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NZ cap & trade policy "silly" - Viscount Monckton

Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The Government of New Zealand's cap &trade policy is silly and is exploiting needless public alarm about global warming, according to Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, a leading UK commentator on climate change issues. More >>

“Is your carbon tax really necessary?”

Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 11:02 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

In an echo of the World War II stricture: “Is your journey really necessary,” New Zealanders should be asking their Prime Minister: “is your carbon charge really necessary?” More >>

Is your carbon tax really necessary?

Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

In an echo of the World War II stricture: "Is your journey really necessary," New Zealanders should be asking their Prime Minister: "is your carbon charge really necessary?" Making this comment today, Bryan Leyland, chairman of the economic panel of the New ... More >>

Time for a Climate “Cuppa Tea”

Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 12:01 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The Government should follow the lead of one of its predecessors and pause for a “cuppa tea” before plunging the country into the economic turmoil of an emissions cap and trade system based on scientifically unproven claims about the effects of ... More >>

NZers misled by unfounded sea level claims

Monday, 6 August 2007, 12:42 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

New Zealanders should not be misled by unfounded claims about dangerous rises in sea levels says Professor Nils-Axel Mörner, a leading world authority on sea levels and coastal erosion. He in a short visit to this country and he has addressed audiences ... More >>

NIWA data release welcomed

Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The decision of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) to make access to its nationally significant databases free over the web has been welcomed by the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. The initiative will include archived ... More >>

Obituary – Professor August H. (Augie) Auer jr

Monday, 11 June 2007, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“ This sudden loss of Augie Auer is a colossal blow not just to his family and friends and his colleagues in the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, but to everyone in New Zealand who has a regard for truth and the role of science,” said Owen McShane, ... More >>

World climate predictors right only half the time

Friday, 8 June 2007, 10:25 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

"The open admission by a climate scientist of the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Dr Jim Renwick, that his organisation achieves only 50 per cent accuracy in its climate forecasts, and that this is as good as any ... More >>

NIWA weather predictions wrong half the time

Wednesday, 6 June 2007, 9:21 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

When scientists of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Institute (Niwa) say that New Zealand's Indian summer is likely to drag on into winter, there's an equal chance, based on their past performance, that we are headed for a cold snap. ... More >>

NIWA weather predictions wrong half the time

Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 5:21 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

When scientists of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Institute (Niwa) say that New Zealand’s Indian summer is likely to drag on into winter, there’s an equal chance, based on their past performance, that we are headed for a cold snap. ... More >>

Mayors fall into “carbon trap”

Tuesday, 8 May 2007, 11:03 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

"The Auckland and Waitakere mayors have fallen into the carbon trap laid by the likes of the Green Party and Greenpeace, in adding their voices to the unproven myth that emissions of carbon dioxide will threaten the survival of the planet, said Rear Admiral ... More >>

Greens co-chair accused of “abysmal ignorance”

Monday, 7 May 2007, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Any organization such as the Green Party claiming that man-made global warming is the biggest threat to the world should support nuclear power. This has been said today by Bryan Leyland, an energy consultant of Auckland, who is chair of the economic ... More >>

Greenpeace challenged to prove need for carbon tax

Saturday, 21 April 2007, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Before Greenpeace or anyone else criticises the Government for its failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it should cite the valid verified scientific proof that carbon dioxide causes warming of the earth to an extent that would involve New Zealanders ... More >>

CTU challenged for evidence of greenhouse gas harm

Friday, 13 April 2007, 9:38 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The president of the Council of Trade Unions (CTU), Ross Wilson has been challenged to produce what he described yesterday as “the overwhelming evidence that greenhouse-gas emissions are having a harmful effect on the environment”. The challenge comes ... More >>

IPCC Report slammed as “dangerous nonsense"

Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

“Dangerous unscientific nonsense” and “lacking in scientific rigour” are descriptions by two scientist members of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition of the latest report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just ... More >>

Greenpeace hypocritical

Thursday, 5 April 2007, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

There is no greater hypocrisy in the present debate on climate than Greenpeace describing carbon dioxide as a pollutant. This today from Professor Augie Auer, chairman of the science panel of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition. He was commenting ... More >>

Call for NIWA to be disbanded

Sunday, 1 April 2007, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

For immediate release: The New Zealand Climate Science Coalition Media release (immediate) 31 March 2007 Call for NIWA to be disbanded More >>

NZ public being misled by scaremongering

Tuesday, 6 February 2007, 9:28 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

The New Zealand public have a right to be annoyed at the extent to which they are being misled by scaremongering predictions of catastrophic climate change, according to Dr Augie Auer, chair of the scientific panel of the New Zealand Climate Science ... More >>

UN Climate Change Report Refutes Alarmism

Monday, 5 February 2007, 12:02 am | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

Independent Summary Shows New UN Climate Change Report Refutes Alarmism And Reveals Major Uncertainties In The Science More >>

A balanced summary on climate change available

Sunday, 4 February 2007, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Climate Science Coalition

An independent summary of the latest United Nations report on climate change will be released Monday, February 5 in London, England by The Fraser Institute, a well-known Canadian think tank. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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