On Saturday Nick Smith released the latest document in what has been a barrage of consultation from his Ministry for the Environment: this time on fresh water. Predictably the reaction of the Opposition has been negative, saying the Government isn’t … Read More

As we saw in our last blog, in order to meet our 2030 target we need to start acting immediately. International trade might help a little, but regardless we need to be net zero carbon by 2050, 2100 at the … Read More

Reading between the lines for the Government’s review of the emissions trading scheme it’s easy to detect the admission of a cock-up. By allowing our scheme to get flooded by cheap, fraudulent foreign credits, the Government has spent the last … Read More

We are just about to start a conversation about the Government’s emissions trading scheme and thought it would be useful to make a beginner’s guide to the ETS just in case you are not familiar with the details.   Emissions … Read More

The public has been shocked by photos of cows standing in Canterbury’s Lake Taylor next to a Department of Conservation site. It would certainly make most of us think twice about hopping in the water to cool off when we can … Read More

NASA has confirmed what we all knew was coming: 2015 was the hottest year on record. And climate scientists are picking 2016 to break that record. The evidence for climate change continues to mount leaving skeptics looking increasingly silly and … Read More