Mrs Key, It’s John’s School Calling….
I’m considering building a panic room. No, not for if the US elections go horribly wrong, but because the 2008 Vote for the Environment poll has confirmed that neither of New Zealand’s two main political parties cuts it when it comes to climate change.
As the NZ general election looms, Vote for the Environment looks at the fact that New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are rapidly increasing, our oceans are being depleted of fish, our rivers, lakes and streams are polluted and our treasured native plants and animals face extinction. The survey asked all eight political parties whether they’d implement 25 environmental policies identified as critical to turn around this decline in New Zealand’s environment. They were invited to say “yes” or “no” and given space to qualify or otherwise comment on their answers. Read more »
