A podcast of a public talk on food, water and energy I gave at the Northland Club Whangarei 22/08/2019
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The environmental and human health impacts of dairy intensification: A CASE STUDY – CANTERBURY
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Why water quality should have been an issue when NZ government joined with farm sector to curb emissions
After months of deliberations, New Zealand’s coalition government last week announced a partnership with the farming sector, with a five-year plan to quantify and price farm emissions by 2025. Agriculture is responsible for half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this year, the Interim Climate Change Committee (ICCC) recommended that agricultural emissions should be brought under the New Zealand... Continue Reading →
The truth of the proposed changes to nitrogen limits in changes to National Policy Statement for Freshwater
https://ept.org.nz/2019/10/23/land-use-and-the-proposed-din-bottom-line/ This is a great independent analysis of the impact of the changes to nitrate limits as opposed to the scare and rubbish given to farmers by the fertilser industry
