Effect of AM Network closure on disaster communications
Letter to Hon. Mark Mitchell, Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, on effect of AM network closure on disaster communications
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Upcoming event: Insights from a community energy project
In this presentation, Stuart Potter will provide first-hand insights arising from the purchase and operation of Heart of England Community Energy, a series of three 5 MW solar energy sites based north of Stratford Upon Avon in the UK. This is one of the largest community solar farms in the UK, made up of around 60,000 solar panels, and has been generating clean and sustainable electricity since 2016.
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Upcoming event: A current perspective on local government
Crystal Beavis will talk about her experience as a first-term Councillor for Waikato District Council. Local Government plays a key role in infrastructure, engineering and related matters such as: roads, drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, building consenting, district planning and noise control. Funding pressures have been exacerbated by decreases in funding from central government, unfunded mandates, and legislated water reform.
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January 2025
CONTENTS – Global CO2 emissions in 2024
– Climate crisis effects on Earth’s water cycle – US homeowners in disaster-prone states face soaring insurance costs – Climate change and geopolitics – EU’s electricity mix in 2024 – Toxic PFAS pollution in UK and Europe – Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal for livestock emissions levy – Sites without sound: Oslo leads in quiet, low emission electric construction – Report says blue hydrogen gives false hope for green steel – How to make oxygen on the moon – Recommended reading – ESR Prizewinner, Zion Young
November 2024
CONTENTS – Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate
experts – Five main takeaways from the Global Commission on the Economics of
Water Report, October 2024 – Extracts from IEA World Energy Outlook 2024 Executive Summary – Extracts from Energy Source & Distribution Magazine, Sep/Oct 2024 – Reducing climate emissions from farm livestock – Energy-saving coffee concrete makes major project debut – Deakin launches hydrogen R&D hub in Warrnambool – Amid Australia’s chaotic climate politics, the rooftop solar boom is an unlikely triumph – First Dog on the Moon, 11 October 2024.
Watch video: Presentation of ESR’s submission on the Second Emissions Reduction Plan
Watch a video summary of ESR’s submission to the consultation document “New Zealand’s second emissions reduction plan”, presented by two of its authors, Professor Emeritus Thomas Neitzert and Dr Peter Whitmore. The presentation is followed by a Q&A session and a discussion
of next steps.
Submission in response to the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill 2024
This submission relates to the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill, on which public submissions opened on 26 September 2024. ESR very strongly recommend that the ban on offshore oil and gas exploration not be removed. Instead, we need to be taking very rapid action to reduce our emissions by moving away from the use of fossil fuels.
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