A correction to my last post, Craig Foss has not been given Climate Change Issues, it has gone to Tim Groser. He already has the International Climate Change Negotiations portfolio and is familiar with the portfolio. He also already has a letter from … [Read more...]

Hi everyone I would again like to welcome all the new members who have joined up since the last newsletter (about 170 new members).This is a reflection of our growing membership and the fact that it has been 2 months since the last newsletter which … [Read more...]

The Kyoto Protocol is to be extended another 5 years. Tim Groser has acknowledged to me in the past he accepts there are problems with the way agricultural emissions are calculated and the problems associated with this and the implications of this … [Read more...]

We are being spared any news of Durban climate talks which is a blessing. A repeat of the sickening display we saw at Copenhagen would be too much. However our very own Tim Groser is leading a sickening display in Durban all by himself. Tim Groser … [Read more...]

Another welcome to the members who have joined up this week. We have had more success getting mainstream with a radio interview I did with Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB. The focus was on election spending and Larry was interviewing me about … [Read more...]

I have just received a letter from Tim Groser, Minister Responsible for Climate Change Negotiations in response to a letter I wrote on the 12th July stating my concerns about the treatment of livestock emissions of methane in international … [Read more...]

The ETS Review Panel’s report recommends that agriculture’s biological emissions be brought into the ETS as planned in 2015, with a few changes. Firstly that the two for one deal be extended so that in effect farmers will pay for 5 % of their … [Read more...]