There has never been a better time for farmers to get a win than now. The online submission process is quick and easy and could take less than ten minutes. There are 16 questions and options and submitters just have to click the options they wish. … [Read more...]
Farming leaders committed to zero emissions but it is not clear they know what that is.
An informal group who describe themselves as farming leaders have issued a joint statement committing themselves to the Government’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050. They include Federated Farmers, Dairy NZ, Beef and Lamb, Fonterra Shareholders … [Read more...]
Information for carbon zero consultation meetings
The Ministry for Environment is confused about what net zero means when it comes to methane. Its consultation booklet for the proposed carbon zero bill gives three options but two of these are exactly the same. Option 2 is to reduce CO2 to net … [Read more...]
Video. The Methane Mythstake
We have commissioned a new video which we believe will help explain why methane needs to be treated differently to CO2 and also spread the word a bit. It is a more enjoyable watch than our previous one so who knows it may go viral. One difficulty … [Read more...]
Productivity Commission submission
Submission to the NZ Productivity Commission draft report: Low-emissions economy. Robin Grieve Chairman Pastural Farming Climate Research Inc June 8 2018 Summary This submission is primarily concerned with the treatment of … [Read more...]
Meeting dates for carbon zero bill.
Sorry everybody I forgot to add the meeting dates on to my past post so here they are. I went to the first one in Whangarei last week. They are asking for comment on 3 options Option 1 Reduce CO2 emissions to net zero by 2050 but not … [Read more...]
Minister puts cart before the horse and misses the boat with brief for interim climate change committee.
Asking the interim climate change committee to look at ‘the full range of feasibility options for including agriculture in the NZ ETS’ is the wrong approach to dealing with livestock methane emissions. The Minister for Climate Change James Shaw’s … [Read more...]
Agricultural Methane emissions recycle automatically producing Emission Trading credits
Report: Agricultural Methane emissions recycle automatically producing Emission Trading credits. By Dr Sean Devine, a research physicist. Dr Sean Devine’s early research life focused on infra-red physics. He later undertook physics research in … [Read more...]
Forestry Owners Association Throwing Farmers Under The Bus
“The Forestry Owners Association motives in calling for the inclusion of livestock emissions in to the ETS are driven by profit and not environmental concerns,” Robin Grieve Chairman of Pastural Farming Climate Research Inc said today. “The … [Read more...]
Carbon is not a fair measure of NZ’s greenhouse emissions
The NZ Herald published my article outlining the problems for farmers and New Zealand in the use of the scientifically unsound carbon unit. This is the link to the article. Here Or you can read it below. Carbon is not a fair … [Read more...]
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