Author: Greg Presland
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Waitakere Ranges Local Board’s proposed climate action plan
The Local Board is drafting a climate action for our area to address that most difficult of threats that will need not only national and regional but also local action if we are to properly address its effects.
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Why trees are cool #1
The experience of Phoenix, Arizona suggests that trees can have a major beneficial effect on urban heat levels.
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The politics of opposition to cycleways
Politicians thinking that opposition to walking and cycling measures is popular may have dramatically misread the public’s mood.
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Does Auckland Council need to own cows?
Auckland Council’s farming activities contribute 20% of its total greenhouse gas emissions profile and essentially they keep the grass short. Is it time for Council to get out of farming?
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Titirangi beach will soon be swimmable
I can recall vividly when I was the age of five swimming at my local beach at Mangere Bridge. And collecting pipis. Regrettably soon after the beach quickly became unswimmable. The Manukau was used by the city and by industry as a large dumping area. Mangere’s sewage works did their damage as did Southdown Freezing…