Govt’s downgrade of methane target an accounting trick with devastating real-world consequences – Greens

Govt’s downgrade of methane target an accounting trick with devastating real-world consequences – Greens

Luxon’s Government halving of methane targets under the guise of “no additional warming” is a cheap accounting trick that will cost our countrydearly. “Today Christopher Luxon has downgraded climate ambition, meaning a higher cost of living and ultimately far worse outcomes for the farmers he says he’s doing this for,” says the Green Party Co-leader and Climate Change spokesperson, Chlöe Swarbrick. “Methane is a superheating gas – 80 times stron…