ETS: Bill to a Future Generation
Proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme (ETS) would result in 84% or more of the nation’s multi-billion dollar Kyoto liability being put on to future taxpayers. Today’s polluters …
A Climate For Protection Money
The plan to put a price on carbon emissions needs to change or it will require ordinary consumers to pay for protection of farmers’ capital gains and fail to …
Corporate Welfare Under the ETS
This briefing provides indicative estimates of the subsidies that were to be payable to eight major industrial emitters under the proposed rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) proposed …
The Coming Carbon Crunch
Some time next year, New Zealand’s international negotiators will have to settle on a new emissions reduction target – one to apply after the Kyoto Protocol’s first period ends …
The Carbon Challenge
The proposed rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will involve huge transfers of wealth but make very little difference to New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in the next …
The Regulatory Response to GM Lysine Corn
New Zealand has strong grounds for rejecting the application to make GM lysine corn a legal food. Significant health risks remain untested and the credibility of New Zealand’s food …
When Venturing Into Foreign Parts
New Zealand is clearly not ready to manage the risks associated with the use of animal cells in humans.
An application for such a trial is currently before the Minister …
A Convenient Untruth
The agriculture sector can meet its share of the nation’s Kyoto emissions reduction target at a profit.
As livestock farming accounts for 49% of New Zealand’s emissions, such cuts would …
Heat Treatment
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 …
