Engines Off NZ
@enginesoffnz.bsky.social
https://enginesoff.org.nz
Talk about climate change. Demand action. Disrupt traffic.
Talk about climate change. Demand action. Disrupt traffic.
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Engines Off NZ
@enginesoffnz.bsky.social
· Oct 24
OUR GOALS: 🧵
- A climate wealth tax to fund policies ambitious enough to reach net zero by 2050
- 100% renewable electricity generation
- Incentives for electric cars and driving less
- A climate wealth tax to fund policies ambitious enough to reach net zero by 2050
- 100% renewable electricity generation
- Incentives for electric cars and driving less
There will be opposition to the fast track regardless of it passing.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Stuff
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2024 at 4:57 AM
There will be opposition to the fast track regardless of it passing.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
People vote for trump because life is hard; they think he'll fix it.
The key to keeping fascists like him (looking at you #nzpol) is actually fixing it.
Time for wealth distribution and robust, equitable public services.
The key to keeping fascists like him (looking at you #nzpol) is actually fixing it.
Time for wealth distribution and robust, equitable public services.
November 6, 2024 at 7:48 PM
People vote for trump because life is hard; they think he'll fix it.
The key to keeping fascists like him (looking at you #nzpol) is actually fixing it.
Time for wealth distribution and robust, equitable public services.
The key to keeping fascists like him (looking at you #nzpol) is actually fixing it.
Time for wealth distribution and robust, equitable public services.
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It will get to the point when disasters will be a daily event.
(Spain, 65 dead so far, immense damage, Oct 2024)
But Luxon and his loonies will have their heads in the ground and hands in the donors pockets
#nzpol
(Spain, 65 dead so far, immense damage, Oct 2024)
But Luxon and his loonies will have their heads in the ground and hands in the donors pockets
#nzpol
October 30, 2024 at 3:18 PM
It will get to the point when disasters will be a daily event.
(Spain, 65 dead so far, immense damage, Oct 2024)
But Luxon and his loonies will have their heads in the ground and hands in the donors pockets
#nzpol
(Spain, 65 dead so far, immense damage, Oct 2024)
But Luxon and his loonies will have their heads in the ground and hands in the donors pockets
#nzpol
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Heard the one about NZ Dairy having the lowest carbon footprint?
Yeah, it's bullsh*t.
Fonterra reports higher emissions from NZ than Australian dairy
#TooManyCows #nzpol
Yeah, it's bullsh*t.
Fonterra reports higher emissions from NZ than Australian dairy
#TooManyCows #nzpol
Fonterra reports higher emissions from NZ than Australian dairy
The finding challenges the common refrain that New Zealand dairy has the world's lowest carbon footprint, Marc Daalder reports.
newsroom.co.nz
October 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Heard the one about NZ Dairy having the lowest carbon footprint?
Yeah, it's bullsh*t.
Fonterra reports higher emissions from NZ than Australian dairy
#TooManyCows #nzpol
Yeah, it's bullsh*t.
Fonterra reports higher emissions from NZ than Australian dairy
#TooManyCows #nzpol
OUR GOALS: 🧵
- A climate wealth tax to fund policies ambitious enough to reach net zero by 2050
- 100% renewable electricity generation
- Incentives for electric cars and driving less
- A climate wealth tax to fund policies ambitious enough to reach net zero by 2050
- 100% renewable electricity generation
- Incentives for electric cars and driving less
October 24, 2024 at 1:11 AM
OUR GOALS: 🧵
- A climate wealth tax to fund policies ambitious enough to reach net zero by 2050
- 100% renewable electricity generation
- Incentives for electric cars and driving less
- A climate wealth tax to fund policies ambitious enough to reach net zero by 2050
- 100% renewable electricity generation
- Incentives for electric cars and driving less
The police officer arresting me said he would be more worried about climate change if he had time to think about it.
We'd all be protesting like this if we gave it the thought it deserves.
#nzpol
We'd all be protesting like this if we gave it the thought it deserves.
#nzpol
Climate activist taken into custody after blocking Wellington street with car
Michael O’Hara is protesting because he wants a climate wealth tax.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 23, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The police officer arresting me said he would be more worried about climate change if he had time to think about it.
We'd all be protesting like this if we gave it the thought it deserves.
#nzpol
We'd all be protesting like this if we gave it the thought it deserves.
#nzpol
I was arrested for blocking traffic this morning.
I was warned to move and could have driven away without penalty.
