Reduction in farming intensity solves multiple problems
A major reason we struggle to find solutions to environmental problems is that we count all the costs of solving them, but neglect to count all the benefits, argues Dr Mike Joy.
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Electricity prices unfair
Geoff Bertram looks past the Electricity Price Review and finds excessive profit-taking by electricity network companies.
Policy Quarterly November 2018
This issue of Policy Quarterly leads with an important article on ‘wellbeing and public policy’ by Dan Weijers and Philip Morrison.
Fewer cows, cleaner rivers
Mike Joy proposes a single answer that addresses all our freshwater and environmental problems: have fewer cows.
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The death of minor parties under MMP
Minor parties were supposed to be a big part of politics under MMP, yet they are in serious decline. Bryce Edwards looks at the causes, and explains that The Opportunities Party will not buck the trend, as it looks to be tearing itself apart.
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A glimpse of light in confronting NZ’s environmental crisis
Is there a single answer that addresses all the freshwater and environmental problems? Yes: it’s fewer cows, writes ecologist Mike Joy in this extract from his new book Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand’s Freshwater Crisis