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...]
Farming leaders committed to zero emissions but it is not clear they know what that is.
An informal group who describe themselves as farming leaders have issued a joint statement committing themselves to the Government’s goal of net zero emissions by 2050. They include Federated Farmers, Dairy NZ, Beef and Lamb, Fonterra Shareholders … [Read more...]
NZ Herald article by Robin Grieve
The New Zealand Herald published an article I wrote in response to statements made during the Paris Climate talks by our world leaders and some opinion piece writers that were inaccurate. While the article was primarily for that purpose I did manage … [Read more...]
Language changing over livestock emissions.
The Government has taken livestock emissions out of the ETS review for later this year. The ETS is an absolute joke so there will be plenty to review including the dodgy forestry credits NZ foresters sell, without the contentious issue of … [Read more...]
Latest NZ Greenhouse Gas Inventory, DCD and all that
We are still here, I know I have not posted for a while but how many times can you keep saying a truth and have it ignored by the people in Government who should themselves be seeking it? The politics of global warming are such that there is no place … [Read more...]
Ministry for the Environment and Ministry for Primary Industries finally acknowledge a difference between methane emissions and emissions of other greenhouse gases.
In a briefing paper the two Ministries prepared for the Finance and Expenditure Committee they say when referring to the threat of methane release from permafrost. “Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 but has a much shorter … [Read more...]
More & More Questions over Methane's role in Atmosphere
While waiting to speak to Pastural Farming’s submission to the Finance & Expenditure Committee I listened to a submission by a scientist Rob Caithness on methane. He was submitting as a private individual. The basis of his submission is that … [Read more...]
Methane not 21 times more potent than CO2 after all
Quite a lot to report on with Dr Wilson Flood throwing a spanner in the works. He is a Doctor of Chemistry from the UK. I will report more on this later. A quick précis is that the premise that methane is a greenhouse gas 21 times more effective than … [Read more...]
Livestock emissions continue to track downwards
Livestock emissions continue to track downwards, according to the just released New Zealand’s greenhouse gas inventory update for 2009. I loathe giving these CO2equivalents any credibility as a unit by using them but that is how methane and nitrous … [Read more...]