http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ en-gb Fri, 24 May 2013 01:44:03 Copyright(c) Carbon News 2013 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/images/carbonnews.gif http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/ Businesses promoting solar power, energy efficiency and electric cars will strut their stuff in Christchurch this weekend. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6793 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6793 Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:00 A strategy aimed at promoting green infrastructure and putting natural processes at the heart of its spatial planning has been adopted by the European Union. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6770 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6770 Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 Most campaigns promoting the advantages of green business are failing to gain traction because they are preaching to the converted, says a commercial lawyer who has found a new vocation. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6767 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6767 Fri, 03 May 2013 09:00:00 The bicycle could come into its own as a major part of city transport systems if an international forum meeting in Bali has its way. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6752 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6752 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:00 The Australian Government is facing calls to strengthen its carbon tax, as new figures show the country's emissions fell only slightly last year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6737 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6737 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. Canada's withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol has led to one of the world's most prestigious research institute pulling out of a $25 million tar sands project. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6680 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6680 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 Drivers of European cars who find that the fuel efficiency in their new car doesn't match up to the claims made by the manufacturer, now know it is not their driving to blame. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6679 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6679 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:00:00 New Zealand's "solution" to Tokelau's shipping problems will commit the islands to a future dependent on fossil fuels, says a researcher who believes the Pacific could be serviced by ships using renewable energy. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6675 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6675 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Plans to kick-start Europe's low-carbon vehicles industry with a huge infrastructure package have run into early roadblocks. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6665 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6665 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Australia's average new car emissions have reduced by 21 per cent in 11 years, according to new figures. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6667 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6667 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:00:00 As legislative requirements for emission standards in heavy transport tighten, Chevron NZ has announced the launch of Caltex with Go Clear, a specialised diesel exhaust fluid required for SCR technology found on board new trucks, tractors and buses. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6656 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6656 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Auckland Airport wants to cut energy use by 20 per cent per passenger by 2020. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6645 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6645 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 European Union lawmakers have backed a Commission plan to suspend for a year a law that would make all airlines using EU airports pay for their carbon emissions. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6641 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6641 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:00:00 Green Party MP Kennedy Graham told Parliament this week that the United Nations Security Council is starting to consider climate change a serious risk. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6633 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6633 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Kennedy Graham ... huge issue. Intellectual property law firm James & Wells has has almost halved greenhouse gas emissions in a year. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6629 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6629 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Cuts to the energy infrastructure package in the EU's new budget will increase costs and delays to the European Commission's plans for a low carbon economy by 2050, says the EU's top energy civil servant. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6611 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6611 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 New Zealand should stop resting on its hydro-electricity-generation laurels and start making real steps towards a clean energy future, says the organiser of next week's Energy Conference in Wellington. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6605 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6605 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:00:00 A coalition of three small business associations has issued a call for tougher fuel economy standards to be imposed on Europe's fume-chugging light commercial vehicles. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6596 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6596 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:00:00 The Port of Los Angeles is taking the story of its environmental stewardship to the children of America. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6594 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6594 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:00:00 People who want to have an effect on climate change would be better to give up red meat and changing lightbulbs than to stop taking flights, says a new study. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6575 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6575 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 A Canadian bid to persuade European Union policymakers to soften proposed fuel quality laws has come unstuck. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6576 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6576 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:00 Airlines profited up to 1.36 billion euros last year by passing "imaginary" costs from the European Union Emissions Trading System on to consumers, says a new study. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6562 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6562 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:00:00 The London Olympics generated 28 per cent less carbon dioxide than was forecast as energy use at venues was cut, the organisers say. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6525 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6525 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:00:00 Agriculture can be good news for the climate, a new report says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6513 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6513 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:00:00 The world's concentration of warming gases like carbon dioxide has increased by 20 per cent since 2000, a new United Nations report says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6478 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6478 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 European lawmakers have decided what is a bicycle … and what isn't. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6476 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6476 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Forest owners and farmers now have access to detailed information about carrying out earthworks on steep hills that are often prone to erosion - the "tiger country" where plantation forests are increasingly grown. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6481 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6481 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:00 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 The global energy map is changing in dramatic fashion, the International Energy Agency said as it launched the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6463 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6463 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Some retailers are being paid to cut their energy consumption. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6454 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6454 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 An expo featuring ways of cutting power and fuel prices will be held in Wellington this month. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6457 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6457 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:00:00 Primary producers, agricultural businesses and regional communities will be big winners as Australia positions itself as a leading food and fibre supplier to the growing Asian marketplace in the Asian century. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6435 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6435 Fri, 02 Nov 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. Bioenergy production is often increasing greenhouse gas emissions in the short term even though the European Union counts it as a carbon neutral technology, according to an unreleased report obtained by agency EurActiv. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6417 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6417 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:00:00 Representatives of Europe's biofuels industry have threatened to sue the European Commission if it proceeds with plans to limit crop-based biofuels because of their indirect effect on greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6403 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6403 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00:00 KiwiRail's decision to close the Gisborne-to-Napier rail line is a huge disappointment for the Gisborne community and a result of the National Government's wrong-headed transport policy, the Green Party says. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6383 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6383 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:00:00 The European Commission will introduce an emissions monitoring system in early 2013, in a bid to curb the environmental footprint left by the shipping industry. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6379 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6379 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:00:00 New Zealand's emissions of greenhouse gases from the energy sector fell slightly last year, but overall, our growth remains high compared to other countries, just-out figures show. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6372 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6372 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:00:00 Critics of electric cars have pointed out that the vehicles are only as green as the electricity they use. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6343 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6343 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:00:00 The European Union plans to impose a limit on the use of crop-based biofuels over fears they are less climate-friendly than initially thought and compete with food production, according to draft legislation. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6321 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6321 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:00:00 Holden's new electric car has been judged one of the safest cars on the market. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6291 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6291 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:00:00 Subscribers to Carbon News now have access to the full report on research into New Zealanders' views on climate change. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6273 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6273 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:00:00 Subsidies for fossil fuels could top $US1 trillion this year, an American-based independent research agency is warning. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6280 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6280 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:00:00 A Transpower-led alliance to upgrade the North Island electricity grid has taken the environmental excellence title at this year's Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6279 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6279 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:00:00 Drought-stricken crops and record-high grain prices have strengthened critics of the European Union biofuel industry, adding fears of a food crisis to their claims that it does not ultimately reduce carbon dioxide emissions. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6269 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6269 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:00:00 South Pacific countries will experience more extreme floods and droughts, in response to increasing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6253 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6253 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:00:00 Since the Government's July Emissions Trading Scheme announcements (a U-turn on a previously announced plan to introduce some sort of restriction on international units) the New Zealand carbon market has slowly, but surely, collapsed, says Carbon... http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6261 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6261 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:00:00 Six shipping carriers have become the inaugural participants in the Port of Los Angeles Environmental Ship Index, an international clean air programme that rewards ocean carriers for bringing their newest and cleanest vessels to the port. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6242 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6242 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:00:00 Countries must take immediate action to promote sustainable diets and food biodiversity to improve the health of their citizens, says the United Nations food agency in a new book. http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6244 http://www.carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=6244 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:00:00