Solar panels + batteries + electric transport gives us the freedom to take back control of our energy and transport systems from dependence on oil supply chains stretching around the world, and stabilise the climate in the process.

NZ agribusiness cares about money. Period. They campaigned against a price on ag emissions, and (after $400m of subsidies) say they will only use a methane vaccine (if it ever appears) if they are paid. Note just 7% of dairy corps say they plan to cut emissions. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

In NZ only 10% of original wetlands remain. Two hours ago the Govt announced that it would change regulations to allow beef cattle and deer to graze in wetlands where populations of threatened species live. It is a #WarOnNature on behalf of agribusiness environment.govt.nz/assets/publi... p.135

The CRL is a rational answer to transporting people in a big city. However it was opposed by all the usual right wing suspects. It took concerted campaigning by so many civil society organisations to get it going. Its opening will be a great victory for people power www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/03/c...

The Turkish Foreign Ministry denounced the attack in international waters on the Global Sumud Flotilla by Israel on Thursday. (Daily Sabah)

NZGovt Ministers knew one thing on #methane target rollback, the public another An unredacted Cabinet paper included in a court filing shows ministers knew their decisions re methane rollback could lead to higher costs for NZ households #climatedisasters #nzpol newsroom.co.nz/2026/04/28/m...?

Watching the failure of NZ corporations to manage the entirely predictable and predicted transition from fossil gas is a reminder that the management of capitalism cannot be left up to capitalists and their political representatives. businessdesk.co.nz/article/ener...

If they can cut the wings off some private jets, why not all of them?

The oil industry funds the climate denial that fills social media, the climate denial which undermines efforts to move away from oil. The oil industry is making huge profits from the war while ordinary people pay higher prices for most everything. We need to accelerate the green transition.

Maybe we should have a gas transition plan? Oh that’s right the Luxon Govt cancelled it because they are big fans of fossil fuels. How’s that working out?

The oil industry funds the climate denial that fills social media, the climate denial which undermines efforts to move away from oil. The oil industry is making huge profits from the war while ordinary people pay higher prices for most everything. We need to accelerate the green transition.

NZ Govt has taken a huge bet on fossil fuels. NZ was already spending $8 billion a year importing fossil fuels, and now the global fuel crisis is going to make that worse. Betting on fossil fuels has turned out to be a losing bet for NZ. This is the 14 point policy record of 2 years of the NZ Govt:

We have the solutions to deal with the climate crisis and the fuel crisis simultaneously. The fossil fuel industry and their paid politicians and lobbyists got us into this hole. But we can get ourselves out of it. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Climate science deniers, funded by oil companies, told people climate change was all a hoax. They lied. They were paid to lie. www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

The Green Party says a national electrification plan is needed to build NZ’s energy security as, unlike oil shipments, wind and solar can’t be held up in the Strait of Hormuz.

Hesgeth didn’t quote the “furious anger” verse from Pulp Fiction, did he? He didn’t, right?

Fossil fuels are unreliable, expensive, and incompatible with a stable climate. Fortunately we are blessed with alternatives. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Of course Greenpeace and others have been calling for policies to reduce fossil fuel exposure for years. We were right then and we're right now. Here's an update on things that would actually help with the current global fossil fuel crisis. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Rod Drury (Xero) wrote a letter of support for Peter Theil so Theil could gain NZ citizenship. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Fresh from reversing virtually all NZ’s policies aimed at cutting climate pollution, our PM thinks he’s spotted a pattern in this string of extreme weather. I wonder what the cause could be? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

So how’s the dopey LNG import plan going Simeon? Climate destruction and expensive. And now controlled by the whim of the insane guy in the White House who has launched a war on Iran and the Pope. Genius.

They say the Pope is weak on crime but he has an elaborate costume, a Popemobile and is seldom seen after dark.

I wonder if Luxon/Seymour/Peters will be inviting their favourite regime’s Vice President JD Vance to NZ in the lead up to the NZ election?

Reminder that in addition to Russia/Ukraine issues, Orbán was also vetoing more sanctions against violent West Bank settlers www.eunews.it/en/2026/02/2...

Traveling back to 1776: “Guys, 250 years from now, a majority of America is gonna be rooting for the Pope and against the President.”

