National Party open to higher methane targets

National Party open to higher methane targets
Gavin Evans
Methane reduction targets proposed as part of the country’s climate change response should be determined by the Climate Commission, even if that results in higher thresholds than those proposed now, National Party climate change spokesman Scott Simpson says. His party supports a split-gas approach to the targets but the methane targets proposed by the government are simply too onerous, given the technology currently available, he says. Politicians are not experts in that field and the decision should be based on the best science available...

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