Wrote about in a report that's not in public domain, but hey - if any NZ-based investigative reporter is interested, you know how to reach me. #nzpol

little jiggle in Kāpiti #eqnz

The Government’s planned $1 billion gas import terminal could raise energy prices and carbon emissions, Parliament’s environment watchdog has warned in a letter to the energy minister. #nzpol #lng newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/25/l...

Energy transition webinar by @350Aotearoa on Tuesday 31 March 7pm We have more power than we think! Energetically, individually and collectively! 🌞💡💪 act.350.org/signup/our-p... #energy #nzpol

@manucaddie.bsky.social any pointers?

There are 7 fuel tankers currently en-route to NZ with a combined DWT of 431109. Total down by one since yesterday as the Torm Diana has now docked. Next arrival Front Pollux to Marsden Point due 30/3. #nznews #newzealand #nzpol

Market share of EV trucks in China in 2025: 22% In New Zealand: 13. Not 13%, just 13 trucks in total.

#AusPol RenewEconomy also covering the ASLCG paper on the organisation of ubiquitous anti-RE climate disinformation as our no. 1 national security risk: reneweconomy.com.au/how-climate-...

jump scare

If you can't afford it, my friends and I will spot you the money! Drop me a DM ^_^ members.internetnz.nz

Is there anything that anyone’s economy is relying on from Taiwan? Like computer chips maybe?

Received a deluge of congratulatory messages today. Thank you. The judgement is really good, & v. strong. Noted to some that case helped highlight role of the far-right's shadowy, & wealthy benefactors in New Zealand. Also creates jurisprudence against weaponisation of defamation. A good day, this.

Globally, & even domestically in NZ, the threats against disinfo, FMIO, IO, & related research will grow at pace, with resulting chilling effects aiding truth decay, & democratic backsliding. Key actors know this, & pressing their advantage. Treaty Principles Bill is one example. There are others.

Same individual was a 3rd party promoter during 2023’s general election, & now funds disinfo influencers, several polished websites that are active influence operations, & constellation of related social media accounts. Disclosure during campaign period tip of iceberg. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

🎯 This tracks. Big reason Disinformation Project folded was because of incessant legal challenges thrown our way. This paper terrorism by country’s far-right, & disinfo actors supported by, tellingly, a foreign billionaire resident in NZ, linked to big oil. Researchers don’t have comparable funding.

L'Indonésie 🇮🇩 vise l'installation de 100 GW de photovoltaïque le plus rapidement possible 👍#EnergySky setkab.go.id/en/president...

Ah yes, a govt subsidy to keep cars on the road in a fuel crisis rather than a government subsidy to get cars off the road in a fuel crisis. Masterful. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

*cries in Aotearoan*

Brooke van Velden goneburger #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

There are currently eight tankers bound for NZ with a combined DWT of 481108. In the last 24 hours three vessels departed refineries in Singapore and South Korea for NZ and two vessels docked to make their first delivery. #nzpol #nznews #newzealand

To be announced tomorrow: if your house interior is painted Resene Sea Fog, you can drive and fill up your car on Tuesdays and Thursdays; those with Quarter Spanish White, Mondays and Fridays, and all other colours Saturday and Sunday.

💥 Russia: Massive Ukrainian drone strikes blew up vast areas of the Port of Primorsk, Russia's largest oil export terminal that processes 1.0-1.5 million barrels/day - 100 million tons of oil & oil products per year. 1,000km from Ukraine.

I don’t think we have understood yet how serious this crisis is. IEA’s Fatih Birol: ~5 mb/d lost in each of the 1970s oil shocks; ~75 bcm gas after Russia’s 2022 invasion. Now: ~11 mb/d oil and ~140 bcm gas disrupted. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Quelle belle victoire !  Ce soir Paris a choisi. Et Paris a choisi l'avenir avec la gauche démocratique et l’écologie. Merci aux Parisiennes et aux Parisiens. Je remercie les électrices et les électeurs qui se sont déplacés en nombre pour exprimer leur choix sur l'avenir de Paris.

