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Date Received: 2009-03-06 16:00
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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/AUDIO Green MP Metiria Turei was featured speaker at a save-the-sea-lions rally this week. See her in action here <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . And Green MP Kevin Hague examines the Government's attitude to health care in this audio file <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . DEAL WITH TWO CRISES AT ONE TIME The Green Party called for a Green New Deal in the House for three days running, noting that the Deal will tackle both climate change and the economic crisis at the same time. :: Read Russel's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . :: Watch Russel's Oral Question to the Prime Minister on video <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO LEARN HOW TO WALK AND CHEW GUM IF IT’S TO FIX THIS ECONOMY Instead of a doctrinaire attachment to tax cuts and spending on roads, the Government should listen to Sir Nicholas Stern, the United Nations, Barack Obama, along with many other governments around the world: Green New Deal investments address both the economic and environmental crises at the same time. :: Read Jeanette's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . :: Watch Jeanette's Oral Question to the Minister of Finance on video <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . NEW ZEALAND ISOLATED ON GREEN JOBS POLICY John Key’s response to climate change and the economic crisis is at odds with international best practice, the latest science and with the broader consensus in New Zealand. :: Read Jeanette's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . WORK & INCOME SAYS 90 DAY JOBS DON’T COUNT The 90 day law has already been used to deny one unemployed person assistance to which they would otherwise be entitled, :: Read Sue B's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . :: See Sue B's Oral Question to the Minister for Social Development on video <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . SUPERFUND CONTINUES TO INVEST IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS Four months after a commitment to divest the New Zealand Superfund from companies involved in manufacturing nuclear weapons and cluster bombs, the Green Party today called on the Government to set a deadline to sell its remaining $25 million investment. :: Read Russel's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . GREEN PARTY GOES PUBLIC WITH ELECTION EXPENSES The Green Party published its electoral expense return this week in an effort to promote healthy politics. :: Read Jeanette's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . :: Read the Green Party electoral expense return <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php (PDF). BACKBENCHES UNEARTHS BACKROOM DEAL? The ACT Party breached its own principles of "individual freedom" when it supported the Whanganui Gang Insignia Bill in what appears to be a political deal to get ACT’s Three Strikes Bill passed. :: Read Metiria's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . GREENS WELCOME PROGRESS ON CONTAMINATED SITES The solution to the safe clean-up of more than 36 contaminated timber treatment sites around Whakatane came a step closer this week. :: Read Catherine's press release <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . MOMENT OF TRUTH ON CLIMATE "As we slide serenely into the sea, let us recognise that, just as water finds its own level, a species that fails to foresee disaster ahead, or sees it yet wilfully denies its portent, deserves an inevitable Darwinian fate." :: Read Kennedy's General Debate speech <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . :: Watch Kennedy's speech on video <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php . : : F R O G S W E E K : : Hope that the Foreshore Act will be repealed is real <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Metiria was at the terms of reference announcement for the Foreshore Review this week, and couldn’t help but wonder why no-one asked the question: “If National does not repeal the Act, will the Maori Party relinquish their ministerial posts as they did before?” It is a tough question but one that needed to be asked. Read Metiria's blog <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 : : Shades of green <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php The New Environmental Spectrum <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Bright Green, Light Green, Dark Green, Gray ... [Worldchanging] Why is humanity finding it difficult to take action on climate change? <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [Carbon Commentary] The Most Destructive Machine on the Planet? <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Meet the bucket-wheel excavators used in German open-cast lignite mines. [Clean Technica] Papua New Guinea establishes first ever conservation area <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [Eco Worldly] Iceland's economic meltdown <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php Iceland is providing an object lesson in what is wrong with the organisation of the global economy. [Ecologist] The elusive goal of a carbon-neutral building <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [Yale Environment 360] Indonesia applies for World Bank forest CO2 scheme <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php [ENN] India flips the switch <http://www3.greens.org.nz/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php The second most populous country in the world is phasing out incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-saving fluorescent bulbs. 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