to muddy what people think a low-carbon life is. Those campaigns have made actions
Government
Climate change is something everyone on the political spectrum has a reason to solve fast. Do you care about working people? Disasters hurt workers far more than rich people. Do you want to keep government debt low? Avoiding the clean up costs of unprecedented storms will save the government a
Climate change is often discussed in a global context. When we talk about a problem the whole world needs to solve, in theory it makes sense to talk about the impacts on a planetary scale. Most of us don’t live globally, though. We live locally. Our lives are defined
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I’m tired of government announcing goals for taking action on climate change rather than actually taking action on climate change. I’ve stumbled on a recent example: in 2021 the Greater Wellington Regional Council set a pretty ambitious goal. They wanted to cut the amount of carbon we create