“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...]
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...]