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MAF can not justify the claims they have made about enteric methane.

October 18, 2009 By Robin Grieve

The response I have received from MAF to my last query leaves me gob smacked for two reasons. Firstly it is an admission that I thought they would never make and it is exciting because it finally confirms what we have been saying. WE ARE RIGHT … [Read more...]

Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill

September 28, 2009 By Robin Grieve

National's changes to the ETS are before the select committee. It is the Finance & Expenditure Committee and they will be reporting back on the 16th November. Submissions are due by the 13th October. I would say it will be a pretty rushed process … [Read more...]

Review of the Emission Trading Scheme & related matters

August 31, 2009 By Robin Grieve

Surprise surprise we are going to have an ETS.   The minority reports at the back from p95 on, are the key to this document because National can’t get this through without support from either ACT, Maori Party or Labour.   The Maori Party tried to get … [Read more...]

Stock numbers in New Zealand dropping

August 20, 2009 By Robin Grieve

With 1990 the base year for our emissions targets it makes one think about 1990 and what was happening in NZ at the time. We were all a lot younger of course and while it would be easy to think that life was more carefree back then it probably … [Read more...]

Green agenda is unsustainable

August 6, 2009 By Robin Grieve

The Green's have released their action plan that they say will enable NZ to reduce our emissions cheaply. The two I will focus on are agriculture and forestry. They advocate reducing stock rates on dairy farms from 2.83 to 2.3 cows per hectare. this … [Read more...]

Survey

June 29, 2009 By Robin Grieve

Having been subjected to a phone survey about agriculture and global warming I thought we could conduct our own survey. The question is ...Do you think emissions of methane from livestock contribute to global warming? This will be on the website … [Read more...]

Meat and Dairy under threat from misinformation

June 21, 2009 By Robin Grieve

A study initiated by Fonterra has assessed the carbon footprint of every litre of milk it processes at 940 grams of CO2 equivalent. 85 % of these emissions are produced on farm, mostly as methane and nitrous oxide. All carbon footprint calculations … [Read more...]

Save the planet from bimbos and celebrities

June 13, 2009 By Robin Grieve

Environmental groups like Greenpeace and now PETA are using celebrities and bimbos to advance their causes. If you judge it on the fact that they get TV coverage then it works. Here I was thinking a sound argument, logic and factual evidence would do … [Read more...]

Cheap bio fuel subsidised by farmers

June 5, 2009 By Robin Grieve

Friday 5th June is World Environment Day. Gull is celebrating by discounting its bio fuel.  This bio fuel is made from ethanol sourced from milk and sold by Fonterra.   The assumption that bio fuel is good for the environment is that the carbon … [Read more...]

Country Channel

May 22, 2009 By Robin Grieve

Look out for us on the Country Channel on Sky. It is channel 99 and I am told that if you subscribe to it you can get a tax deduction on some of your Sky subscription. Check this with your accountant as I am happy to give advice on livestock carbon … [Read more...]

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