Job Vacancy

International Policy/Senior Policy Analyst: Climate Change MAF are advertising for someone to fill this role; this is what they are requiring in terms of key skills. I have added a few extra skills in italics based on my experience dealing with people who make a living in the climate change and/ or sustainability business andContinue Reading …

Press Council Rules on Climate Change Article

The NZ Press Council has upheld a complaint made by Robin Grieve Chairman of Pastural Farming Climate Research Inc. against the NZ Herald. The complaint concerned their reporting of livestock emissions and the extent of agriculture’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The complaint was for inaccuracy. For some time now I have been trying toContinue Reading …

The Minister and the three ovens

The Minister for Agriculture and officials in his Ministry are using the analogy of the ‘three ovens’ to try and justify the Government’s policy on livestock emissions of methane.  It seems they like this analogy to try and explain why emissions of enteric methane should be reduced even though they now admit that most, ifContinue Reading …

John Boscawen

I had a productive meeting with John Boscawen from the ACT Party last Monday night. The ACT party is farmers only hope of progress in our case against being the only farmers in the world hit with the injustice of being taxed for no good reason whatsoever. National know that farmers generally support National andContinue Reading …