carbon emissions Archive

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  Celebrating a loss - by frog

  
  
  
  Solid Energy is in the news blaming protesters for its loss of $2.7 million dollars for the year. If only. Actually a lot of that loss came from costs associated with its legal requirement to move the threatened Powelliphanta Augustus snail. Remember that the Department of Conservation’s original recommendation to the Minister was that the [...] read more
  March 26, 2008 1:37 pm - 14 Comments
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  Fertilizer worse than cars - by frog

  
  
  
  It’s now fairly well known that about half of New Zealand’s carbon emissions come from our agricultural sector. Many who don’t want to face up to climate change use this as a convenient excuse: ‘well, you can’t really stop cows burping, it’s all natural, it’s not a problem that we need worry about’.Even were that [...] read more
  March 12, 2008 1:34 pm - 21 Comments
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  Bush leads fight against climate change, Clark following fast - by frog

  
  
  
  President Bush proclaimed yesterday that the U.S. is “in the lead” in the fight against climate change. Now, look, I understand stereotypes are hard to defeat. People get an image planted in their head, and sometimes it causes them not to listen to the facts. But America is in the lead when it comes to [...] read more
  March 6, 2008 10:09 pm - 29 Comments
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  Norway’s plan to stop climate change - by frog

  
  
  
  A Norwegian pro-whaling group is pointing to a study showing that catching and eating whales has less impact on climate change than other commonly eaten meats. The survey, focused on whale boats’ fuel use, showed that a kg of whale meat represented just 1.9kg of greenhouse gases against 15.8 for beef, 6.4 for pork and [...] read more
  March 4, 2008 2:46 pm - 4 Comments
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  Canada, Japan and US must commit to binding targets - by frog

  
  
  
  There’s an expression that goes something like ‘this is where the rubber hits the road’.  Well, that’s probably the opposite of the outcome we want from Bali. But the time has definitely come to find whether our global representatives can commit to doing something before they leave the Indonesian island. The UN is clearly worried [...] read more
  December 13, 2007 3:27 pm - 3 Comments
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  Business as usual - by frog

  
  
  
  Minister of Trade Phil Goff, like the rest of the government, is currently concerned about climate change; seems it might be rather costly. ‘Stern estimating it at as much as 20 per cent of global GDP – as well as the obvious, potentially catastrophic, environmental costs.’ Luckily Goff doesn’t need to worry too much because [...] read more
  December 10, 2007 1:34 pm - 20 Comments