Petition for a ban on new fossil fuel boilers
Te Whanganui-a-Tara - A charity organisation 350 Aotearoa today hands over a petition to parliament calling for an immediate ban on new fossil fuel boilers in the state sector and a transition to renewables.
Nearly 20,000 people signed the petition to banning new fossil fuel boilers in places such as schools, hospitals and corrections facilities.
In 2018 the government banned new oil and gas exploration permits. There are known alternative technologies to heat water and spaces including electric boilers, heat pumps, bio mass boilers and new demand for low and no emission energy will accelerate the production of wood pellets, bio liquids and bio gas.
Government ministries have continued to fund new fossil fuel heating installations as recently as three years ago, despite the carbon neutral government programme, which has committed $219.5 million towards state sector decarbonisation.
Meanwhile, New Zealand has set up two renewable energy initiatives that highlight the growing partnership between Japan and New Zealand as both countries work towards a greener future.
New Zealand, like Japan, is embarking on a journey to become carbon neutral by 2050, prime minister Jacinda Ardern says.
Toyota has announced the launch of an innovative hydrogen-powered car-sharing scheme.
The scheme will feature the Toyota Mirai which uses zero emission fuel cell technology in partnership with eight major New Zealand companies.
Hydrogen powered-vehicles are one way we can reduce the emissions of the New Zealand car fleet.
New Zealand’s hydrogen-powered fleet will only grow, and hydrogen vehicles of all sizes need infrastructure to support them.
The hydrogen-refuelling stations will begin to appear in the North Island later this year.
Electric vehicles are also key to meeting climate change targets.
Lisa was born in Auckland at the start of the 1970s, living in a small campsite community on the North Shore called Browns Bay. She spent a significant part of her life with her grandparents, often hanging out at the beaches. Lisa has many happy memories from those days at Browns Bay beach, where fish were plentiful on the point and the ocean was rich in seaweed. She played in the water for hours, going home totally “sun-kissed.” “An adorable time to grow up,” Lisa tells me.
Lisa enjoyed many sports; she was a keen tennis player and netballer, playing in the top teams for her age right up until the family moved to Wellington. Lisa was fifteen years old, which unfortunately marked the end of her sporting career. Local teams were well established in Wellington, and her attention was drawn elsewhere.