[Pil-pc-oceania] Fwd: frogblog: weekly digest [NZ]

[Robyn Williamson]

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> From: frogblog <frogblog at greens.org.nz>
> Date: Sun Jul 15, 2007  9:00:12 am Australia/Sydney
> To: robinet at aapt.net.au
> Subject: frogblog: weekly digest
> Reply-To: frogblog at greens.org.nz
>
> This is your weekly digest from frogblog.
>
> ** IEA on rising oil prices **
> It seems the International Energy Agency is changing its tune on oil  
> prices and is now predicting price pressures post 2010 as demand  
> increases outstrips supply. Of course that won't stop the NZ  
> government going on the biggest road building project in the nation's  
> history, because they think that another cheap energy source like oil  
> will magically appear. Hey presto!
> ( http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php?p=1736 )
>
> ** Solar activity and climate change **
> The climate change denial industry has rested some of its argument on  
> the link between solar activity and climate change. They argue that  
> increased solar activity is driving the heating of the Earth, or they  
> argue that decreased cosmic rays coming from the sun causes heating  
> because cosmic rays generate clouds that cool the Earth. They say that  
> rather than use computer modelling of the climate, we ...
> ( http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php?p=1735 )
>
> ** how about some funny? **
> Sorry, it's too cold, and you guys are too prone to antagonism.
> Instead of a blog post, let's those of us with decent internet  
> connections go laugh with Mr Colbert.
> I'm sure you all follow him (here's the early presidential roast which  
> got a lot of attention), but the man is just stupidly funny, and, frog  
> believes, trumps Job Stewart for his searing and incisive commentary  
> on politics, the mediascape ...
> ( http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php?p=1734 )
>
> ** enviro-mps battle it out on close up **
> Tonight, on TVOne - Nandor, Annette King, John Key, Peter Dunne, Jim  
> Anderton and Rodney Hide. They were all interviewed for a piece that  
> will screen on Close Up tonight, sort of a 'who is the most  
> environmentally friendly?' on a variety of different - kinda arbitrary  
> - measures.
> should be interesting....
>
> ( http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php?p=1733 )
>
> ** I'll have the shrimp, with a side of carcinogens.... **
> If you didn't hear Sue Kedgley on RNZ this morning the interview is  
> available here, and her press release is here.
> Here's the ADB report as mentioned in the release, and there's loads  
> of stuff about on the issue, including this, this and this.
> ( http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php?p=1732 )
>
> ** 15 'green' politicians. **
> http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2007/06/26/politicians/index.html
> Some rather unusual choices, and even weirder omissions....
> Helen Clark makes it in  as number 4, ahead of David Cameron, &amp;   
> Bob Brown is a 'runner-up' !?
> ( http://blog.greens.org.nz/index.php?p=1730 )
>
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