According to this report from top newspaper The Age (Melbourne): "The Government will permanently exclude agricultural emissions and give farmers access to credits for good farming practices such as tree planting."

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According to NZ Climate Change Minister Nick Smith, achieving 100% renewable electricity by 2020 would cost $17.5 billion (US$11.8 bn), put power prices up by 30% and require the equivalent of seven Clyde Dams

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Atmospheric concentrations of methane (CH4) , a greenhouse gas more than 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, have risen for the first time in eight years, prompting further serious global warming fears

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US scientists: the permafrost belt stretching across Siberia to Alaska and Canada could start melting three times faster than expected because of the speed at which Arctic Sea ice is disappearing.

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Levels of the greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere rose by about 0.5% between 2006 and 2007 after having remained stable for nearly 10 years - due to industry, agriculture, deforestation or tundra melt? .

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