John Boscawen

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today poured scorn upon Agriculture Minister David Carter’s claim at Mystery Creek that the Government needs to proceed with the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to avoid a potential trade backlash from Europe.
“If National proceeds as scheduled then, on July 1 2010, we will become the first and …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen was today pleased to announce the success of day one of his two-day ETS public meetings tour throughout the Waikato and Taranaki regions.
“I have been overwhelmed by the great public attendance at my public meetings yesterday in Morrinsville and Matamata, and again last night in Tamihere on …

Speaker Lockwood Smith today confirmed that the House could use exactly the same procedure that it used to pass the tax rises on tobacco – extraordinary urgency – to amend the Government’s ETS and delay its introduction, ACT Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“In response to my oral question, Minister for Climate Change Issues …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today demanded Climate Change Issues Minister Dr Nick Smith stop his misleading, contradictory and inconsistent justifications for the New Zealand ETS and be honest to New Zealanders about the financial burden he insists on imposing on the country.
“It is impossible to have any confidence in Dr Smith …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen will continue his campaign to defer the Government’s implementation of the Emissions Trading Scheme, and will hold a number of public meetings in the Waikato and Taranaki regions.
“These meetings are an opportunity for members of the public to learn just how much the ETS will cost them …

Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith’s claim that 29 individual countries have implemented an ETS is flawed at best – Dr Smith is confusing an ETS across an entire trading bloc with one that affects an individual country, ACT New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“The European Union ETS increases costs across …

Reports that Australia has decided to postpone the implementation of its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) until 2013 is just the sort of news that Prime Minister John Key was waiting for and he can now delay the start of New Zealand’s ETS, ACT New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Spokesman John Boscawen said today.
“This news …

The Government’s Emissions Trading Scheme is set to increase price levels by 0.4 percent after it comes into force on July 1, which is the same amount as today’s quarterly inflation result. The impact of this single piece of legislation will be equal to that of all other inflationary forces over the last quarter combined, …

ACT Climate Change spokesperson John Boscawen today called on Climate Change Issues Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith to stop misleading the public over the costs of his Emissions Trading Scheme.
“Earlier today Nick Smith said that ‘New Zealand would face a deficit of 22 million tonnes, or $446 million without the ETS’. This is misleading. Unlike …

ACT New Zealand Climate Change Spokesman John Boscawen today called on Climate Change Issues Minister Hon Dr Nick Smith to explain why the Government is pressing ahead with its ETS, causing irreparable harm to the New Zealand economy, when he’s acknowledged it’s likely to be significantly reworked in 2011.
“Nick Smith admitted today that the Government …