NZ Greens lose interest in global warming – ‘no hellfire, no brimstone’

Joe Romm must be upset  that NZ greens are ignoring his trademark “hell and high water”.

From the New Zealand Business Review (h/t to Bishop Hill):

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When Jeanette Fitzsimons was co-leader global warming was the greatest-ever threat to the planet. It dwarfed all other environmental worries. It was the granddaddy of them all.

But the shift on global warming with the Greens is significant. We are safe in concluding that they no longer regard global warming as the greatest threat to the planet. It would, I think, merit a mention in a leader’s annual speech to the Greens if it were. A fast-approaching environmental armageddon would be top of mind, not the constitutionality of parliamentary legislation, and not Peter Dunne’s emails.

Read the entire article here: http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/global-warming-ends-whimper-dc-141467