Archive for April, 2008
Ploughshares penetrate Waihopai spy base and deflate dome
0 Comments Published April 30th, 2008 in Activism Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitThe US spy base in Blenheim, New Zealand has been the target of protesters and pranksters before.
This morning, 30 April 2008, a group of Ploughshares activists entered the base an actually managed to deflate one of the domes.
Here’s their press release:
At 6am we cut through three security fences surrounding the domes - these […]
I smell a law suit
2 Comments Published April 30th, 2008 in climate change Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitThe Heartland Institute (a very dodgy outfit it seems ) recently issued a lit of 500 scientists they say have “Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares”. That’s a lot of scientists and a lot of doubt if it were true. The list includes several New Zealanders including Jim Salinger from NIWA.
Heartland funded [and] the […]
The New Zealand Flat Earth Society
0 Comments Published April 30th, 2008 in Activism Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitFor 450 years, the world has colluded against us to hide the truth from the public. We have been downtrodden by an extraordinarily complex conspiracy run by governments who have coerced their scientific cohorts at institutions like NASA to do things like fabricate photographs of the earth. They have even hidden all evidence of the giant Ice Wall which encircles our crepe shaped home from the public. It’s incredibly depressing; we are looking for support as well as offering it!
Hot Topic in hot water
0 Comments Published April 22nd, 2008 in climate change Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitOver at Gareth Renowden’ s Hot Topic blog the ‘Climate cranks claim a scalp‘ post has been removed with the following disclaimer:
This post removed at the request of The Listener and their friends at Bell Gully.
He provides some explanation here and here.
The story has created quite a little storm in the blog sphere including a […]
Ecospot: Grand Prize Winner: Sky is Falling // Current
Scoopit 0 Comments Published April 10th, 2008 Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitVIDEO: Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis video
0 Comments Published April 10th, 2008 in climate change Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitIn Al Gores brand-new slideshow premiering exclusively on TED.com, he presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting, and challenges us to act with a sense of “generational mission” — the kind of feeling that brought forth the civil rights movement — to set it right. […]
China is getting ready
Scoopit 0 Comments Published April 8th, 2008 Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitClimate change could see pubs run dry
Scoopit 0 Comments Published April 8th, 2008 Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitAccording to NIWA climate change could see pubs run dry
Beer enthusiasts and environmental advocates came out to Save the Ales in Ames, Iowa, last week, combining fun and education while they learned about effects of climate on beer.
Greenpeace reveal Dairy expansion out of control
0 Comments Published April 8th, 2008 in Musings Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitAfter a little hint on the Rainbow Warrior blog this morning Greenpeace activists have exposed the NZ fueling climate change again … this time with dairy expansion. More milk for the new Chinese markets maybe.
Greenpeace reveal Dairy expansion out of control
Nambassa 1979
0 Comments Published April 6th, 2008 in Musings Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitOne of my most enduring childhood memories is the Nambassa festival in 1979.
Came across this video just now …
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