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Durban: what the media are not telling you

Sunday, 11 December 2011, 7:58 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

DURBAN, South Africa -- “No high hopes for Durban.” “Binding treaty unlikely.” “No deal this year.” Thus ran the headlines. The profiteering UN bureaucrats here think otherwise. Their plans to establish a world government paid for by the ... More >>

Wind energy report riddled with flaws

Monday, 28 November 2011, 12:50 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition 28 November 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wind energy report riddled with flaws More >>

The second shoe has dropped! Climategate 2

Friday, 25 November 2011, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“The release of over 5,000 emails sent by IPCC scientists provides irrefutable evidence that their goals were political, rather than scientific” said Hon Barry Brill, chairman of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. More >>

NZ farming remains at threat from ETS

Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition 16 September 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NZ farming remains at threat from ETS More >>

Doubling ETS tax acceptable to Minister but not to Kiwis

Friday, 16 September 2011, 11:01 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“The Caygill Review’s recommendation for doubling the current emissions trading scheme (ETS) energy levy over the next three years my be acceptable to the Minister for Climate Change, but It is certainly not acceptable to the people of New Zealand”, ... More >>

NZ paying price for going it alone on ETS

Thursday, 15 September 2011, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“New Zealand’s carbon market is paying the price for relying on the world’s sole national emissions trading scheme (ETS),” said Hon Barry Brill, chairman of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. “All of the world’s sub-prime carbon ... More >>

External leaders not correctly briefed on sea level rises

Thursday, 8 September 2011, 10:43 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Prominent international political figures like UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso should get briefed on the facts before coming to New Zealand and making unfounded claims about sea level rises in ... More >>

Energy strategy ignores modern science, wastes money

Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The New Zealand Energy Strategy 2011-2021 announced by the government today ignores recent climate evidence and portends a huge waste of money at a time when the country can least afford it. This comment today from energy analyst, Bryan Leyland, spokesman ... More >>

Climate Science Coalition - Statement

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 8:50 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“New Zealand’s temperature record is a dog’s breakfast” says the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, commenting on its finding that average temperatures have remained stable for the last 150 years. “And it underscores our vulnerability to ... More >>

Emissions Don’t Raise NZ Temperatures

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 8:48 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition 5 August 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Emissions Don’t Raise NZ Temperatures No correlation here between CO2 and climate New Zealand temperatures were flat during the 20th century and have been declining during the ... More >>

NZ unaffected by human-caused global warming

Sunday, 7 August 2011, 8:47 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

NZ unaffected by human-caused global warming No temperature increase in the last hundred years The current emissions trading scheme (ETS) has no justification, because New Zealand has not been affected by global warming, whether of natural origin or ... More >>

NZ ETS: Dodgy performance and uncertain outlook

Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 1:10 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The address by the Minister for Climate Change Issues, Hon Nick Smith, to the 7th Climate Change and Business Conference in Wellington, has drawn criticism from a retired scientist member of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, Ross Muir. More >>

Prominent climate change skeptic visits NZ

Thursday, 28 July 2011, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

One of the world’s best known climate change skeptics is to pay a short visit to New Zealand next week. He is Viscount Christopher Monckton who is currently completing a lecture tour of Australia. A hereditary peer, the third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, ... More >>

NZ should follow Australia by exempting motor fuels from ETS

Sunday, 3 July 2011, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The New Zealand government now has a precedent for immediately exempting motor fuels from emissions trading scheme (ETS) tax charges, following the announcement today by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that her government’s proposed carbon ... More >>

Labour Party's Farm Emissions Just So Much Hot Air

Tuesday, 31 May 2011, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

"In proposing to fund higher R & D credits from early introduction of ETS charges on New Zealand farmers, the Labour Party shows a tendency to emit its own hot air," says Terry Dunleavy, secretary of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. "Not ... More >>

ETS review panel should resign in protest

Friday, 1 April 2011, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Review Panel chaired by Hon David Caygill should resign in protest at being treated in a cavalier manner by the Government, according to Terry Dunleavy, secretary of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. “Nothing ... More >>

Recent cooler temperatures were predictable

Thursday, 10 March 2011, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

It is likely that 2011 will be the coolest year globally since 1956 or even earlier, according to the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. Global temperatures in February just past continued to fall in a manner consistent with the findings of a peer reviewed ... More >>

Prime Ministers should stop misleading people about "carbon"

Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

In their references to the "price of carbon" in their discussions the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand should stop misleading people and they should refer to the substance by its correct name carbon dioxide (CO2), the colourless odourless ... More >>

Climate Science Coalition welcomes trans-Tasman plans

Monday, 14 February 2011, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The announcement by their Ministers of Defence that Australia and New Zealand are setting up a new crisis centre to manage joint responses to natural disasters, with the multi-role supply ship HMNZS Canterbury at the pivotal centre of the response ... More >>

Which ‘climate science’ does Minister Smith accept?

Wednesday, 26 January 2011, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith has been called on to amplify his statement to the New Zealand Herald’s Brian Fallow last Saturday: “We accept the science” relating to global warming and the forthcoming review later this year of the Emissions ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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