Coming Clean - New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme Explained

There is a new video available on-line explaining the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme.

Its called Coming Clean - New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme Explained and the film maker is Lindsay Horner.

Its very good. It hammers the key points well;

• that the NZETS lacks the real cap on greenhouse gas emissions that is an essential part of a textbook 'cap-and-trade' scheme.
• that relying on post-1990 forestry carbon credits to match growth in GHGs since 1990 is the same as borrowing on a credit card, as the forestry carbon credits will have to be surrendered when the forests are eventually logged.

Coming Clean - New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme Explained from Lindsay Horner on Vimeo.

PCE Jan Wright mining still an issue

Dr Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment explains that mining within the conservation estate is still a live political issue, in spite of the Government withdrawing the proposal to allow more mining in the Schedule 4 areas (40% of the total).



Wright is against the Minister of Energy having any role in granting access to the conservation estate for mining.