Archive for August 21st, 2008

90 Percent Of New Zealanders Want Immediate Action On Climate Change

Dodgy headlinesI hate misleading headlines. The Herald today has an article titled: “Many think it’s too late for climate, survey finds” - oh my gosh we think - how are we ever going to do anything about it it everyone has given up??

But read on and the truth of it is different.

Ten per cent of New Zealanders believe it is too late to do anything about climate change, a new survey reveals.

The poll of more than 4000 household shoppers showed “hundreds” thought it was too late to act on climate change. Only one in 10 New Zealanders and about two in 10 Australians thought time had run out.
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