Peninsula proudly proclaimed possumless place Possums have had their final termination on the Otago Peninsula. After more than 15 years of hard graft of crawling through bush and dirt and...

• Total of 9200ha covered

• More than 500 volunteers involved

• More than 26,000 possums captured

Bloody epic stuff, this.

No bank balance can filter the air you breathe. No luxury purchase can cool a burning planet. The climate crisis is teaching us a hard lesson: without a healthy Earth, currency is just paper. True wealth is a stable climate, clean water, and thriving ecosystems.

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades Since 2014, the planet has been warming by about 0.36°C per decade, according to an analysis of five temperature datasets, raising fears that climate tipping points could be crossed earlier than expec...

Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades | New Scientist
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You know that feeling when you're struggling to stay awake? #kakapo chicks Tiwhiri-A3 and Tiwhiri-A4 in Tiwhiri's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. Both around two weeks old, and doing well. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots

Doctor performs ground-breaking robotic surgery on Brit 1,500 miles away in Gibraltar Urological surgeon Professor Prokar Dasgupta says this moment is 'good news for patients' in remote areas.

Bloody immigrants, coming over here, performing groundbreaking surgeries.

UK's first remote robotic surgery. Performed by Professor Prokar Dasgupta, born in Odisha, trained in Kolkata, then moved to London where he trained further.

My money once again is on this guy

Geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East once again shows that reliance on volatile oil and gas exposes economies to price shocks.

Renewables, electrification and storage offer more stable long term energy costs and stronger energy security.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Time required for a 1C increase in global average temperature

1970 - 2008 average rise 0.18C per decade = 55 years

2015 - 2024 average rise 0.27C pd = 37 years

New study - last 10+ years - average rise 0.35 pd = 28 years

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did some rough estimates today
All but 2 RoNS as they stand now have a BCR of Zero even when factoring land use
SH1 from Cambridge to SH29 roundabout had BCR of 1.0 on pure safety grounds as the current SH1 is an utter death trap

Wellington Tunnels? IF you could get a negative BCR they be it

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Walking and cycling in Bristol save NHS more than £15m a year Bristol's transport supremo says there is a "clear mandate" to continue with active travel initiatives across the city

The data is clear: walking and cycling are good for our health, for the public purse, and for our cityscapes.

That's why @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social continues to push for better active travel infrastructure across our whole city.

www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Rising ocean temps blamed for massive die-off of marine life. "Researchers examined the year-to-year change of 33,000 [fish] populations in the northern hemisphere.... They found the drop in biomass from chronic heating to be as high as 19.8% in a single year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nitrate ‘news not good’ for Southland Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety has been exposed in a council-commissioned report. The Environment Southland report...

‼️Southland Nitrate Emergency

Widespread degradation of Southland’s drinking water safety by the dairy industry has been exposed in a council-commissioned report.
#TooManyCows
www.odt.co.nz/southland/ni...

Just a reminder that Nixon held a steady 25% approval at the very worst of Watergate. And that was without social media.

‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?

“[People in the plastics industry] are very happy for us to look at ourselves and at each other, and not look at them,” says @bethgardiner.bsky.social, author of "Plastic Inc: Big Oil, Big Money and the Plan to Trash our Future."

Severe weather States of Emergency in 2026 already match last year Eight severe weather-related states of emergency have already been declared this year, matching the total for all of 2025.

A terrifying acceleration.

The number of times a State of Emergency has been declared in 2026, has ALREADY matched the 2025 number.

How long before we’re in a permanent State of Emergency and unable to recover?

Preparing for climate change, AND cutting emissions have to be election issues.

EV sales by country 2025

#NewZealand manages to be ahead of...Albania

2023 we were doing so well. Sigh.

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%

“The climate crisis is an inequality crisis,” said the director of Oxfam Int'l. “The very richest individuals in the world are funding and profiting from climate destruction, leaving the global majority to bear the fatal consequences of their unchecked power.”
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"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Point of no return:Hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer scientists say

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points. Most people unaware

World is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped

Map showing paths of four eclipses over Aotearoa New Zealand on 22 July 2028, 10 March 2035, 13 July 2037 and 26 December 2038.

I was reminded of this today so just re-upping for your long-term holiday planning.

A reminder for $2.7b you could put solar and batteries into every home in Aotearoa with enough money left over to put solar and batteries into every factory in South Auckland. Now that is called an investment.

Democracy Briefing: What the Epstein scandal means for NZ politics Politicians are under fire overseas.

#NZ has no #lobbying regs. None. No register, code, cooling-off period for ministers walking into lobbying firms or #corporate boardrooms. We rank 42/48 OECD countries on lobbying #transparency, yet Justice Min #PaulGoldsmith said lobbying reform is not a priority open.substack.com/pub/theinteg...?

Federal Judges have a very real and well-established reason to fear doxing and violence and yet I doubt anyone thinks it would be acceptable for them to preside from the bench in a hood.

Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications

This research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For the first time in Australia renewables surpassed fossil fuels and met more than 51% of the country’s energy demand in the last quarter of 2025. In comparison, coal-fired generation fell to an all-time quarterly low, generating 4.6% less! Here’s to celebrating what renewable energy can offer! 🌞

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

They’re targeting independent journalist because it’s easier for them since they’re not protected by big institutions