You can do that too.
enginesoff.org.nz
#nzpol
I was warned to move and could have driven away without penalty.
You can do that too.
enginesoff.org.nz
#nzpol
October 23, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I was arrested for blocking traffic this morning.
I was warned to move and could have driven away without penalty.
You can do that too.
enginesoff.org.nz
#nzpol
I was warned to move and could have driven away without penalty.
You can do that too.
enginesoff.org.nz
#nzpol
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Research: "Do disruptive climate protests work? Real-time survey finally offers answers"
'When disruptive protests occur, moderate groups can “use these moments of high momentum to directly negotiate with policymakers”'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'When disruptive protests occur, moderate groups can “use these moments of high momentum to directly negotiate with policymakers”'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Do disruptive climate protests work? Real-time survey finally offers answers
Support for a moderate environmental group rose after a motorway closure, substantiating the ‘radical flank effect’.
www.nature.com
October 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Research: "Do disruptive climate protests work? Real-time survey finally offers answers"
'When disruptive protests occur, moderate groups can “use these moments of high momentum to directly negotiate with policymakers”'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
'When disruptive protests occur, moderate groups can “use these moments of high momentum to directly negotiate with policymakers”'
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Lacklustre Wellington cruise season underway, greeted by protesters"
Cruise holidays create 3-4x more emissions than air holidays.
Ending luxury emissions begins here.
#nzpol
Cruise holidays create 3-4x more emissions than air holidays.
Ending luxury emissions begins here.
#nzpol
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
October 14, 2024 at 4:23 AM
"Lacklustre Wellington cruise season underway, greeted by protesters"
Cruise holidays create 3-4x more emissions than air holidays.
Ending luxury emissions begins here.
#nzpol
Cruise holidays create 3-4x more emissions than air holidays.
Ending luxury emissions begins here.
#nzpol
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Warning offshore wind could be off the table anywhere in NZ if seabed mining proceeds: www.thepost.co.nz/business/350...
#BanSeabedMining #nzpol #FastTrackWrongTrack
#BanSeabedMining #nzpol #FastTrackWrongTrack
October 13, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Warning offshore wind could be off the table anywhere in NZ if seabed mining proceeds: www.thepost.co.nz/business/350...
#BanSeabedMining #nzpol #FastTrackWrongTrack
#BanSeabedMining #nzpol #FastTrackWrongTrack
We have to aim as low as possible, but the fight is never lost. It's never worth giving up because things can always get worse.
#nzpol
#nzpol
October 13, 2024 at 1:10 AM
We have to aim as low as possible, but the fight is never lost. It's never worth giving up because things can always get worse.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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The Fast Track Golden Goose.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack #environment #Resources #mining
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack #environment #Resources #mining
October 10, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The Fast Track Golden Goose.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack #environment #Resources #mining
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #FastTrack #environment #Resources #mining
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As damage from Milton emerges, another day to ponder how literally no major economies have climate policies in place that are compatible with the Paris Agreement
October 10, 2024 at 12:56 PM
As damage from Milton emerges, another day to ponder how literally no major economies have climate policies in place that are compatible with the Paris Agreement
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PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace activists have scaled Fonterra’s Te Rapa Dairy Factory, unfurling a 160 square metre banner reading ‘Fonterra’s methane cooks the climate.’
www.greenpeace.org
October 8, 2024 at 8:17 PM
PRESS RELEASE
Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
Greenpeace activists scale Fonterra’s Te Rapa dairy factory in dramatic climate protest
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol
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"National voters and green groups are lining up behind an iwi call for direct action against would-be seabed miners off the South Taranaki coast."
Boaties pledge to stop miners as seabed mining goes to Fast Track
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/09/b... #nzpol
Boaties pledge to stop miners as seabed mining goes to Fast Track
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/09/b... #nzpol
Boaties pledge to stop miners as seabed bid goes to Fast Track
National voters and green groups are lining up behind an iwi call for direct action against would-be seabed miners off the South Taranaki coast.
www.teaonews.co.nz
October 8, 2024 at 6:01 PM
"National voters and green groups are lining up behind an iwi call for direct action against would-be seabed miners off the South Taranaki coast."
Boaties pledge to stop miners as seabed mining goes to Fast Track
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/09/b... #nzpol
Boaties pledge to stop miners as seabed mining goes to Fast Track
www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/09/b... #nzpol
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As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, please enjoy once more perhaps the greatest response to climate denial in social media history, from @hbomberguy.bsky.social
October 8, 2024 at 9:12 AM
As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, please enjoy once more perhaps the greatest response to climate denial in social media history, from @hbomberguy.bsky.social
Dirtier than dirty coal
#nzpol
#nzpol
October 4, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Dirtier than dirty coal
#nzpol
#nzpol
Climate change is here.
