Displaying items by tag: JAMES SHAW

OPINION: If the recent bloodbath the left suffered in the local election lurch to the right wasn't a clear enough sign that Labour are out of touch with the electorate, then the Government's farm emissions policy announcement is surely the final proof.

Groundswell is calling on the Minister of Climate Change James Shaw to front up and to discuss the "outstanding issues" that farmers have with the current proposed agricultural mitigation recommendations.

Lobby group Groundswell NZ is standing by its claim that the current primary sector agreement on agricultural emissions via He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) will be dumped.

The Climate Change Commission has recommended a detailed farm-level pricing system outside the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), according to a new report.

The Government has announced its Emissions Reduction Plan which they say will put New Zealand on track to meet its first emissions budget.

OPINION: Climate Change Minister James Shaw seems to be in two minds whether cow numbers should be reduced in New Zealand to cut emissions.

Forestry Minister Stuart Nash and Climate Change Minister James Shaw have released a public discussion document that seeks feedback on ideas to better manage afforestation.

Federated Farmers are issuing a reminder that price penalties won’t drive down livestock emissions without affordable and practical new technologies being available to farmers.

Pressure from government ministers is effectively forcing the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) nationwide farmer consultation to go ahead.

OPINION: Climate Change Minister James Shaw and his 14-strong entourage to the COP26 summit in Glasgow are back home.