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- Finding firm ground for the methane debate
- How should methane emissions be calculated?
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- Sequestration rules will change
- Moving forward with methane levies
- Agricultural GHG bullets are firing randomly
- Key methane technologies misfire
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- Carbon credits are not created equal
- Dairy is fundamental to New Zealand’s future but it needs an informed debate
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Category Archives: Greenhouse Gases
Methane’s path to the future
Taxing methane is not the answer. But we cannot walk away from the need to reduce methane-intensity in pastoral products. —– In recent articles, I have attempted to explain some of the global warming complexities of methane. I did that … Continue reading
Posted in Dairy, Greenhouse Gases, Methane, sheep and beef farms, Uncategorized
Tagged Dairy, Greenhouse Gases, Methane, New Zealand, pastoral, sheep
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Finding firm ground for the methane debate
In my recent article on methane, criticisms that I made of the proposed GWP*metric, pronounced ‘GWP-star’, stirred up responses from some of my agricultural friends and colleagues. Many farmers and also important farmer organisations would like to see GWP*used as … Continue reading
Posted in Greenhouse Gases, Methane, The economy, Uncategorized
Tagged GWP*, GWP500, Methane
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How should methane emissions be calculated?
In 2006, I wrote a paper that was published in the journal ‘Primary Industry Management’ titled “Agriculture’s Greenhouse Gases: how should they be calculated”. Eighteen years later I am returning to that topic. In the intervening years both I and … Continue reading
Posted in Greenhouse Gases, Methane, Uncategorized
Tagged climate-change, environment, environmental-impact, global-warming, Greenhouse Gases
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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
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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, Methane, Uncategorized
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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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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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