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NZ Should Base Climate Policies on Facts

Thursday, 3 July 2008, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

An audit of New Zealand climate records should take precedence over foreign computer models before any decision is reached on emissions trading within this country. This call has been made by the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition through its chairman ... More >>

Emissions report a Mickey Mouse comic

Thursday, 26 June 2008, 10:05 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

"A Mickey Mouse comic cooked up in haste by a Wellington beltway conspiracy to save face for a government facing embarrassment of the loss of its shonky emissions trading bill," is how the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition describes a report issued ... More >>

Emissions report a Mickey Mouse comic

Wednesday, 25 June 2008, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“A Mickey Mouse comic cooked up in haste by a Wellington beltway conspiracy to save face for a government facing embarrassment of the loss of its shonky emissions trading bill,” is how the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition describes a report ... More >>

Primaries Correctly Predicted By NZ Schoolgirls

Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 9:22 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Snap judgments of New Zealand high school girls helped researchers at the University of Pennsylvania to predict that John McCain would be the Republican nominee for the US presidency later this year. McCain came from nowhere to defeat once favoured Republicans ... More >>

NIWA scientists have become propagandists

Thursday, 29 May 2008, 4:57 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The State Services Commission should investigate whether scientists of NIWA have crossed the boundary into politics with their sudden flurry of advocacy for action on so-called global warming at a time when the Government is struggling to gain support ... More >>

Greens “away with the fairies”

Monday, 19 May 2008, 9:29 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Green Party leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is “away with the fairies” in her views on climate change and emissions changing, according to Terry Dunleavy, secretary of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. He was commenting on Ms Fitzsimons’ ... More >>

Greenpeace challenged on ETS

Monday, 19 May 2008, 9:05 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Greenpeace has been challenged to produce valid verifiable scientific evidence that human emissions of carbon dioxide cause sufficient “global warming” to justify the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Bill. The challenge has been laid down by Terry ... More >>

Greenpeace wrong – yet again

Thursday, 8 May 2008, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Claims by the New Zealand arm of Greenpeace that five scientists have been misrepresented in being included in a list of 500 cited in a report on global warming, beg at least two questions and two observations, according to Terry Dunleavy, secretary of the ... More >>

Global warming hysteria: the pendulum has swung

Thursday, 8 May 2008, 10:21 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

It has become commonplace knowledge, and is unchallenged, that global average temperature has not increased since 1998. This corresponds to a 9-year period during which the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide, in contrast, did increase, and that by almost ... More >>

Climate contradiction: Will Govt please explain?

Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 12:56 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

In the wake of its backdown on the Emission Trading Scheme Bill, the Government has been asked by Terry Dunleavy, secretary of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, to explain what he describes as “a glaring contradiction.” More >>

Challenge to Dr Cullen for evidence of "consensus"

Wednesday, 2 April 2008, 10:46 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

A challenge has been issued to Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Michael Cullen to produce the evidence for his statement on TV One’s evening news tonight that there is “a vast overwhelming consensus of international scientists” behind claims of human-induced ... More >>

Time for Aust-NZ Commission on Global Warming

Thursday, 31 January 2008, 9:42 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

A group of Australian and New Zealand organisations and scientists today called on the governments of Australia and New Zealand to set up an Australia New Zealand Royal Commission on the Science of Global Warming (to be known as “the ANZIG Royal Commission” ... More >>

NZ Legislators Confused about ‘Renewable Energy’

Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“Government power policy decision-makers are confused about so-called ‘renewable energy’,” said Owen McShane, chair of the policy panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition today. He was commenting on an article in National Business Review ... More >>

Has global warming stopped?

Friday, 21 December 2007, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

An assertion by the former science editor of the BBC, David Whitehouse in the reputable British journal New Statesman that global warming has stopped, should be taken very seriously by the world's climate science community, according to Bryan Leyland, of ... More >>

Moratorium will lead to rotating blackouts

Thursday, 6 December 2007, 9:43 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The moratorium on the building of thermal power stations announced by the Government this week will lead to rotating blackouts. This is the view of Auckland energy consultant, Bryan Leyland, who is also chair of the economic panel of the New Zealand Climate ... More >>

Carbon Trading Open Invitation To Fraud

Thursday, 22 November 2007, 9:34 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Carbon trading is an open invitation to fraud, in the opinion of Auckland energy consultant Bryan Leyland, who is chairman of the economic panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. More >>

Myth of 'thousands' of UNIPCC climate scientists

Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 2:25 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

"The time is well overdue to destroy the myth that there are 'thousands' of scientists supporting claims of catastrophic global warming," says Owen McShane, chair of the policy panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. More >>

Need for Royal Commission on climate and energy

Friday, 19 October 2007, 10:00 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The major business groups whose open letter to the Prime Minister criticised the Government’s Energy Trading Scheme (ETS) should take the further step of insisting on a Royal Commission to inquire into the validity of the scientific justification ... More >>

Carbon price no inducement to reduce coal use

Friday, 21 September 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The carbon price will not induce electricity generators to reduce the use of coal, so why should anyone expect it to reduce carbon emissions, asks Auckland power engineer Bryan Leyland, who is also chairman of the economics panel of the New Zealand Climate ... More >>

Where is the modern Martin Luther?

Thursday, 20 September 2007, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Now that climate change is hitting their wallets, perhaps New Zealanders will start demanding that their government produce the scientific evidence that justifies these new carbon charges and the disruption they will impose on our economy, said Owen ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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