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Ask the hard climate questions: Green MPs in Oxfam's Wellington climate change election debate Wellington Wed, 26 6-7:30pm with Russel Norman and Auckland 2 November 6-7:30pm with Kennedy Graham

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Antarctic lake mission targets life and climate signs A pioneering British expedition to sample a lake under the Antarctic ice hopes to find unknown forms of life and clues to future climate impacts. [BBC]

Barge company says oil recovery could have been over by now A manufacturer of inflatable oil recovery barges says most if not all the oil could be off the Rena by now if Maritime NZ had taken up the company's offer of help last Wednesday.
[Radio NZ]

Carbon package passes lower house Prime Minister Julia Gillard's carbon tax is set to pass the House of Representatives this morning, after having survived its second reading vote last night.
[Canberra Times]

Buying Local vs. Fair Trade (Infographic) Each has their own pros and cons depending on situation. [Treehugger]

How Can Residences Conserve Water? Conserving water around your home will lower your water bill while reducing the strain your household puts on municipal freshwater supplies.
[National Geographic]

Endangered pig-nosed turtles sent home About 600 turtles with pig-like snouts, believed to have been caught in the wild in Indonesia, have been returned home. [SMH]

Ozone hole grows to near record size Instead of following the usual pattern of hitting a maximum, then declining, the hole has stayed near its peak for weeks, even rising again last week. [SMH]

Glacier lakes: Growing danger zones in the Himalayas Fears rise of huge outburst flooding in the Himalayas as glaciers melt due to climate change. [Guardian]

Europeans Are More Worried About the Environment Than the Economic Crisis

two out of three Europeans see climate change as a more serious problem than the global economic crisis [Inhabitat]

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Kia ora

Our thoughts are with the people of Tauranga, who are watching New Zealand's worst marine environmental disaster unfold before their eyes.

Kia kaha to all those who are working around the clock on the clean-up and salvage efforts. Our MPs are on the ground in Tauranga and we are doing everything we can to help. We will also speak out when we think things could be done better.

One thing we're sure of is that New Zealand is not ready for deep-sea oil drilling. We have struggled to respond quickly to the Rena disaster, and an off-shore oil spill like we saw in the Gulf of Mexico last year would be thousands of times worse. Let's take Rena as a lesson, and end plans to allow drilling in our waters.

On a different note, the information campaign about the MMP referendum has started. Check out the Campaign for MMP for more information about why MMP is the fairest system for New Zealand.

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