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New Global Radiation Emergency Coalition Formed
Global Radiation Emergency is a just-formed coalition of individuals, organizations and scientists on six continents whose mission is to save Planet Earth.
Effects of Unregulated Digitalization on Health and Democracy – World Council for Health
We are pleased to inform you that the World Council for Health has published a new policy brief urging the use of technology with discernment and to subject digital innovations introduced under the umbrella of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to greater scrutiny.
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites could be eroding Earth’s magnetic field and slowly poisoning us all, ex-NASA scientist warns
An ex-NASA physicist warns cheap satellite ‘megaconstellations’ like Elon Musk’s Starlink could disrupt Earth’s magnetosphere exposing all life to deadly cosmic rays.
Central Govt Law & Policies
📡 Say NO to More Cell Towers
The NZ government is proposing changes to allow taller cell towers, bigger antennas, and stronger EMF radiation—with fewer protections for people, homes, wildlife, and local input. This supports 5G and “smart city” rollouts but increases risks to health and the...
NZ School Cell Phone Ban Comes into Force
The Government has introduced regulations that require all state schools and kura to have student phone rules in use. This guidance is structured to support schools to step through the process of implementing student phone rules.
STANZ Summer 2023-24 Newsletter
It has been a while since the last STANZ newsletter, but the committee has been steadily making progress. Amongst other things the STANZ website has been upgraded to be more user-friendly and our AGM was held in late July.
Local & Regional Govt
Tim Hunt Presents Evidence to Whangarei District Council Which Suggests Emissions from Local Cellphone Tower Are Harmful, Nov 23, 2023
Tim Hunt’s presentation to the Whangarei District Council on Nov 23, 2023. I urge the Whangarei District Council, as trustees of our community, to adopt a precautionary approach to this issue and scrutinise as strongly as possible existing and new activity by Telcos on our community.
STANZ Submission on Ōtautahi Christchurch Climate Strategy
STANZ has identified that the CCC needs to take into account the fact that the mobile wireless digital economy is resource intensive and a high greenhouse emitting sector of the economy that is unsustainable for the climate.
STANZ Submission to Christchurch City Council Climate Change Plan – April 2021
STANZ in general agrees with the goals outlined in the Ōtautahi Christchurch Climate Strategy 2021 for Christchurch. However, STANZ wants to make the central point that under Goal 3 and Programme 6 that the move away from resource intensive and high greenhouse emission industries needs to include digital and wireless technology which includes Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Cloud computing and wireless communications through the 4G and increasingly 5G systems cell phone transmitter technology, mobile smart phone use and the infrastructure and data centers required to run them (both locally and globally). Just when we need to be moving as a society to reduce greenhouse gas emissions this sector of the economy is massively increasing its requirements for energy outstripping the growth in renewable energy sources with it being reliant on increasing numbers of coal fired power stations in other countries e.g., China.
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