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- Moving forward with methane levies
- Agricultural GHG bullets are firing randomly
- Key methane technologies misfire
- Simon Upton, methane and forestry
- Voluntary sequestration schemes create opportunities as well as confusion
- Carbon credits are not created equal
- Dairy is fundamental to New Zealand’s future but it needs an informed debate
- Carbon farming rocket has taken off
- Mega changes announced to forestry and carbon policies
- Climate Change Commission pours reality on HWEN proposals
- Wrestling with methane metrics
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- Agriculture’s greenhouse gas proposals need a reset
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- 2022 will be tumultuous for New Zealand’s primary industries
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- Crunch times ahead for agricultural methane and nitrous oxide
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Author Archives: Keith Woodford
Sequestration rules will change
Government foreshadows new ETS sequestration categories but then creates yet another communication muddle The Government’s on-farm sequestration policy appeared to have taken a big step forward with a media release from the Government on 30 November, apparently timed to coincide … Continue reading
Posted in forestry, greenhouse gases, Uncategorized
14 Comments
Moving forward with methane levies
Split-gas breaks the link to charging methane emissions based on contentious carbon dioxide equivalence. It opens the door to a levy based on research, development, extension and education (RDE&E) needs rather than simply a tax In my last article I … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy, greenhouse gases, Meat Industry, Uncategorized
12 Comments
Agricultural GHG bullets are firing randomly
At times I despair at the GHG debate in New Zealand. There are multiple teams firing firecrackers masquerading as missiles into the debate, thereby creating noise but little substance. Here my focus is on the agricultural gases, methane and nitrous … Continue reading
Posted in greenhouse gases, sheep and beef farms, Uncategorized
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Key methane technologies misfire
Methane technology breakthroughs cannot stop cannot ruminants from doing what comes naturally Reducing methane production from pastoral agriculture lies at the heart of efforts to make pastoral agriculture more climate friendly. If only sheep and cattle could be made … Continue reading
Simon Upton, methane and forestry
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says there are good reasons to allow forestry offsets for methane rather than for fossil fuels Simon Upton, in his role as Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, has produced a new ‘Note’ for … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, greenhouse gases, Uncategorized
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Voluntary sequestration schemes create opportunities as well as confusion
Native forests that began regenerating prior to 1990 are excluded from the ETS. This opens opportunities for voluntary schemes independent of Government. In a recent article, I wrote how carbon credits are not created equal. This inequality is now leading … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, Uncategorized
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Carbon credits are not created equal
Carbon offsets are fundamental to New Zealand’s greenhouse-gas policies. However, not all offsets are created equal. That sets the scene for all sorts of games to be played, with winners and losers. This is further complicated by marketing ploys that … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, greenhouse gases, Uncategorized
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Dairy is fundamental to New Zealand’s future but it needs an informed debate
The key message of this article is that dairy is of fundamental importance to the future of Aotearoa New Zealand. However, the journey to get there is not straight forward and it will be controversial. First, I set out the … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy, greenhouse gases, Uncategorized
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Carbon farming rocket has taken off
Nothing matches carbon-farming economics on sheep and beef land This last week I spent two days in Rotorua at the New Zealand carbon-forestry conference where I was also one of the speakers. Both I and others presented perspectives on the … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, sheep and beef farms, Uncategorized
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Mega changes announced to forestry and carbon policies
There were two big announcements by Government entities in the last week of July affecting forestry rules and carbon pricing. To a large extent, the announcements escaped media scrutiny. That lack of scrutiny was because explanations require an understanding … Continue reading
Posted in carbon farming, forestry, greenhouse gases, Uncategorized
15 Comments
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