Reluctant PM fends off $600m iwi ultimatum

Friday - The Prime Minister says he accepts that 50,000 new jobs would be created by Maori following through on a promise to plant one million hectares of new forest if the Government lifts carbon prices.

Government says no to national forest policy

Friday - The Government is refusing to adopt a national forestry policy, despite relying on tree planting to meet international greenhouse gas emissions reductions obligations.

Labour plan aims to boost forestry

Friday - The Labour Party is about to announce a policy using forestry to provide jobs and environmental services.

Carbon credit trading close to 12 million

Friday - Nearly 12 million carbon credits were traded on the domestic carbon market last month.

Is Beehive about to act on low carbon prices?

28 Feb 14 - The Government might be getting ready to finally take action on dismal domestic carbon prices.

Government knows how we can be carbon-neutral

28 Feb 14 - Planting just over half of New Zealand’s marginal land in forest would make the country carbon-neutral – and the Government knows it.

Big Wood keen on iwi carbon price action

28 Feb 14 - The wood sector is gearing up to join Maori in making carbon prices an election issue.

New ETS move aims to make clear origin of NZUs

28 Feb 14 - From April buyers will know whether the NZUs they are buying come from carbon sequestration or are free units given to emitters by taxpayers.

Morgan going to public with water campaign

28 Feb 14 - Businessman, economist and philanthropist Gareth Morgan is planning a public campaign over the state of New Zealand’s fresh water.

Taxpaper faces $500,000 bill for lake clean-up

28 Feb 14 - Cleaning up polluted Lake Horowhenua will cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars.

Big emitters cash in on free carbon credits

21 Feb 14 - A loophole allowing heavy industrial emitters to coin it at the expense of taxpayers by selling free carbon credits is likely to be closed under a Labour-Greens government.

Angry Maori take carbon case to UN

21 Feb 14 - Frustrated Maori will take their carbon price grievances to the United Nations next week.

Iwi ultimatum earns support of political parties

21 Feb 14 - Iwi threatening to take a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal over carbon prices have the support of at least two major political parties.

Maori ultimatum leaves Government unmoved

14 Feb 14 - The Government appears to be ignoring an ultimatum from Maori to fix carbon prices or face the consequences.

Iwi forest plan key to processing boom

14 Feb 14 - A proposal by iwi to plant a million hectares of new forest over 10 years could provide the economies of scale needed to kick the New Zealand industry into large-scale processing.

Pine nurseries got it wrong, says Groser

14 Feb 14 - The destruction of hundreds of thousands of tree seedlings is part of a “market correction” and not due to a dysfunctional Emissions Trading Scheme, the Government says.

Angry Maori table $600,000 carbon ultimatum

7 Feb 14 - Maori say they will lodge a $600 million Treaty of Waitangi claim if the Government doesn’t move fast to shore up carbon prices.

Number of surrendered NZUs plummets

7 Feb 14 - The number of NZUs used for surrender plummeted last year to fewer than a million.

Earth Law move perfect for us, says academic

7 Feb 14 - New Zealand is well-positioned to move into an emerging international Earth-centred legal regime because of Maori culture, an environmental law lecturer says.

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