Last week's announcement major oil and gas exploration is planned for the Great Southern Basin would have been received very differently by different people. They may have asked how, if climate change is rapidly contributing to the end of the world, such a thing could still be considered appropriate. It does seem fair to suggest many New Zealanders are interpreting the climate change conversation in very different ways. Protests against oil and gas exploration are natural and healthy. But if the time has really come to move to a war-footing against climate change, we first need to be very clear about what the enemy is.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 16, 2019 17:03 UTC