For decades now, scientists have been raising the alarm about climate change, and urging those in power to move towards the adoption of greener, more renewable sources of energy production. These calls have often been met with fierce resistance from the political right in the United States, with republican president Donald Trump repeatedly describing climate change as a hoax and reversing efforts to transition away from fossil fuels.
At the same time, however, the sun-drenched regions of the Southern United States have immense potential for solar power. Many states in this region are now switching to renewable energy sources for simple economic reasons, despite being Republican strongholds.
Producer Toby spoke to chemistry expert Dr. Ralph Cooney about this growing trend.
Last week, the Green Party's bill to protect overdose emergency callers from legal risks received cross-party support, passing its first reading, keeping it on track to potentially become law. Minor infractions, such as minor possession and paraphernalia, would be overlooked when calling for emergency services to obtain help for someone overdosing.
And an Official Information Request by the Herald into Winston Peter’s Foreign Minister’s office revealed disagreements between the NZ First Leader and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon over the Coalition government's stance on the war with Iran, with the prime minister pushing for greater support for the United States bombings.
So for our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, Host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Green Party’s overdose emergency callers bill and the revelations over the US war with Iran.
For our weekly catchup w/ the Green Party, host Manny spoke with MP Ricardo Menéndez March about the Green Party’s bill to protect people placing emergency calls for drug overdoses and the tensions between National and NZ First over our stance on the Iran war.
Producer Toby spoke to Auckland University emeritus professor Dr. Ralph Cooney about the uptake of renewable energy in the United States.
Producer Theo spoke to Lo Aleen, campaigner calling for New Zealand to officially recognise the Armenian Genocide.
Hayden from The NZ Drug Foundation is back up in the studio for What's The Buzz - this week chatting with Rosetta about Overdose Good Samaritan Bill to be debated in Parliament. Whakarongo mai nei!
Elle spoke with Rory Trobbiani and Luke Scott of post-punk outfit HighSchool. Currently touring their debut self-titled album, they play Whammy Bar this Sunday (10 May) with support from Wellington based Lipstick.
After making the move from Naarm to London in 2020, the duo formed HighSchool, a cohesive project evocative of the nostalgic pangs caused by teenage emotional turmoil. Taking their time to hone their sound through their live performance and shorter length EPs, the album is moody, angsty and a little bit cathartic.
Last week, publicised tensions between Governing coalition members continued to grow as Foreign Minister Winston Peters released emails from Prime MInister Christopher Luxon from immediately after the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran, which seemed to show the Prime Minister considering an explicitly pro-US stance. Since the release of the emails, Luxon has said the emails mischaracterised his position and accused Peters of ‘playing politics’, while Peters has since apologised and chalked the release down to an error. The row has, however, sparked a range of voices commenting on the perceived conflict between the two parties, looking forward to this year's election.
Tensions have also popped up last week between the ACT Party and NZ First, after the two parties traded barbs over each other's immigration policy.
Last week also saw the reveal of proposed changes to Treaty Obligations. The changes would make it so the required level of engagement with Te Tiriti across government decisions would be to ‘take the treaty into account’.
Host Alex spoke with National Party MP Ryan Hamilton about these topics, starting with the released emails.
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