Visit any New Zealand town or city in winter and its easy to see why there is little commitment to reducing carbon emissions. Many New Zealanders rely on burning wood to keep warm for 3/4 of the year. Despite the fact that much of the country’s electricity comes from renewables the price per Kwhr is…
Sept 2015 update, sent in by a reader: http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/09/08/burts-bees-neonics-and-poisoning-our-food All fruit and vegetable samples (except nectarine and tomato) and 90% of honey samples were detected positive for at least one neonicotinoid; 72% of fruits, 45% of vegetables and 50% of honey samples contained at least two different neonicotinoids in one sample, with imidacloprid having the…
This may be of interest to asthma suffers thinking that New Zealand’s Clean, Green environment may provide some relief from their condition. New Zealand has the world’s second highest prevalence of asthma in the world (source Asthma and Respiratory Foundation) with hospital admission rates for asthma doubling in 30 years. Some locations often fail air…
This may be of interest to asthma suffers thinking that New Zealand’s Clean, Green environment may provide some relief from their condition. New Zealand has the world’s second highest prevalence of asthma in the world (source Asthma and Respiratory Foundation) with hospital admission rates for asthma doubling in 30 years. Some locations often fail air…
The Environment Minister Nick Smith admitted Wednesday that 10 NZ cities and towns are unlikely to meet air quality targets by the year 2013, saying that the overwhelming proportion of pollution is caused by home fires, and to a lesser extent vehicles. For the effects of this type of pollution in NZ see NZ’s high…
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