Fresh from reversing virtually all NZ’s policies aimed at cutting climate pollution, our PM thinks he’s spotted a pattern in this string of extreme weather. I wonder what the cause could be? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

The rightwing anti-democratic Govt in Hungary has been chucked out by the people, in spite of Orban’s efforts to rig the election. People can successfully fight back!

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

A useful piece, reminding us how NZ’s government has consistently failed to respect the judgments of the courts, and opted to legislate away the decisions they don’t like. thejackalman.blogspot.com/2026/04/luxo...

So great to see renewables plus batteries are collapsing power prices where they are rolled out at scale. The NZ Govt may be trying to reinvent the 1950s, with its love of expensive climate killing fossil fuels, but elsewhere history is moving on. www.newscientist.com/article/2514...

The same week the NZ state of the environment freshwater report was released, showing dire rivers and lake pollution caused by agribusiness, the Govt changed the rules to allow beef cattle and deer into rivers and wetlands (previously excluded). environment.govt.nz/acts-and-reg...

NZ is vulnerable to fossil fuel shocks and climate change amplified storms. Policies to cut fossil fuel use address both issues. The current NZ Govt has systematically dismantled these policies and replaced them with policies to increase fossil fuel dependency and emissions. Time to change course.

“The people in #Lebanon and the #MiddleEast deserve an immediate and permanent ceasefire and a just peace grounded in international humanitarian law. I hope this nightmare ends soon, but I know it will only end when governments of the world do more than watch from the sidelines.” act.gp/4dEKy98

Latest state of enviro report on freshwater again shows dire state of polluted water, caused by agriculture. In last 2 years NZ Govt has weakened water protection rules and dairy cow numbers are surging. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Latest state of enviro report on freshwater again shows dire state of polluted water, caused by agriculture. In last 2 years NZ Govt has weakened water protection rules and dairy cow numbers are surging. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The Luxon Govt has systematically undermined NZ efforts to cut climate pollution and reduce fossil fuel use. We now face an energy shock due to high dependence on fossil fuels and a cyclone (made worse by climate change). Time to change course.

57.7% of NZers, 2.9 million people, can reach public transport within a 10-minute walk. Auckland hits 87.8%. The govt's new fuel subsidy targets 143,000 families. Free fares could reach 20x as many. NZ has the access. What's the argument against?

Let's take a moment and appreciate how much work public transport in Auckland does every day. Here's an animation of 5 hours of buses, trains, and ferries serving the city yesterday, with somewhere around 400,000 boards across over 5,000 bus stops, train stations, and ferry terminals.

Every effective tool for reducing fuel demand right now (free PT, cycling, EVs, lower speed limits) is a policy the NZ coalition government has spent two years dismantling. My new piece in The Conversation on why they've gone quiet and how they get out of it. theconversation.com/the-governme...

it cant be said enough that all tech smart guys and billionaires thought this guy would be great and now the world economy is fucked we're like a week from gas rationing and their guy is threatening nukes.

#NotMyForeignMinister Who is Peters actually representing? Not the Aotearoa I know and am proud to be a citizen of. #NZPol

7 April 1939 | Czech Jewish girl Anna Fischlerová was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt Ghetto on 16 October 1944 with her brother Jan (Hansi) (b. 1937). They were murdered in a gas chamber.

A journalist asks US Secretary of State if the US operation constitutes war crimes, threatening to wipe out a civilisation. The NZ Foreign Minister smiles in response. He does not represent the NZ people. We oppose Trump’s war crimes and stand for peace and international law.

Peters encourages US to continue playing a fulsome role in the Pacific

The NZ Govt must condemn this right wing lunatic and war criminal. We must stand up for peace and international law. And rapidly phase out fossil fuel dependence.

The Luxon Govt chose to turn their backs on international law and action on climate; instead they chose to embrace Trump, fossil fuels, and war. They seem to be having buyers regret.

Like the Opuha Irrigation Dam in Canterbury, this will be an ecological disaster if it proceeds. And like the Opuha Dam they will want more and more govt subsidies.

The Luxon Govt chose to turn their backs on international law and action on climate; instead they chose to embrace Trump, fossil fuels, and war. They seem to be having buyers regret.