Nick Smith’s ETS is out of control. What was supposed to be a response to global warming has taken on a purpose that surpasses and replaces the original environmental reasons for which it was born. Nick Smith stated in Parliament a while ago that foresters now have a property right to the carbon credits createdContinue Reading …
Mr Carter’s simplistic and incomplete analysis.
April 18, 2010
“The food miles argument has now largely been debunked worldwide as a simplistic and incomplete story when looking at the carbon footprint,” Mr Carter said about the Agresearch study which found that of the 1.9kgs CO2e produced per 100 gram serving of sheep meat, food miles contributed only 5%. Mr Carter quite correctly argues itContinue Reading …
Meat-the good and the good news
April 13, 2010
The Herald on Sunday ran an editorial “Meat the good and bad news” It related to the finding that our sheep meat has a lower carbon footprint than European sheep meat when sold in Europe, despite the food miles. This was the good news. The AgResearch analysis bears out what farmers have long been saying:Continue Reading …
Cows absolved of stoking warming with nitrous oxide
April 8, 2010
So writes Alister Doyle, Environment correspondent from Reuters Source: Reuters OSLO, April 7 (Reuters) – Grazing by cows or sheep can cut emissions of nitrous oxide — a powerful greenhouse gas — in grasslands from China to the United States, according to a study that overturns past belief that farm animals stoke releases. Adding toContinue Reading …
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