Hodson welcomes latest Kyoto move

The latest steps by the Russian government towards ratification of the Kyoto Protocol were today welcomed by Convenor, Ministerial Group on Climate Change, Pete Hodgson.

"This latest step makes the Protocol's coming into force a near certainty," says Pete Hodgson. "Uncertainty for New Zealand business has now evaporated. They can be sure that energy efficiency investments will now generate a greater return. They can also be sure that the significant business opportunities that the Kyoto Protocol brings will now come to pass. In particular, New Zealand businesses will have opportunities that are unavailable to companies from non-ratifying nations."

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>