The Government’s about to be announced emission reduction plan must recognise the scientific reality that carbon emissions sourced from livestock are quite different to the carbon emissions produced by burning fossil fuel. Carbon … [Read more...]
Focus on methane emissions from Dairy unjustified
The Ministry for the Environment released the latest NZ Inventory of Greenhouse gases, or as it is now being called by the Ministry “Te Tarangi Haurehu Kati Mahana a Aotearoa” They do kindly still put the English title in small print underneath, but … [Read more...]
What He Waka Eke Noa has got wrong Part 4(B)
He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN ) is a proposed pricing scheme for livestock emissions. This is a four-part series explaining the big four mistakes it makes and what it needs to do to fix these. Part 1 HWEN misunderstands the science of methane in … [Read more...]
Our petition to require any farm emissions pricing scheme to be science based and equitable urgently needs your support
We are just 38 signatures short of our target. We need at least 100 signatures to be able to use it to put pressure on Dairy NZ, Beef and Lamb and Federated Farmers to stop selling NZ farmers out and agreeing to an inequitable farm emission … [Read more...]
We are going to the Fieldays
FARM (Facts About Ruminant Methane), the organization I teamed up with to continue the fight against those who want to tax farmers for methane emissions, has a stand at Mystery Creek. We are in Rural Living Marquee site RM118 Please come along … [Read more...]
Important to move on methane now
The PM is soon to announce who will be climate minister and we are gearing up to campaign for the removal of all unscientific methane reduction requirements. We hope James Shaw will be kicked to touch and he deserves to be after adopting unscientific … [Read more...]
Minister for Primary Industries, Damien O’Connor out of touch with science
‘A statement by the Minister for Primary Industries, Damien O’Connor, "that it is a huge concession for agriculture to only face a 5 percent obligation when it enters the ETS in 2025", shows how out of touch with the science of methane … [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 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...]
Submissions close on the Zero Carbon Bill proposal on 19th July at 5pm
There has never been a better time for farmers to get a win than now. The online submission process is quick and easy and could take less than ten minutes. There are 16 questions and options and submitters just have to click the options they wish. … [Read more...]