NIWA 3 month Outlook destroyed inside two weeks

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Just as useless as our BoM – the NIWA March to May Outlook issued 1st March wrecked by heavy rain they never saw coming. They said –
Regional predictions for the March – May 2017 season
Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty
Rainfall totals are about equally likely to be in the near normal (35% chance) or below normal range (40% chance).

The MetService shows that both Auckland and Hamilton has good rain starting last Tuesday 7th March.

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March 10, 2017 at 05:52AM

The 12th International Conference on Climate Change is just two weeks away–seats still available

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Via press release and email: The 12th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-12) will take place on Thursday and Friday, March 23–24 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC, and you will not want to miss it. Meet and hear the scientists, economists, engineers, and policy experts who persuaded President Donald Trump that man-made […]

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March 10, 2017 at 05:06AM

Claim: “a-growth” is the new climate economics

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From the UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA and the department of climate lexicons comes this new phrase. The new theory of economic ‘agrowth’ contributes to the viability of climate policies Forty-five years after the first proposal on the limits to growth by the Club of Rome, the increasing concern over climate change and how to deal with […]

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March 10, 2017 at 03:46AM

Solar Industry Objects To Paying Rates

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By Paul Homewood

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The solar industry is whingeing about rates increases due in April. This follows the latest business rates revaluation.

The whole system of business rates is highly controversial since it taxes businesses effectively on the value of their property rather than profits or turnover.

The last revaluation was pegged to 2008 values, when solar panels were still in their infancy. As a result, rate valuations either ignored or grossly undervalued the cost of panels.

Unfortunately the Valuation Office Agency has now caught up with matters, and wants to properly reflect the value of solar systems.

While this does not apply to private dwellings, it simply puts businesses on to a level playing field with other electricity generators.

Without a sense of shame, while claiming that solar power will soon become the cheapest form of generation, the Solar Trade Association say that the changes will make it uneconomic to install solar!

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March 10, 2017 at 02:24AM