If you are not happy with Parliament passing without dissent the so called carbon zero bill there is a protest march organised by 50 shades of green to protest the Zero Carbon Act, water regulations etc on November 14. See here for … [Read more...]
Andrew Little’s misinformation unit should start with the Ministry for the Environment.
The Ministry for the Environment in a statement referring to farm methane emissions that were the focus of TV One programme ‘Sunday’ said methane emissions have increased by 6% since 1990 and need to come down. Agricultural methane … [Read more...]
NZ First selling farmers out.
NZ Herald Political Editor Audrey Young writes in the NZ Herald that it was NZ First that refused to allow National’s preference for the Climate Commission to set the methane targets to be incorporated in to the Carbon Zero Bill. It is a sickening … [Read more...]
Minister James Shaw needs to heed his own advice on methane reduction technology
In response to questions in Parliament yesterday about the use of GE technology to reduce agricultural emissions, James Shaw said that just because the science exists it does not mean it is a good idea. He pointed out there were risks from … [Read more...]
Government and farming sector should not be looking to drive down agricultural emissions.
“Methane emissions are the largest component of the biological emissions produced by agriculture and they are a tremendous success story when compared to others, and farmers should not feel pressured to reduce them further” Robin Grieve Chairman of … [Read more...]
New Zealand National Party minority view in Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill
This is the National Party minority report submitted by the National Party members of the Environment select committee that considered submissions on the so called carbon zero bill. NZ First has done farmers no favours on this and supported the … [Read more...]
Farmers ill served by politicians who lack understanding
. Winston Peters continued his grumpy insulting ways on Q & A this week by attacking farming leaders rather than his own Government for farmer concerns around the so called carbon zero bill. Peters’ claims are based on a lack of … [Read more...]
The main reasons the methane targets in the so called carbon zero bill are wrong, are not to do with cost for farmers.
“It is concerning and disappointing that journalists are still reporting that pushback on methane targets in the carbon zero bill is because some political parties are concerned about the cost on farmers. This is not a fair account of the concern … [Read more...]
Victoria University Associate Professor makes fundamental error in advocating we eat less meat and dairy products to reduce global warming.
Victoria University Associate Professor makes fundamental error in his calculations that led him to conclude that the single biggest change an individual can make to increase the chances of temperature increases remaining below 2 degrees is to eat … [Read more...]
Air New Zealand carbon emissions increased 5% last year alone.
“Air New Zealand’s failure to curb its greenhouse gas emissions can simply be addressed with less international flights. Air New Zealand pumped 5 percent more polluting gases into the atmosphere over the last year, as reported in the NZ Herald, … [Read more...]
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