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Has Former PM Ardern Become NZ's Single Biggest Individual Emitter of Greenhouse Gases?

Its impossible to keep up with former PM Ardern's emissions of Greenhouse Gases. Where has she travelled on carbon-dumping-into-the-atmosphere long-haul flights this past year? To name a few, in November 2023, she flew to Singapore to walk the Green Carpet and give 'Earth Shot' awards including in the category of "clean air". How ironic. When you get homesick, how about a round-the-world flight back to good 'ole NZ to marry on location at a vineyard? Yes, in January 2024 it was long-haul to do the wedding in the Hawkes Bay. Then in March 2024 she burnt those air miles to Italy to inaugurate the academic year of the University of Bologna. Oh, and don't forget the carbon dumping flight up to Chicago in August 2024 to visit the Democratic Party Convention for a yarn. And why go to Italy once in a year when you can go there twice on a long-haul jet? To accept another award, this past week she flew to Venice to whoop it up an event coinciding with the Venice Film Festival. She preached there that we must "demand from our leaders .. empathy and kindness". Competence would be a nice one to add, though always seems to be missing off her list. Anyhow, that's just a few flights we know about. We've got no problem with air-travel at this Blog, provided carbon emissions are priced, though we note the US doesn't have an Emissions Trading Scheme like NZ. Maybe that's a reason Ardern is basing herself outside this country, since she would probably single-handedly blow our reduction targets.

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