Archive for September 30th, 2007

A rough beast slouching towards Wellington?

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Chris Trotter has used his column in the Sunday Star Times to argue that National’s slipup over caps on GPs’ fees and the sale of SOEs revealed the true National Party. He finishes with the line: “But, now we’ve seen these masters of deception vexed to nightmare by a colleague’s indiscretion, we know, for certain, […]

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The dairy sector and emissions

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Rod Oram has another good article on climate change in today’s Sunday Star Times,  this time engaging in the argument over whether dairy can reduce its emissions and whether it will make money or cost money.
The basic argument is around the role of nitrification inhibitors. Nitrous oxide from fertilisier and urine is about a third […]

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