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Councillors met in Thames to consider their options on the climate change declaration before it goes out for public consultation.
A Waikato council has been backed into a corner by newly elected councillors pushing for the mayor to reconsider signing a climate change declaration. In 2019, Thames Coromandel District Council and mayor Sandra Goudie voted against signing the Local Government Leaders’ Climate Change Declaration. It’s a decision that’s since cost thousands of ratepayer dollars after Hauraki Coromandel Climate Action Group took the council to court and won. Councillors Tony Fox, John Morrissey, deputy mayor Murray McLean and Goudie’s opinions, however, have not changed.
Doomsday embassy plan revealed for Japan nuke disaster
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Australiaâs embassy in Tokyo prepared for an apocalyptic scenario during the Fukushima nuclear disaster that would result in staff fleeing to an underground car park fallout shelter.
The shelter on level B2 at the embassy was to be stocked with water and food, and act as a buffer in case a massive explosion further devastated reactors already damaged in Japanâs 2011 earthquake and tsunami disasters.
Houses are washed away by the tsunami in Sendai. Â
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The fallout shelter plan was not broadcast publicly because the facility could cater for only 200-plus people. The embassy planned to accept any Australians who turned up but would not have been able to cope if thousands arrived.