New Zealand’s carefully cultivated Clean, Green, 100% Pure image has taken another hit with the announcement that genetically engineered pine trees at to be planted at Rotorua. Consent has been given to plant thousands of the trees over the next 25 years, despite the risk of contaminating the district with GE pine pollen. The plantings…
Residents on the Whangaparoa pennisular are cautioned to take care after approval was granted for massive aerial drops of 16.5 tonnes of poison in the Shakespear regional park between June and October. NZ Yahoo news picked up on the story saying Residents north of Auckland are concerned about a poison drop they think may contaminate…
The Green Party has accused the NZ government of fudging the figures for greenhouse gas emissions. They say that the 2050 emissions reduction target is “on the basis of net emissions in the future, relative to gross emissions in 1990”. The result being that emissions will not be cut by 50% by 2050 but will…
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A South Island respiratory specialist Dr Roland Meyer has linked a “terrible increase” in respirable problems in the city of Invercargill to poor air quality. Apparently air quality standards have been breached 17 times this year, which is thrice the number of breaches in 2009. SCOT MACKAY, writing for the Southland times An alarming rise…
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