Excess heat causes excess evaporation causes excess rain causes floods. Nowhere is safe.
Excess heat causes excess evaporation causes excess rain causes floods. Nowhere is safe.
October 3, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Climate change is here.
Excess heat causes excess evaporation causes excess rain causes floods. Nowhere is safe.
Excess heat causes excess evaporation causes excess rain causes floods. Nowhere is safe.
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"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich."
“The richest 10% of NZers hold more than half the country’s wealth. The poorer half of the population, meanwhile, holds just 2%. So why are we still so reluctant to talk about wealth inequality?” #nzpol
“The richest 10% of NZers hold more than half the country’s wealth. The poorer half of the population, meanwhile, holds just 2%. So why are we still so reluctant to talk about wealth inequality?” #nzpol
The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The Table
Why are we so bad at talking about wealth inequality?
thespinoff.co.nz
October 2, 2024 at 5:31 AM
"Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich."
“The richest 10% of NZers hold more than half the country’s wealth. The poorer half of the population, meanwhile, holds just 2%. So why are we still so reluctant to talk about wealth inequality?” #nzpol
“The richest 10% of NZers hold more than half the country’s wealth. The poorer half of the population, meanwhile, holds just 2%. So why are we still so reluctant to talk about wealth inequality?” #nzpol
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Greenpeace Live TONIGHT:
Why we occupied the Straterra building.
This one's for Shane Jones.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/vid... #nzpol
Why we occupied the Straterra building.
This one's for Shane Jones.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/vid... #nzpol
Greenpeace Live: Why we occupied the Straterra building - Greenpeace Aotearoa
In this episode we’ll talk about why we occupied the Straterra building, the recent deep sea mining protest in Rarotonga and the wider international campaign with two special guests: from&hellip...
www.greenpeace.org
October 1, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Greenpeace Live TONIGHT:
Why we occupied the Straterra building.
This one's for Shane Jones.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/vid... #nzpol
Why we occupied the Straterra building.
This one's for Shane Jones.
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/vid... #nzpol
How is NZ not on this list?
I'll tell you how. 6% wind power. <1% solar power.
We don't need coal and gas, they *want* coal and gas.
#nzpol
I'll tell you how. 6% wind power. <1% solar power.
We don't need coal and gas, they *want* coal and gas.
#nzpol
What are the world's top 20 wind+solar countries by share of generation?
Here's the global ranking kindly produced by @ketanjoshi.co using Ember data.
Here's the global ranking kindly produced by @ketanjoshi.co using Ember data.
October 1, 2024 at 8:18 PM
How is NZ not on this list?
I'll tell you how. 6% wind power. <1% solar power.
We don't need coal and gas, they *want* coal and gas.
#nzpol
I'll tell you how. 6% wind power. <1% solar power.
We don't need coal and gas, they *want* coal and gas.
#nzpol
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The point of a protest is exactly that. If it's of sufficient size that if it went pitchforks and torches on the government, the police couldn't stop it. They govern by our granting of legitimacy. This government is fast destroying it's legitimacy which is very bad for ongoing democracy.
#nzpol
#nzpol
September 30, 2024 at 10:24 AM
The point of a protest is exactly that. If it's of sufficient size that if it went pitchforks and torches on the government, the police couldn't stop it. They govern by our granting of legitimacy. This government is fast destroying it's legitimacy which is very bad for ongoing democracy.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Policymakers must work to reduce energy burden on low-income families. Not only is this compatible w/ climate policy in form of efficiency programs groups like ACEEE champion, but also, failure to do so may result in backlash against energy transition(1/2)
www.utilitydive.com/news/low-inc...
www.utilitydive.com/news/low-inc...
Low-income families face high energy burden, prompting calls for more government action
One in four low-income U.S. households spends more than 15% of their income on energy bills, finds an analysis by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
www.utilitydive.com
September 29, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Policymakers must work to reduce energy burden on low-income families. Not only is this compatible w/ climate policy in form of efficiency programs groups like ACEEE champion, but also, failure to do so may result in backlash against energy transition(1/2)
www.utilitydive.com/news/low-inc...
www.utilitydive.com/news/low-inc...
September 29, 2024 at 8:26 PM