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How to post news

Submitted by admin on 21 June 2008 - 5:24pm | updated 01 Aug 2008 | Story

Here's a video showing how to post news (and here are tutorial on other wiki things). To add an item of news to this list: Go here, then -- Give it a meaningful and helpful Title -- List some Tags (type 'news' into the tags field. You can use other tags too, just seperate them with a comma, but at least 'news' needs to be in there.  -- Type or paste your story into the Body of the content page -- Save it using the button at the bottom of the page.

Note: News that is related to a region can be posted using 'create content' then 'local news', and then choosing the region that it relates to.

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The tipping points of James Hansen, climate scientist

Submitted by Jonathan on 3 May 2011 - 11:54am | updated 03 May 2011 | Story

The tipping points of James Hansen, climate scientist

 

Jonathan Oosterman

Thursday 28th April, 2011

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Question to the minister of Finance: "What steps, if any, is he taking to reduce New Zealand’s economic vulnerability that stems from dependence on oil?"

Submitted by Rimu on 16 March 2011 - 4:25pm | Story

Incase you needed proof that National doesn't get it, can't get it and will never get it. Attached is the research article from NZTA that Gareth Hughes cites. It's not bad.

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Automatic Earth has released 80 min presentation

Submitted by Kazel on 14 October 2010 - 7:23pm | updated 15 Oct 2010 | Story

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-11-2010-all-your-n...

On the right is a banner where you can buy a password to view Nicole Stonleigh's presentation.  It costs $12.50 US ($16.30NZ) and for that you can view it unlimited times, but you can't download it.

You probably can, however, give your password to someone else.

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NZ parliament report on Peak Oil just released

Submitted by Rimu on 13 October 2010 - 1:55pm | updated 13 Oct 2010 | Blog entry

This is a pleasent surprise: someone at parliament (other than the Greens) 'gets it' about peak oil.

Parliament has just released a report that concludes, among other things:

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September round up of what's happening in Transition

Submitted by James Samuel on 13 October 2010 - 7:08am | updated 13 Oct 2010 | Blog entry

It’s October already, so it’s time to share September’s Transition activities from across the world... http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2010-10-04/september-round-whats-h...

NZ features, along with most other countries in the world. Reading this gives one a sense of the scale and growth of the Transition Towns movement - this is just one months news!

Read on...

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New research shows 7 out of 10 Kiwis want NZ Govt to prepare for Peak Oil

Submitted by senjmito on 1 September 2010 - 1:56pm | Story

WWF NZ has commissioned a couple of opinion polls on the government's response (or
lack of it) to projected oil price increases. Here are the press releases they issued about the results. Both are well worth checking out.

http://www.wwf.org.nz/?4960/Seven-out-of-ten-Kiwis-want-Govt-to-prepare-for-peak-oil

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Strong Sustainability for New Zealand

Submitted by Phase2 on 26 August 2010 - 12:20pm | updated 26 Aug 2010 | Story

In September 2009, a paper entitled Strong Sustainability for New Zealand:
Principles and Scenarios, was published in book format by Sustainable
Aotearoa New Zealand with the support of the New Zealand National
Commission for UNESCO and the Tindall Foundation.

The paper was written as a result of a New Zealand think tank that brought
together leading experts in many fields of science and other disciplines.
It has been independently reviewed by academics in New Zealand, UK and
Canada prior to publication.

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Peak oil alarm revealed by secret official talks

Submitted by Rimu on 22 August 2010 - 9:46pm | Story

The Guardian says, among other things:

Behind government dismissals of 'alarmist' fears there is growing concern over critical future energy supplies.

Speculation that government ministers are far more concerned about a future supply crunch than they have admitted has been fuelled by the revelation that they are canvassing views from industry and the scientific community about "peak oil"

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