ETS Losses Confirmed – Groser Has Explaining To Do
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
New documents confirm the ETS has been a net loser for the taxpayer and that the government faces a big deficit in its carbon accounts, contrary to the Climate …
NZ’s Carbon Accounts in Deficit by $1.3 Billion
Thursday, September 13, 2012
New Zealand has a carbon budget deficit equivalent to $1.3 billion because the ETS is failing to bring in enough revenue to pay the nation’s carbon bills.
Five years on …
The Carbon Budget Deficit
Saturday, September 8, 2012
A carbon budget is essential to planning for serious emission reductions. It details the expected carbon flows and associated financial commitments for a country.
Read The Carbon Budget Deficit.
GM Free Food Good Business for NZ Inc
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
In the sixteen years since GM crops started growing in the US, New Zealand has remained a GM free food producer. Not because of red tape, nor because New Zealanders …
GM Food Production: Facts and Figures
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
This document has key facts and figures about global GM food production, and why New Zealand does not currently grow GM crops.
Read GM Food Production Facts and Figures 2012.
ETS Changes to Eternal Transition Scheme
Thursday, July 12, 2012
The total cost to taxpayers of changes to the ETS is at least $1.3 billion, based on the $25 per tonne carbon price the government currently uses to assess …
EPA Makes First Real Move on Nanomaterials
Thursday, July 5, 2012
In a critical first step to regulating nanomaterials, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made it compulsory to label for nanoscale ingredients in cosmetics.
The use of nanomaterials has been …
Nanomaterials—are we looking at the next asbestos?
Friday, June 1, 2012
At the annual Fire Department Instructor Conference in Indianapolis this year, a new topic was on the agenda: risks to firefighters from engineered nanomaterials.
The prompt was a sports store …
Johnson & Johnson Opposes Labelling Nanocosmetics – Council response
Friday, May 18, 2012
During the 2012 review of New Zealand’s cosmetics regulations, global personal care products company Johnson and Johnson opposed labelling of nanocosmetic ingredients. The company requested a further opportunity to …
