Stewart Sowman-Lund hosts the Thursday Wire and it's another packed show.
Coming up on the show today:
The Privacy Commissioner chats to me about how landlords might be breaching the privacy act when asking for certain information in tenancy applications.
After that, Liv talks to political commentator Rod Oram about the reserve banks plans to increase national banks’ holding capital.
Then, Labour Minister Stuart Nash is here to fill in for Andrew Little - we’re talking about the budget a week out from the announcement.
Grace chats to bFM reporter Justin Wong in Paris about the Brexit developments overnight.
Finally, Grace speaks with forest and bird spokesperson Geoff Keey about the zero carbon bill passing its first reading.
Today, we are joined by National's Chris Penk to have a discussion on the Zero Carbon Bill and the Car Tax, balance of short sightedness and long term thinking, and his stance on what we need for the climate emergency.
Are some green solutions unhelpful for the environment or, worse, do they actually harm it? In her book Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution, journalist Heather Rogers explores whether ‘green’ products such as carbon offsets, organic food, biofuels, and eco-friendly cars work in offsetting the effects of climate change. Maria Armoudian spoke to Rogers about whether earth-friendly products can save the planet.
Aaron and Charlotte fromStone Soup Syndicate pop into the studio for some Breakfast Food, this morning. Chatting about what the magazine does, the importance of independent media and how to reduce your carbon footprint through feeding yourself (how good is that). Keep an eye out for a copy at your local cafe or check out their Instagramto locate one for yourself.
As California burns, oceans rise, storms intensify, and Greenland’s glacier’s melt, we explore solutions to the climate change problem with Stanford Professor Marc Jacobson. He is the author of the just-released study "The health and climate impacts of carbon capture and direct air capture."
We are back with our weekly chat with Green party co-leader James Shaw. The Minister attended the climate change conference in Madrid (COP25) in December 2019 and we caught up on criticisms surrounding lack of substantial action and indigenious inclusivity. We also talked about proposed changes to the carbon emissions trading schemes, and the roll out of climate change education in schools.
This week Sherry spoke to Green party co-leader James Shaw.The taxpayers union recently announced that the Green party held the highest spending on flights. (Green Party list MPs spent $9816, compared to New Zealand First's $8059, and National's $7332, and Labour's $6499). This has brought about some criticism of the hypocrisy and irony due to the Green party’s stance on climate change, and minimising the carbon footprint. James responded to these criticisms, and also spoke on Coronavirus responses from the goverment and panic buying as NZ increases to 5 cases of the virus, and the recent annoucement from Conversation Minister Eugenie Sage on Pest Free 2050.
The fight to emphasise the responsibility of big business when it comes to climate change continues. However, there are still viable opportunities for volunteering for sustainable initiatives here in Tāmaki. Robbie Sutherland is a low carbon specialist at Auckland Council, and he joined Mary-Margaret to talk about which initiatives are around this winter that we can join to protect our local environment. Mary-Margaret also asked Robbie about distinguishing the importance of opportunities for community action from the importance of governments committing to their word that climate change must be mitigated.
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