Thursday, 03 August 2023 15:25

Deafening silence

Written by The Hound

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OPINION: This old mutt notes that the latest figures from Stats NZ show that in the quarter ending December 2022, the country’s ag sector decreased its emissions by 1.3% (132 kilotonnes).

All this was achieved without the implementation of an emissions levy or the introduction of the much criticised and deeply unpopular He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) scheme some industry leaders and the Government want to foist on the sector.

Since 2014, NZ’s ag sector has actually reduced its methane output by 7% and nitrous oxide by 1.5%.

However, despite these great achievements, not a word of praise for the sector efforts has come from the likes of the Government, the Green Party or multi-national, non-taxpaying lobby group Greenpeace.

In fact, the lack of recognition by such regular vocal critics of the ag sector has been deafening. No surprise there!

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