New Zealand’s Emission Trading Scheme was devised to comply with the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol was devised to combat global warming. The idea is that a country’s carbon emissions are measured, or guessed, in line with clear rules laid out in … [Read more...]
Northland Agricultural Field Days
Pastural Farming Climate Research was launched at the Northland Agricultural Field Days on the 27th February.2009. The society was formed to counter the misinformation about agricultural emissions and the incorrect and … [Read more...]
Sunday TVNZ
On behalf of all who were throwing shoes at the tv on Sunday night as the Sunday programme described agriculture as the big polluter we have written to John Hudson who was the correspondent on the item. The basis of our correspondence was; that … [Read more...]
Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions Letter
To Whom It May Concern It has been reported that agriculture is responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. What has not been reported is what percentage of NZ’s greenhouse gases are removed from the atmosphere by pastoral farming. Any carbon … [Read more...]
COWS BELCH METHANE; SO WHAT?
The game in town seems to be to bash the poor old ruminant for threatening the survival of the planet by belching methane into an overloaded and polluted atmosphere that is on the brink of total collapse under the weight of all this carbon. It is … [Read more...]
Good hard working salt of the earth NZers do not deserve these attacks
I have just spent four hours with a lovely couple in their early 60’s who have had only two days away from their dairy farm in eight years. They work hard for every cent they have ever earned; they have a mortgage to pay and bills each month, mud in … [Read more...]
Believe in Santa Claus not man-made global warming
The special select committee to review the Emission Trading Scheme is not something to get excited about. John Key has said that we will have an emission trading scheme regardless of what the committee recommends. Peter Dunne the Chairman has stated … [Read more...]
The Methane Cycle
CO2 Levels in New Zealand
No cow, sheep, pig or goat has ever managed to create carbon out of nothing. They produce products by taking carbon out of the air which is then stored in the bones of growing children, in wool for carpets and leather for furniture and clothing. No … [Read more...]
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