http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ en-gb Wed, 22 May 2013 01:07:52 Copyright(c) Carbon News 2013 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/images/carbonnews.gif http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ New Zealand's emissions "windfall" has fallen to just $3 million because forests are being converted to dairy farms. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6786 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6786 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 The Government has almost halved the amount of money it sets aside to pay for free carbon credits it gives to industry. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6787 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6787 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 New Zealand is contributing to the development of international carbon-trading markets, the Government says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6788 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6788 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 The Government will cut funding of its Resource Management Act advice services, the Environmental Defence Society says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6792 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6792 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 Climate change commentator and the United Kingdom's former Government chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, will give lectures at all three of Massey University's campuses later this month. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6796 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6796 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 Sir David King ... 21st century challenges. New appointments to the Environment Court were announced this week. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6790 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6790 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 New Zealand is apparently part of a "club" that will set international standards on carbon trading. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6780 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6780 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Deep uncertainty remains over the future of the Emissions Trading Scheme, according to a revealing survey of ETS participants. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6756 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6756 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Lizzie Chambers ... NZ is unattractive. Our greenhouse-gas emissions have hit a new high. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6747 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6747 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 A law which the Government says will enable the comprehensive environmental management of activities in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone will come into force in June. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6744 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6744 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Amy Adams ... fills a gap. Nearly a third of post-1989-forest owners have filed carbon returns for last year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6731 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6731 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The Government has received 20 submissions on the issue of carry-over provisions for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6730 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6730 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Today's the last chance to have your say in Carbon Match's survey on the outlook for the carbon market in New Zealand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6735 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6735 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Ratepayers are being left to pick up the cost of environmental monitoring that should be paid for by the Government, says Local Government New Zealand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6710 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6710 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The Government's discussion document on proposed changes to the Resource Management Act relies on out-of-date and incorrect information, the Environmental Defence Society says http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6707 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6707 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 Changes to the Resource Management Act could cost Auckland its trees, says the Auckland Conservation Board. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6708 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6708 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 What carbon credits will you be trading in 2020? http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6709 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6709 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The Environmental Defence Society says that changes to the Resource Management Act give radical new powers to government ministers. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6701 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6701 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Submissions on which, if any, carbon credits should be carried over into the Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period close in a week. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6686 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6686 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 The Advertising Standards Association is yet to decide whether it will accept jurisdiction over a complaint about the validity of New Zealand's 100% Pure advertising brand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6673 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6673 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 The Advertising Standards Authority is being asked to rule on the validity of New Zealand's 100% Pure marketing brand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6662 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6662 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00 John Key ... no-one expects claim to be true. The Government wants to be the only New Zealand holder of ERUS and CERs who can carry them over into the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6660 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6660 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00 The Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act paint the environment as the enemy of the economy, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6648 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6648 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Dr Jan Wright ... economic impacts put first. The Government has announced changes to the Resource Management Act which it says will make it easier to use, increase certainty and predictability, attract investment, reduce unnecessary duplication and cost. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6649 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6649 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Amy Adams ... frustration rife. New Zealand has no policy for dealing with future climate change refugees. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6584 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6584 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Government officials are working out the implications of New Zealand's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6586 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6586 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 The Government is "considering advice on Doha outcomes" as it ponders what this country's binding emissions reduction target will be. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6587 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6587 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser is at Berlin's Green Week - the largest food, agriculture and horticulture festival in the world. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6553 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6553 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:00 Tim Groser ... Berlin talks. New Zealand's political determination to maintain access to carbon at international prices is a mistake, says our most seasoned Kyoto negotiator. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6538 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6538 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:00 Adrian Macey ... disappointment. The Government has set out is plans for developing a green economy in New Zealand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6537 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6537 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:00 Reforming the fiscal system with moves like abolishing quarterly reporting could do more environmental damage than good, says a leading New Zealand economist. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6514 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6514 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:00:00 Rick Boven ... they should be careful what they wish for. New Zealand has attempted to assure the world that its carbon-reduction targets will continue beyond 2015. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6516 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6516 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:00:00 John Bridges ... it's not our future. Changes to the Resource Management Act put economic development ahead of environmental concerns, says the Environmental Defence Society. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6515 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6515 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:00:00 City trees ... RMA puts them in peril. New Zealand is in danger of becoming little more than a marketing slogan that the world is starting to see through, Green Party climate change spokesman Kennedy Graham is warning. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6503 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6503 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Kennedy Graham ... we're danger of cheapening ourselves. Submissions on plans to ban some international units from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme close next week. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6490 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6490 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 The National Government has broken two election promises it made to act on climate change, the Green Party says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6485 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6485 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Kennedy Graham ... ETS gutted. New Zealand children are worried about pollution, climate change and scary animals, a new report shows. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6483 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6483 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Market instruments are the only viable way of reducing the world's greenhouse gas emissions - but the New Zealand scheme is currently failing, an international expert says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6470 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6470 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Kathryn Smith ... the design must be right. Fostering industries such as biofuels from woody biomass and investing in technologies such as smart grids could give New Zealand's regional economies a real boost, says one of the authors of a new report on green growth. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6472 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6472 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Lord Stern, the British economist who made the business world sit up and take notice of climate change, says that shifting to a green economy will protect New Zealand's current competitive advantage and clean, green brand. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6473 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6473 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Lord Stern ... food to the fore. A Labour Government would sign up to the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6474 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6474 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Moana Mackey ... undermined. Economic Development Minister and Associate Finance Minister Steven Joyce is denying a claim he told business leaders that the public will accept environmental degradation if it comes with economic growth. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6469 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6469 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Steven Joyce ... denial. Agriculture is out of the Emissions Trading Scheme indefinitely. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6461 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6461 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Tim Groser ... bill strikes right balance. A Government MP who shouted "where's the science?" during the debate on changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme this week says he's no climate-change denier. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6460 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6460 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Shane Ardern ... science inaccurate. Today's low carbon prices are not an incentive for investment in low-carbon technology, the Government has acknowledged. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6440 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6440 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Controversial changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme passed their second reading in Parliament yesterday by the slimmest of majorities. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6429 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6429 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Former Climate Change Minister Nick Smith admits that low carbon prices are sending "weak" market signals to emitters and foresters. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6428 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6428 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Nick Smith ... weak price signals. Maori say they will continue to fight damaging changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme even if they are passed by Parliament. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6431 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6431 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Dr Apirana Mahuiki ... ready for long battle. Youth organisation Generation Zero held a mock chainsaw massacre outside Parliament yesterday to protest about changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme going through the House. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6423 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6423 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:00 The Government has the numbers it needs to pass controversial changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6411 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6411 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00:00