An Oil Supply Crisis Could Trigger a Sovereignty Crisis for NZ
If middle east oil flows were seriously disrupted, the multibillion dollar costs and geopolitical impacts would hit New Zealand harder than most other OECD countries. Yet we are less …
Reimagining Fuels Resilience, and How To Get It
New Zealand is more exposed to fuel supply disruption than comparable countries and urgently needs a resilience plan, yet proposed legislation just tinkers with fuel stocks.
Cyclone Gabrielle has left …
‘Un-Terminating’ the Smelter, and Unlocking a Manapouri New Deal
Rio Tinto’s latest threat to close its smelter came with the news that it had terminated its power supply contract – something that had “never been done before”.
However the …
New Scientist: How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?
The power to re-engineer or eliminate wild species using a “gene drive” needs to be brought under international governance, say Simon Terry and Stephanie Howard
Commentary, New Scientist.
Thanks to a form of genetic …
TPP Backers Have Questions to Answer
This opinion piece by Simon Terry appeared in the New Zealand Herald on February 24 2015
ExportNZ’s Dialogue article in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks failed …
Pressure Mounting on NZ for Real Emissions Reductions
After many years focused on creative accounting, New Zealand is facing pressure to deliver emission reduction results.
Things are different partly because the two biggest carbon polluters, the US and …
High Court Ruling a Win for NZ Food Inc
Stephanie Howard is Projects Director at the Sustainability Council
This opinion piece appeared in Farmers Weekly, June 16 2014
In a competitive global marketplace, successful agricultural …
Is the EPA a Reliable Guardian of the Environment?
A spectacular fail by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) raises serious questions about its reliability as a guardian of the environment.
At issue was the EPA’s decision to allow GMOs …
Do Costs from the TPP Outweigh Gains?
Opinion Article, Dominion Post
By Simon Terry, Executive Director, Sustainability Council
The Trans-Pacific Partnership covers a lot of non-trade matters, so why is there a reluctance to discuss the overall balance …
