NZ’s Medical Reputation at Risk from Transplant Trial
New Zealand’s medical reputation has been put at risk by the Government approving an animal to human transplant technique before it has been properly assessed, the Sustainability Council believes. …
ESR Questions Safety of a GM Food – NZFSA Shops for “Updated” Advice
New Zealand’s food safety regulator ‘shopped’ for alternative advice when a report it had commissioned from ESR questioned the safety of a GM food.
The original report by Dr Lou …
Broken Promise and Broken Toxic Chemicals Reassessment Process
The cost of the Government’s broken promise on highly toxic organochlorines is now clearer following ERMA’s initial reassessment of one of these chemicals.
It promised more than a decade ago …
ETS Rules Prejudge Level of Corporate Welfare Required
Eight of the companies set to qualify for corporate welfare under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) are together likely to receive $1.4 billion or more over the next decade.
These …
Consumers Pay Over $1 Billion of Major Emitters’ Power Bills
Major industrial emitters are to receive well over a billion dollars in subsidies from ordinary consumers for power they buy over the next ten years.
Under the new rules proposed …
ETS Change Puts Major Pressure on New Carbon Currency
The new carbon currency proposed under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is likely to come under major pressure as a result of the two-year delay on charges to apply …
Households and SMEs Pay 90% of Emissions-related Charges
The proposed rules for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will involve huge transfers of wealth but make very little difference to New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in the next …
Credibility of Food Safety Regulation takes a Significant Hit
The credibility of New Zealand’s food safety regulation has taken a significant hit today with the approval of GM lysine corn as a human food.
There were not just one …
It’s Official: Agriculture Can Make Major Emissions Reductions
An expert report commissioned by MAF has confirmed what agricultural leaders have been at pains to avoid acknowledging. The agriculture sector can nearly halve its growth in greenhouse gas …
