“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...]
New IPCC report undermines James Shaw’s methane targets
In question time today National's Scott Simpson got one over James Shaw on the methane targets in his ' some carbon to zero bill' Scott asked Shaw about a new IPCC report that indicated a lower target of 12% reduction by 2050 was justified. Shaw … [Read more...]
Carbon Zero bill methane targets in NZ First’s and National’s hands.
The so called carbon zero bill is to be reported back to Parliament after being in select committee on 21 October. James Shaw has said that the coalition support for the bill has been wrapped up, which indicates NZ First will support it, … [Read more...]
Carbon Zero Bill becoming more and more of a joke bill.
“Evidence from Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, to Parliament’s Environment Select Committee makes a mockery of Climate Change Minister James Shaw’s claims his methane targets are based on limiting global warming to 1.5 … [Read more...]
Carbon Zero bill is a bad bill
The Carbon zero bill sets out to set up a climate commission which is going to advise the Government on carbon budgets to meet the targets set in the legislation. The only target for CO2 is that net CO2 emissions be reduced to zero by 2050, … [Read more...]
Carbon Zero Bill submission
I appeared before the Select Committee on Wednesday. I had 15 minutes with them speaking to this submission. https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/52SCEN_EVI_87861_EN12252/1b2455ebea6aa58c7e1e3fda888af3cae3a3cac0 … [Read more...]
Points to make in your submission to Parliament on the Carbon Zero Bill.
It is important for all farmers to make a submission to Parliament on this bill. It is bad for NZ and particularly bad for farmers. Greenpeace and others will be submitting in their thousands and farmers need to stand up for themselves in numbers. … [Read more...]
Carbon Zero Climate Bill submissions due by 16 July
Parliament is considering the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill. It is before the Environment Select Committee which are taking submissions until 16 July This is a big deal for farmers and all farmers should make a … [Read more...]
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