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Date Received: 2009-03-27 15:48
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: : G R E E N W E E K : : Kia Ora, Greenweek comes out regularly during the Parliamentary year and keeps Green supporters up to date with the latest from our nine Members of Parliament and on Green issues. You are welcome to send snippets that may interest other GreenWeek readers to Alison Coleman: [Email] <mailto:[Email]> . : : L A T E S T N E W S : : THIS WEEK'S VIDEO AND AUDIO <> See Kevin Hague's interview <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php on Sunrise this week. (Also on the TV3 website here <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php .) (5m14s). <> Watch Keith and Jeanette discuss the Government's half-pie Auckland transport funding plans here <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php (4m36s). <> Submissions on the Government's plans to change the Resource Management Act are due by next Friday, April 3. Listen to Russel Norman give a quick overview of why the RMA's future is important here <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php (6m19s). GOVT IGNORES RODNEY POWER PLANT RISKS Jeanette Fitzsimons has slammed the Government’s incompetence in strategically planning the future of New Zealand’s electricity supply as Genesis ploughs ahead with a power station that would result in much higher power prices. <> Read Jeanette's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . SHEEP SHIPMENTS WILL SLAUGHTER NZ’S OVERSEAS IMAGE The Greens are calling on the Government not to resume the cruel and unnecessary trade in exporting live sheep overseas for slaughter. There are no benefits, only risks to New Zealand, from resuming live sheep exports. <> Read Sue K's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . SHOCK FUNDING CUT TO COASTAL SHIPPING The Government plans to cut almost all funding for coastal shipping from 2009, the Green Party has discovered. Sea freight is a key part of our transport infrastructure - National plans to throw this all away by removing funding for rail and sea freight development. <> Read Sue B's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . NZ FOR SALE? FOR SURE, SAYS ENGLISH The current review of overseas investment rules, particularly those around sensitive land suggests that the ACT Party is unduly pushing National Government policy. <> Read Kennedy's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . : : F R O G S W E E K : : Half A Plan from A Half-Hearted Government <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php It’s a strange world indeed when your plane ticket is cheaper than the taxi ride to the airport. A fast, cheap and well-connected public transport ride would remove unnecessary barriers. Frog wants to hear your Auckland commuting horror stories. Read the blog here <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php and the comments here <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . : : S N I P P E T S : : Republic of Maldives: a plan for carbon neutrality <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [Carbon Commentary] Countdown to Earth Hour <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [People and Planet] George Monbiot: woodchips with everything <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Whenever you hear the word miracle, you know there’s trouble just around the corner. [Monbiot.com] Drugs found in fish <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php .. in the first US-wide study of human drugs in fish tissue. [Discovery] Melting snow prompts border change between Switzerland and Italy <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Global warming is dissolving the Alpine glaciers. [Independent] Youth driving environmental movement <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [Ecologist] Jumping spiders and striped geckos <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php More than 50 new species have been discovered in the mountain rainforests of Papua New Guinea. [National Geographic] Greening our cities <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Green infrastructure means starting with energy policies. Then you have to tackle public transport. 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