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World carbon dioxide levels highest for 650,000 years, says US report.

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Government fuel taxes delayed until 2011.

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Cawthron ETS report.

Read the report here: Scoping Report For An Environmental
Assessment Of The NZ Emissions Trading
Scheme And Closely Related Measures.

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Tasman Glacier to go in 20 years.

This year's Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF) conference will be a joint conference with Engineers for
Social Responsibility (ESR). It will be held at Unitec in Auckland on Saturday 26 July.

The conference theme is "Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate Change".

The programme and registration form are now available online at

http://www.sef.org.nz/conferences.html

Hope to see you there!

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Climate change news from Aotearoa and around the World.

Greens uncover Meridian’s secret report on Mokihinui.

Meridian Energy says a Landcare Research report it commissioned on its proposed Mokihinui dam, north of Westport, is a "real disappointment" and "lacks common sense". Meridian said the report's recommendations included removing

It's good to see that the completely environmentally unfriendly V8 races in Hamilton are at least providing recycling bins around the track for the public to use. It's probably just a token gesture to make themselves look better but it's better than nothing. I can only imagine the rubbish that will be generated as a result.
Will there come a day when events like this don't happen anymore? I can imagine there will.

http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145832723

In social studies my class is doing a project on global warming and on how we can reduce CO2 emissions ect. I have lots of good ideas for for my poster but if you have any good ideas on how to stop global warming i would love to hear them, give me a maesage if you want to share them with me!

Thanks =)

Kate

The other day the drought made me think about fires...what happens if your house is on fire and the brigade comes out only to find you have 1/2 a tank of water left?. I assume they always bring a tanker to a rural fire...but I don't really know. What if the tanker wouldn't fit up your driveway? I guess your house just burns to the ground. The horrific fire at Tamahere yesterday brings that to the forefront. Getting water to the fire was an issue. Something to be considered by all country folk.

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Bangkok talks to set timetable on global-warming pact.