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Environment commissioner calls for separate ETS for methane

South Wairarapa District. PHOTO: Rob Suisted: naturespic.co.nz

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has again called for forestry to be phased out of the Emissions Trading Scheme and is calling for a separate ETS for methane.

Download ImageIn his latest report, commissioner Simon Upton reiterates his call to wind down access to forestry units as a way to meet obligations under the ETS, but said climate change could still be harnessed to positive land-use change.