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Kyoto extension
The Kyoto Protocol is to be extended another 5 years. Tim Groser has acknowledged to me in the past he accepts there are problems with the way agricultural emissions are calculated and the problems associated with this and the implications of this for NZ. Yet in Durban The EU and a few other developed countriesContinue Reading …
Tim Groser, mischief in Durban
We are being spared any news of Durban climate talks which is a blessing. A repeat of the sickening display we saw at Copenhagen would be too much. However our very own Tim Groser is leading a sickening display in Durban all by himself. Tim Groser in Durban “Having accepted a responsibility target under theContinue Reading …
Biological emissions too logical for Russell Norman
On the minor party leaders debate Don Brash said that biological emissions were sourced from the atmosphere, Russell Norman went into a laughing fit as if Brash had said the most ridiculous thing in the world. Afterwards In the NZ Herald Claire Trevett said “Green co-leader Russel Norman, who sounded credible on the economy andContinue Reading …
Interview on Newstalk ZB
Another welcome to the members who have joined up this week. We have had more success getting mainstream with a radio interview I did with Larry Williams on Newstalk ZB. The focus was on election spending and Larry was interviewing me about Labour’s claim that it is going to get $800m from farmers to fundContinue Reading …
Success at Dominion Post
Once more I welcome our new members. We are signing up between 15 and 20 new members each day. Our telemarketers have been going for four days and are signing up on average one third of the farmers they contact. This is a phenomenal result and shows the depth of feeling farmers hold about livestockContinue Reading …
Tim Groser implies current approach to agricultural emissions is not appropriate.
I have just received a letter from Tim Groser, Minister Responsible for Climate Change Negotiations in response to a letter I wrote on the 12th July stating my concerns about the treatment of livestock emissions of methane in international agreements. I quoted concerns about the use of the global warming potential (GWP) metric to calculateContinue Reading …
ETS Review Panel in Ga Ga Land
The ETS Review Panel’s report recommends that agriculture’s biological emissions be brought into the ETS as planned in 2015, with a few changes. Firstly that the two for one deal be extended so that in effect farmers will pay for 5 % of their emissions in 2015 rising to the full 10 % in 2019Continue Reading …
Carbon Trading to favour Aussie Farmers
Phil O’Reilly and John Carnegie of Business NZ believe New Zealand and Australia should able to buy and sell each other’s carbon credits. Australian carbon credits are created under the Carbon Farming Initiative and New Zealand carbon credits are created under our emission trading scheme. They believe New Zealand businesses should be allowed to importContinue Reading …
Membership
I’d like to welcome new members who have responded to the advertisement in the Straight Furrow. It was a bit of a gamble with the advertisement costing over $500 but I was so angry after the Q& A programme and combined with my frustration at our lack of resources to do what we want toContinue Reading …
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