There are currently 7 tankers with a combined 403,932 DWT bound for NZ. This includes 2 vessels at anchor in the BOP that have not made any deliveries yet. The total has dropped by one ship since yesterday as the Oak Express has now docked in Napier. #nzpol #nznews #newzealand

It's only force majeure if it comes from the Majeure region of France. Otherwise it's just a sparkling shitshow.

I wonder if the reporters and camera people were wearing the same gear.

Evergreen

“He used to rev the engine whenever he left the driveway. Now he just sort of rolls down the hill in neutral,” one neighbour said. theshovel.com.au/2026/03/18/d...

Self sufficiency and resilience are for villages, not individuals. Make a village.

AI;dr Perfect.

El Niño, « l’enfant terrible du Pacifique », a de grandes chances d’être de retour cette année. Ce phénomène naturel entraîne une élévation des températures mondiales et des événements extrêmes (sécheresses, inondations…) dans de nombreuses régions du monde. www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Iran war is the greatest threat to global energy 'in history', warns IEA — Agency's head Fatih Birol says recovery of oil and gasfields in Gulf region could take more than six months. #Renewables #EndFossilFuels (‼️) @financialtimes.com [$€ Paywall]

Whānau, remember how the far-right tried to take over Internet NZ last year and we kicked their butts? They haven't learned, and they're trying to do it again this year. Register by March 31st ($21 for a year) so you can vote in the AGM and send them packing again. members.internetnz.nz

Maybe it will happen tomorrow

Great interview this morning on RNZ Jessica Palairet from Lawyers for Climate Action www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Kia ora whanau is Tairawhiti welcoming visitors in the school holidays, or still in repair mode? Keen to explore but don't want to be in the way. Tips on local tourism welcomed!

When someone says that we had high oil prices four years ago and we were fine, show them this picture. The rate of change matters - that's what determines whether it is a price shock.

Sometimes you just get that shot. Anna's hummingbird with a little friend, in my yard. Davis, CA. #birds #ants

This week the expert group designing the EU nature credit market had its first meeting. It could become a really huge thing covering major nature-wrecking sectors, but nobody outside the inner circle is even talking about it. Which is weird. 1/4

Between the energy crisis, a disastrously rapid melting of the western snowpack, unprecedented heat waves, a quagmire of a war, etc...it's overwhelming to grasp what we may be in for in the coming months. I saw @nickcunningham.bsky.social say it "has the feel of Feb 2020." I think he's right. 😬

The big talking point that emerged DURING the blackout, led in particular by Bloomberg's Javier Blas, was that over-reliance on solar resulted in low 'system inertia' (the heartbeat of the grid). Others, such as a prominent Norwegian nuke advocate, helped spread it. it was COMPLETELY WRONG

Good news! The final ENTSO-E report into the Spain blackout is out A complex stew of different factors, but "too much solar" is simply not even among them, let alone a major component. As always: the narrative built by fossil/nuke advocates was wrong www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...

Advice on managing oil demand from the IEA

Anyway after spending the last year learning about energy, I’m now (as of today) on maternity leave ... right in the middle of an energy crisis 🤦🏼‍♀️ Thanks everyone for reading and see you in 2027 when ideally the war is over and we’ve fixed climate change and solved inequality ✌️

many many big tractors and several combine harvesters. quite sobering when you realise how much hydrocarbons are embedded in the food chain.

I've interviewed more than a dozen hydrologists and climatologists across the West the past 10 days. A sense of panic is starting to set in. Wildfires and water shortages will start mounting this summer. Adverse impacts are expected from not only this heat wave, but the historically warm winter.

Folks, I have news: I’m delighted to announce that I’m standing as the Opportunity Party candidate for the Epsom electorate at this year’s election. I’m looking forward to the opportunity (ha!) to talk to the locals about the direction of our country #nzpol www.opportunity.org.nz/candidate-ke...

Are we also seeing this in NZ? AI bot accounts in the UK flip from racism to oil promotion

A year ago, ministers met to consider tightening NZ’s pay equity law. Their decisions went further than officials had advised, hardening the policy to the point some groups were cut out from ever making a claim. Why? And on what evidence? They won’t show us. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...