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Sep 5, 2024 | 
nature.com | Thomas Pienkowski |Arundhati Jagadish |Willow Battista |Alec Christie |Matt Clark |Kristian Nielsen | +3 more
AbstractMany attempts to scale conservation actions have failed to deliver their intended benefits, caused unintended harm or later been abandoned, hampering efforts to bend the curve on biodiversity loss.
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
commonslibrary.parliament.uk | Tom Powell
Further background on menopause can be found in the Commons Library briefing for World Menopause Day published in October 2022:World Menopause Day – House of Commons Library (26 October 2022)There was also a Westminster Hall debate marking World Menopause Day on 27 October 2022. World Menopause Day takes place on 18 October each year. Government action over the last yearThe Government and NHS have announced a number of measures to improve menopause care.
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Oct 15, 2023 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
Tom Powell is a spokesperson for Climate Karanga Marlborough. OPINION: It seems every day there is a new technology announced that will help us in the fight against global warming. These stories spark our imagination and give us hope. But as time has gone on, we sadly learn that each basket of new technology contains fishhooks – unexpected problems and side effects.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
Tom Powell, a climate activist with Climate Karanga Marlborough, explores climate issues in a conversational column featuring his partner Marg. Here they look into the practice of offsetting carbon. OPINION: Tom is sitting at the kitchen table, looking over the news. He looks up as Marg comes into the room. Tom: “Marg, did you read about this American oil company that claims they emit no carbon? How can they say that?
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Jul 10, 2023 | 
commonslibrary.parliament.uk | Rachael Harker |Tom Powell
This briefing explains how the NHS in England works and introduces key NHS organisations and functions, including:NHS England, which provides national leadership and oversight for the health service. Providers of NHS services, including NHS trusts, foundation trusts, primary care organisations, and private and voluntary sector providers. The Care Quality Commission (CQC), and wider patient safety regulation.
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Mar 20, 2023 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
Tom Powell is a climate activist living in Marlborough. OPINION: Twenty years ago, on 20 March 2003, the US and its few allies brought “shock and awe” to Baghdad, starting the Iraq war. At the time, I was an under-employed consultant / house husband in Windsor, California, taking the kids to school and back, cooking dinners, and volunteering in the regional parks and with the local search and rescue team. So safe and so secure, the war was still to change my life.
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Mar 11, 2023 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
Tom Powell is a spokesperson for Climate Karanga Marlborough. OPINION: The future of New Zealand’s domestic transport needs should be trains. Robert McLachlan and Paul Callister, in a February 13 article in the Conversation, make a good case for restoring long distance passenger rail in New Zealand as a way to decrease the emissions of passenger travel and reduce our energy use.
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Jan 25, 2023 | 
stuff.co.nz | Tom Powell
Tom Powell is a spokesperson for Climate Karanga Marlborough. OPINION: It was high noon in the wild west town of Aotearoa. Sheriff Cabinet Ministers was busy at his desk, sorting through citizens submissions, when Deputy “Greenie” Shaw bursts into the room. “Sheriff, it’s the Climate Breakdown Gang again. They’re back and causing trouble. If we don’t do something, somebody’s going to get hurt!” Sheriff Ministers knew what had to be done.
