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The place for NZ oriented news releases on climate change and related energy policy.
Govt proposes minimum biofuels sales targets
Oil companies may be required to sell a minimum of 0.25 per cent of transport fuel as biofuels in 2008, rising to 2.25 per cent by 2012, according to a government discussion document released yesterday.
The Government is considering regulating the sale of biofuels, or fuel made from renewable sources such as food crops and animal waste, as part of its response to climate change.
'Diversifying into renewable transport fuels will reduce our dependence on imported oil,' Associate Transport Minister Judith Tizard said. 'Using biofuels will also reduce vehicle emissions, greenhouse has emissions and improve air quality.'
New Zealand had enough domestic feedstock within the agricultural sector to produce the amount of biofuels needed to meet the minimum obligation, although imported biofuels could be used, Ms Tizard said."
Oil companies may be required to sell a minimum of 0.25 per cent of transport fuel as biofuels in 2008, rising to 2.25 per cent by 2012, according to a government discussion document released yesterday.
The Government is considering regulating the sale of biofuels, or fuel made from renewable sources such as food crops and animal waste, as part of its response to climate change.
'Diversifying into renewable transport fuels will reduce our dependence on imported oil,' Associate Transport Minister Judith Tizard said. 'Using biofuels will also reduce vehicle emissions, greenhouse has emissions and improve air quality.'
New Zealand had enough domestic feedstock within the agricultural sector to produce the amount of biofuels needed to meet the minimum obligation, although imported biofuels could be used, Ms Tizard said."
Climate panel lowers global warming forecast
The world's top climate scientists are slightly less pessimistic in their latest forecasts for global warming over the next 100 years, the Australian newspaper reported on Saturday.
A draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change obtained by the newspaper says the temperature increase could be contained to two degrees Celsius by 2100, if greenhouse gas emissions were held at current levels.
A three-degree Celsius rise in the average global daily temperature is projected if no action is taken to cut emissions."
The world's top climate scientists are slightly less pessimistic in their latest forecasts for global warming over the next 100 years, the Australian newspaper reported on Saturday.
A draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change obtained by the newspaper says the temperature increase could be contained to two degrees Celsius by 2100, if greenhouse gas emissions were held at current levels.
A three-degree Celsius rise in the average global daily temperature is projected if no action is taken to cut emissions."
California passes landmark greenhouse gas bill
California made a bold move to curb global warming by passing on Thursday the first bill in the United States to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions, an action state leaders hope will be copied across the country.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, frustrated by lack of action from fellow Republican President George W. Bush on reducing heat-trapping gases, teamed up with the state's Democratic majority on the landmark bill."
California made a bold move to curb global warming by passing on Thursday the first bill in the United States to cap man-made greenhouse gas emissions, an action state leaders hope will be copied across the country.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, frustrated by lack of action from fellow Republican President George W. Bush on reducing heat-trapping gases, teamed up with the state's Democratic majority on the landmark bill."
Gas-guzzlers bought after Kyoto ratified
The Government bought gas-guzzling limos for its ministerial fleet after it signed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Parliament was told yesterday.
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said the Ford Fairlanes and Ford LTDs were identified on the Government's own fuelsaver website as among the worst on the market and used 14.5 litres of petrol per 100km."
The Government bought gas-guzzling limos for its ministerial fleet after it signed the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Parliament was told yesterday.
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said the Ford Fairlanes and Ford LTDs were identified on the Government's own fuelsaver website as among the worst on the market and used 14.5 litres of petrol per 100km."
Firms urge Canberra to implement greenhouse policies
Six major Australian companies have called on the government and the coal industry to implement policies to cut the nation's greenhouse emissions by 60 per cent by 2050.
BP, the Insurance Australia Group, Westpac Bank and Visy Corporation are among six members of the Business Roundtable on Climate Change.
They commissioned a report by the scientific research body, CSIRO, that warns if urgent action is not taken to deal with global warming in Australia, the Kakadu wetlands will dry up and the Great Barrier Reef will be lost within decades."
Six major Australian companies have called on the government and the coal industry to implement policies to cut the nation's greenhouse emissions by 60 per cent by 2050.
BP, the Insurance Australia Group, Westpac Bank and Visy Corporation are among six members of the Business Roundtable on Climate Change.
They commissioned a report by the scientific research body, CSIRO, that warns if urgent action is not taken to deal with global warming in Australia, the Kakadu wetlands will dry up and the Great Barrier Reef will be lost within decades."
Go nuclear, says electricity chief
New Zealand needs to seriously look at using a nuclear power plant to generate electricity with low greenhouse gas emissions, says a leading electricity company.
'If the country at large does not get on board with nuclear technology, then when fusion reactors are available we will be so far behind the pace we won't have the research department ready to understand it,' said Genesis chief executive Murray Jackson.
Man-made nuclear fusion has been touted overseas as the cheap, safe, clean and almost limitless energy source of the future."
New Zealand needs to seriously look at using a nuclear power plant to generate electricity with low greenhouse gas emissions, says a leading electricity company.
'If the country at large does not get on board with nuclear technology, then when fusion reactors are available we will be so far behind the pace we won't have the research department ready to understand it,' said Genesis chief executive Murray Jackson.
Man-made nuclear fusion has been touted overseas as the cheap, safe, clean and almost limitless energy source of the future."
Ministers announce Permanent Forestry Sink Initiative
The Labour-Progressive coalition Government has confirmed today that it will proceed with the Permanent Forest Sink Initiative (PFSI), a major initiative that provides a new economic use for some of New Zealand’s most difficult and erosion-prone land.
Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderton and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, David Parker said that the PFSI allows landowners to get the economic value of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequestering (storing) it in the form of new forests. They said that under the Kyoto Protocol, this process generates so-called forest sink credits, which can be sold on the international market. "
The Labour-Progressive coalition Government has confirmed today that it will proceed with the Permanent Forest Sink Initiative (PFSI), a major initiative that provides a new economic use for some of New Zealand’s most difficult and erosion-prone land.
Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderton and Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, David Parker said that the PFSI allows landowners to get the economic value of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequestering (storing) it in the form of new forests. They said that under the Kyoto Protocol, this process generates so-called forest sink credits, which can be sold on the international market. "
Brian Fallow: Sinking feeling in the forest
The first fruits of the Government's review of its climate change policies have appeared. Ripe, luscious and tempting? Well, no ...
The permanent forest sink plan is a good idea neutered by poor policy design.
Most of the landowners whose behaviour it seeks to change are likely to regard it as too hard, too risky and generally not worth it."
The first fruits of the Government's review of its climate change policies have appeared. Ripe, luscious and tempting? Well, no ...
The permanent forest sink plan is a good idea neutered by poor policy design.
Most of the landowners whose behaviour it seeks to change are likely to regard it as too hard, too risky and generally not worth it."
