Heat Treatment
Saturday, March 24, 2007
New Zealand’s climate change policy was built upon major mis-estimates and stray projections of the nation’s position under the Kyoto Protocol – worth well over a billion dollars.
Their initial …
New Attack on GM Food Safety Testing Standards
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Australian and New Zealand regulators are failing to resist an audacious bid by GM plant developers to have them abandon a fundamental principle of food safety testing.
The internationally accepted …
Potential Scale of Kyoto Bill Will Drive Setting of a Price on Carbon
Monday, December 11, 2006
The Sustainability Council welcomes Government’s indication that its favoured cross-sector mechanism for addressing greenhouse gas emissions is an emissions trading regime.
However, such a mechanism for setting a price on …
MAF Not Adequately Risk Managing GM Contamination at the Border
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
The latest seed contamination incident makes clear that MAF is not adequately risk managing border protection against GM contaminants.
There are low and no cost biosecurity options MAF could have …
Give Greenhouse Gas Emission Permits to Citizens, Not Emitters
Thursday, November 2, 2006
An equitable and effective approach to addressing climate change can be set through giving each citizen an equal number of emission permits.
Addressing climate change requires a price to be …
Popular Decarbonisation
Thursday, November 2, 2006
An equitable and effective approach to addressing climate change can be set through giving each citizen an equal number of emission permits.
Addressing climate change requires a price to be …
Use Import Regulations to Drive Methyl Bromide Recapture
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Existing regulations on the import of methyl bromide can be used to require recapture of the chemical rather than action on this being deferred.
Parliament’s Local Government and Environment Select …
New German GMO Liability Law Carries Lessons for NZ
Monday, July 3, 2006
Germany’s approach to setting new GMO liability law provides an important example for New Zealand, states a paper released today by the Sustainability Council.
The German Government has sought to …
Germany’s Liability Law for GMO Cultivation
Monday, July 3, 2006
Germany’s approach to setting new GMO liability law provides an important example for New Zealand, states a paper released today by the Sustainability Council.
The German Government has sought to …
