Betting the farm
If New Zealand chose not to approve the use of GM grasses developed by Pastoral Genomics, no economic penalty is expected as a non-GM technique could provide the same …
The Taxpayer’s Kyoto Position for 2011
NZ is expected to overshoot its Kyoto target by 18%. The ETS pays for less than 20% of the resulting liability.
The Government is borrowing forest credits to cover the …
Skin Deep: A Nanoscale Effort on Cosmetics Regulation
Regulatory credibility on nanotechnologies is at ankle level with the regulators’ decision not to enforce the only nano-specific requirement on its books.
The Ministry of Health and ERMA have no …
Integrity Gap: Copenhagen Pledges and Loopholes
Rather than the deep cuts on 1990 level emissions that are required, current pledges by developed countries would allow them to maintain business as usual emission levels, once “loopholes” …
The Invisible Revolution
New Zealand women are being exposed to cosmetic products containing a typeof nanomaterial that has been stripped from the shelves in Europe and Australia.
Products containing nanoparticles called “fullerenes” remain …
Loopholes Negate Copenhagen Pledges for Emission Reductions
Rather than a cut on 1990 level emissions, current pledges by developed countries are likely to result in a net increase on this baseline once “loopholes” are taken into …
Overrated: New Zealand’s Emissions Reduction Target for 2020
UPDATE: A few days after publication of the Council’s briefing, one of the independent analytical teams (EcoFys, Climate Analytics and the European Climate Foundation) re-rated New Zealand’s …
Making Our Children Pay for Polluter Subsidies
Putting most of the Kyoto bill on the credit card is the Government’s plan.
Its announcement proposing changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) did not begin to spell this …
Australia’s Indefensible Climate Change Targets
The Australian Government proposes an unconditional target of reducing 2000 year net emissions by 5%, and would make a 15% cut if other developed nations make similar commitments. These …
