Winning the Government’s lottery
If only the Government’s public relations staff were as good as Lotto New Zealand’s. [...]
Climate change
Taxonomic vandalism, EU-style
When the EU embarked on developing its own taxonomy, maybe it should have consulted with a few biologists. That may have prevented it from creating a monster. [...]
The ‘Green Paradox’ in Government’s CentrePort investment
It is much easier to channel public money to some preferred emitters and then post pictures of electric vehicles on Twitter. It achieves little but the warm fuzzy feeling is priceless. [...]
The problem with Climate Commission chair Rod Carr’s economic argument
The problem with economics is that it often uses a language that non-economists do not speak. But economists should know better. [...]
Learn from the European ETS experience
Whether to cut emissions is a moral question. How to achieve this cut should be an economic one. The price of getting this distinction wrong is high. [...]
Transparency, please
An organisation confident in its recommendations should not fear transparency about its modelling. [...]
When cutting emissions cuts no ice
If we care for effective emissions reductions, we need to understand how the ETS works. Otherwise, we will fail both the environment and the economy. [...]
Effective and affordable – Why the ETS is sufficient to deal with the climate emergency
New Zealand is at risk of spending tens of billions of dollars on policies that will not cut carbon emissions by a single gram. And as for those emissions reductions we do achieve, we will do so at ludicrously inflated costs. [...]
Zero Carbon Bill fails the climate
It is not enough to just say you care about the climate. We want to see effective and efficient measures to cut emissions. The Zero Carbon legislation does not deliver them. [...]
Drilling further into the Government’s hole
When you are in a hole, stop drilling. That must have been the Government’s motivation for stopping oil and gas exploration. [...]