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The hunt is on for an asterix for farm emissions
TL;DR: The six news items of note for me in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy as of 9:06 am on Monday, April 8 are:
* The Government is setting up its own experts group to review the goalposts for farmers to reduce methane emissions by as much as 47% by 2050, effectively side-stepping the Government’s official advisors at the Climate Commission.
* The experts are expected to adopt a new measure called GWP* , which would give farmers a free pass to reduce emissions only slightly, and may even allow them to claim their current methane emissions are cooling the planet. (See more below)
* The…
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