Airport still wants to expand
Posted: October 25, 2018 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, carbon budgets, Carbon Zero Act, Ken Mulholland, Miramar Golf Club, Post Truth Era, tourism, Wellington Airport Leave a commentThe Editor, The Cook Strait News, Wellington
23 October, 2018
Dear Editor:
Ken Mulholland understandably is concerned about the future of the Miramar Golf Club and also potential loss of a noise buffer for nearby residences from the threat of an Airport expansion. But the larger concern should be that the Airport plans to expand at all. Read the rest of this entry »
Thanks to Nikki Papatsoumas of Cook Strait News
Posted: January 25, 2017 Filed under: Letters | Tags: 2017, Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, automobiles, carbon, Carbon dioxide, Cook Strait News, cycleways, Island Bay, local elections, local government, Lyall Bay, motor cars, Nikki Papatsoumas, runway extension Leave a commentThe Editor, The Cook Strait News, Wellington
23 January, 2017
Dear Editor:
Thanks to Nikki Papatsoumas for her insight and efforts on Cook Strait News. The coverage of the local body elections in 2016 was second to none when other local media coverage was generally mediocre. Read the rest of this entry »
Mayor Wade-Brown is unable to accept the desperation in front of her.
Posted: September 8, 2016 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Airport Corporation, airport runway, carbon, climate disruption, democracy, environment, fear, green washing, Greens, Jo Coughlan, Mayor Wade-Brown, politics, Wellington Leave a commentThe Editor, The Dominion Post, Wellington
05 September, 2016
Dear Editor:
The reason why Mayor Wade-Brown (Dom Post Weekend, 3 Sept) can so shallowly misrepresent mayoral candidate Jo Coughlan’s “four lanes to the planes” campaign slogan is that she refuses to respect the open desperation evident in it. Read the rest of this entry »
Runway extension suggestion is a sign of desperation
Posted: August 14, 2016 Filed under: Letters | Tags: Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, Bush/Cheney, climate change, climate denialism, climate disruption, fear, ISIS, Jo Coughlan, John Key Leave a commentThe Editor, The Dominion Post, Wellington
11 August, 2016
Dear Editor:
With the deadline for submissions on the airport runway extension Friday (12th) it would be useful to examine this issue in the larger context.
The suggestion to extend the runway at Wellington airport will be seen in the global context of climate disruption. There will need to be less tourism and less air travel in a carbon constrained world. Read the rest of this entry »
Submission on the Airport Corporation’s application to extend the runway
Posted: August 10, 2016 Filed under: Other, submissions | Tags: Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, Bush/Cheney, Cheney, climate denialism, climate disruption, Environment Court, Guardian's of the Bay, ISIS, John Key, runway extension, Wellington Airport Leave a commentThe suggestion to extend the runway at Wellington airport will be seen in the global context of climate disruption. There will need to be less tourism and less air travel in a carbon constrained world. Read the rest of this entry »
Response to “From the Hood : The Second Time as Farce” on Scoop
Posted: August 7, 2016 Filed under: Other, responses | Tags: Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, Brexit, climate change, climate denialism, climate disruption, Donald Trump, fear, Island Bay, jo Caughlin, Lyndon Hood, Mayor Wade-Brown, Wellington Airport Leave a commentIt seems surreal, the politics of today. Trump, Brexit, Key, “four lanes to the airport”. Read the rest of this entry »
Response to Ian Apperley’s Random Rant on Scoop
Posted: August 3, 2016 Filed under: Other, responses | Tags: Airport Corporation, Airport Master Plan, airport runway, climate change, cycleways, Ian Apperley, Island Bay, Jo Coughlan, Tea Party, WCC Leave a commentBefore we dismiss the elected WCC for the private sector, let’s look at the ‘why”. Read the rest of this entry »
