Battery pioneer excites hybrid car makers

Today 9:00am - Forty years ago, Dr John Abrahamson made a discovery that is exciting modern hybrid car makers.

Retailer joins TV recycling camp

12 Apr 13 - Electronics retailer Noel Leeming has joined the Ministry for the Environment’s TV TakeBack Programme.

PNG student wins Daysh scholarship

12 Apr 13 - A PhD student’s plans to use traditional ecological knowledge to develop a sustainability education programme for Papua New Guinea have won her a scholarship.

'Pure NZ' impossible mountain, says scientist

8 Feb 13 - The 100% Pure brand is stopping New Zealand reaching its potential, says the current holder of the Prime Minister’s Science Communicator Prize.

Carbon gear will map our land use

12 Aug 11 - Technology developed to measure New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions will be used to map the country.

Greens praise plans for Christchurch

12 Aug 11 - Light rail and more green spaces will find favour with Christchurch residents, says Green Party earthquake recovery spokesperson Dr Kennedy Graham.

Nappies-to-compost business spreads

8 Jul 11 - Thousands of tonnes of used disposable nappies in Wellington are to be composted rather than going to the rubbish dump.

Food waste firm wins green award

10 Jun 11 - Auckland food waste firm Eco Stock Supplies yesterday was named Supreme Winner of the annual Green Ribbon Awards.

Let’s hear the truth about electric vehicles

10 Dec 10 - By Jeff Segal. - I want to clear up a few misconceptions about electric vehicles so that those of you who are looking to make a few bucks in this sector are not being swayed by tall tales and...

Electric cars could deliver $8 billion+ net benefit

6 Nov 09 - The net benefit to New Zealand from comparing no uptake of electric vehicles to the expected market demand is $8.2 billion over a 50 year analysis period.

Green Spaniards here and keen to talk business

26 Jun 09 - Representatives of the technology company that has pushed Spain to the forefront of the global green economy were in the official delegation accompanying King Juan Carlos on his tour of New Zealand...

Europe keen to show us how to insulate

26 Jun 09 - The European Commission is keen to acquaint New Zealanders with its new portal designed to share information on building insulation and other methods of reducing energy demands in buildings of any...

Scientists fear another methane catastrophe

24 Apr 09 - A major spike in the powerful greenhouse gas methane nearly 12,000 years ago wasn't the result of a catastrophic release of seafloor gas hydrates, scientists say.

NZ joins international climate change initiative

17 Apr 09 - New Zealand is becoming a founding member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlie announced yesterday.

Global leaders? We’re not even close, says carbon-footprint pioneer

19 Aug 08 - New Zealand is being left behind when it comes to quantifying its carbon footprint, says enterprise-level carbon-footprint accounting software provider Revolution ID.

NZX will use TZ1 to throw off the shackles and go global

1 Aug 08 - Mark Franklin, the former head of Vector who now heads the NZ Stock Exchange’s thrust into the carbon-trading sphere, knows that simplicity instead of complexity carries the day.

Silicon-fuelled power stations one solution, says NZ scientist

1 Aug 08 - A Waikato University scientist has reached for his periodic table - which shows that carbon and silicon are in the same family - and has outlined what is being applauded as the most cogent argument...

Blind Kiwi musician pioneers battery technology in US

1 Aug 08 - A blind former Maori showband star is making a name for himself as a pioneer of energy conservation in the American state of Nevada.

‘Missing’ greenhouse gas poses problem for government’s information technology thrust

15 Jul 08 - Nitrogen trifluoride is a little-recognised greenhouse gas with a punch many times that of carbon dioxide. It is sometimes rated as 17,000 times greater, and it is an emissions contaminant...

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