NZ at heart of Cancun row over tree carbon - Carbon News

New Zealand is at the centre of a row at the Cancun climate change talks over proposals to adjust the way in which carbon is accounted for in trees.

Environmental groups say that the Land Use Land Use Change (LULUCF) rules being negotiated at Cancun would effectively let this country increase its greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent.

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Aside from the patent absurdity of believing a panel of judges can simply declare scientific facts into existence, the EPA's authority to regulate carbon dioxide through the Clean Air Act is pure smoke and mirrors. The Clean Air Act amendments of 1990 gave the EPA the power to regulate sources of air pollutants that threaten public health, with a low end threshold of 250 parts per million (ppm). This clearly excluded CO2, as sources that emit as little as 250ppm of CO2 include small businesses and even certain lawnmowers. No one in 1990 was talking about taxing people to cut their own grass.

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The university at first told Marshall it no longer had access to the documents he sought. But in response to Cuccinelli’s subpoena, it has acknowledged that it has a backup server that contains some of the records. The university has now told Marshall that the costs of preparing the documents he seeks would total $8,000.

“When a public institution says they don’t have any documents and they do, that’s wrong,” Marshall said.

As for the $8,000 price tag, Marshall said, “it’s ridiculous that they would tell the public, whom they’re supposed to work for, that they have to pay to get public information — and pay through the nose.”