{"id":134865,"date":"2021-08-09T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=134865"},"modified":"2021-08-09T07:41:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T07:41:12","slug":"greta-thunberg-turns-attention-to-new-zealands-greenhouse-gas-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/greta-thunberg-turns-attention-to-new-zealands-greenhouse-gas-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg turns attention to New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has angered New Zealanders on Twitter with a post about the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n
Thunberg shared a Guardian article titled “Emissions from cows on New Zealand dairy farms reach record levels”, highlighting a quote that pointed out NZ’s emissions<\/p>\n
“New Zealand is one of the world’s worst performers on emission increases. Its emissions rose by 57 per cent between 1990 and 2018 – the second greatest increase of all industrialised countries,” she posted in her tweet.<\/p>\n
Her quote is from the Guardian article, which points to official data showing that dairy emissions in New Zealand rose 3.18 per cent in 2019, to a total of 17,719 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n
Data shows emissions from industry rose 2.5 per cent, while household emissions decreased by 0.3 per cent.<\/p>\n
While Thunberg said nothing beyond the quote from the article, many Kiwis took exception to her singling out New Zealand, with people inviting her to come and see “world-leading emissions-efficient practices that feed 40 million people”.<\/p>\n
Others argued that the data shows New Zealand does not live up to the clean green image it has overseas.<\/p>\n
Thunberg’s tweet about New Zealand has more than 5400 likes and has been retweeted more than 1500 times.<\/p>\n