The Weekly Hoon: Downplaying climate scenarios; China's sabre-rattling & Chris Bishop's RONS U-turn
About this episode
The episode discusses climate scenarios, geopolitics, and a significant policy change by the New Zealand government.
The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night featured co-hosts Bernard Hickey and Peter Bale talking with regular guests Robert Patman & Cathrine Dyer about geopolitics, the economy, climate change and politics. This edition also included discussions with special guest: * Green MP for Wellington Bays and Green Transport Spokesperson Julie Anne Genter , talking about the Government’s RONS U-turn yesterday. This week: * Bernard and Peter talked about America’s 250th anniversary. They referred to this FT-$ (gift) article by Simon Schama about the US Declaration of Independence. * Bernard, Peter and Cathrine then talked about Climate Minister Simon Watts’ letter to mayors saying they shouldn’t use ‘high impact emissions scenarios’ in their investment planning. * Then Bernard and Peter talked with Robert about China’s missile test in the Pacific. * Bernard and Peter then talked with Julie Anne Genter about the Government’s RONS U-turn yesterday. The Hoon’s podcast version above was recorded on Thursday night during a live webinar for over 200 paying subscribers and was produced and edited by Simon Josey. Peter Bal e will be back next week…
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