John Boscawen

Dr Nick Smith seems more than happy to let Kiwi families, already struggling to pay their power bills, simply freeze as the ETS increases electricity prices – while millions of dollars go to forestry owners, ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“In question time today, I asked him what he would say …

Protesters will converge on the steps of Parliament today to voice their opposition on the Government’s decision to push ahead with what Dr Nick Smith has said is the most comprehensive Emissions Trading Scheme in the world. The protest has been jointly organised by Federated Farmers member Brian Anselmi and the Climate Realists Network.
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The Minister for Climate Change Issues Hon Dr Nick Smith today affirmed that when New Zealand extends it ETS on July 1 this year to cover transport, industrial and energy emissions, it will be the most comprehensive ETS in the world, ACT Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
Dr Smith originally made that claim during …

Agriculture Minister David Carter today implied that farmers aren’t that upset about the ETS, which shows just how out of touch with reality the National Government really is, ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“The reality is farmers are enraged that the Government is insisting on pushing ahead with the scheme, with …

“After 24 public meetings on the ETS so far, the Government is under immense pressure from people all over New Zealand to defer the Emissions Trading Scheme before it is too late, ACT New Zealand Climate Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“Just last week we saw one of the first effects of the ETS with both …

The announcement by new Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Australia will not have an ETS before 2012, shows what a huge mistake the National Government has made by pushing ahead with our scheme in New Zealand, ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“We are now guaranteed to be at a competitive …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today questioned whether Climate Change Minister Nick Smith truly believes that the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will cost the average household only $3 per week, and whether he had forgotten that New Zealanders need to eat.
“National repeatedly cites $3 as the weekly cost to households of the …

As though it were not bad enough that National continues to mislead New Zealanders about the true cost of the ETS, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith has now insulted the men and women of our Defence Force – past and present – by trying to compare the ETS with our war efforts in Gallipoli and …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today called on Agriculture Minister David Carter to come clean on the true costs of the emissions trading scheme to farmers.
“Yesterday on Radio New Zealand Mr Carter told listeners that ‘at this stage you should not assume that agriculture will necessarily be included unless we see the …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today demanded to know who New Zealanders are supposed to believe when it comes to the cost of the Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme: Prime Minister John Key or Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee.
“On Monday, Mr Key told TVNZ ‘Breakfast’ viewers that the ETS will cost households $3 per …