Snippets

The best Christmas gifts for cyclists - in pictures Some best-buys for your cycling-mad friend, brother, sister, dad or mum. [Guardian]

Fracking implicated in US water pollution The US EPA has announced for the first time that fracking may be to blame for causing groundwater pollution. [Stuff]

Japanese whalers sue Sea Shepherd The Institute of Cetacean Research has filed a lawsuit in the US to protect its research whaling vessels and crews against physical attacks by the Sea Shepherd. [Stuff]

Just how bad Is Beijing's pollution? Hint: Crazy Bad. [Mother Jones]

Canada under fire over Kyoto protocol exit France's foreign ministry called the move "bad news for the fight against climate change", a sentiment echoed by other officials. [BBC]

Ptuj Archaeological Museum is blanketed with a giant green-Roofed tent The concept not only reinstates the green belt that once was the archeological site, but provides a protected, naturally daylit space in which to conduct research. [Wired Science]

Real Christmas trees save water Artificial ones have a bigger environmental impact. [National Geographic]

World risks climate catastrophe: IEA The absence of a global legally binding agreement on climate change, along with a rethink on nuclear energy, risks a failure to arrest catastrophic temperature rises. [SMH]

'Arms race' exists between snakes and humans It's more than just a one-way relationship: snakes are prey, predator, and competitor all at once. [Wired Science]

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The final tally of votes on Saturday saw us achieve our best election result ever. The end count lifted our share of the party vote to 11.06 percent, enough to deliver Mojo Mathers as our 14th MP.

This is a historic result for us, cementing our place as the third party in New Zealand politics. Our new MPs have hit the ground running and are looking forward to making good green change.

We want to work constructively in this Parliament to advance our key issues of cleaning up our rivers, raising kids out of poverty and creating good green jobs, while also providing opposition leadership on issues such as asset sales, welfare reform and charter schools.

Thank you to everyone who voted Green and made this historic result happen.

Metiria Turei

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