Carbon falls on smelter news

Friday - Carbon prices have reacted to yesterday’s news that one of the country’s biggest electricity users and emitters of greenhouses gases is shutting up shop.

Carbon climbs to another new high

Thursday - New Zealand carbon prices are at a new high – but sellers are still not coming to the party.

The end of Tiwai Pt could open huge opportunities for NZ

Thursday - MEDIA RELEASE - COAL ACTION NETWORK AOTEAROA -The announced closure of Tiwai Point is welcome news for the clean energy future of New Zealand, and presents huge opportunities in areas such as electrifying transport and developing new, high-tech industries, Coal Action Network Aotearoa said today.

MARKET LATEST: NZUs $32.25

3 Jul 20 - Spot NZUs opened at $32.20 bid on CommTrade this morning after last fixing at $32.25.

MARKET LATEST: NZUs $32.25

2 Jul 20 - Spot NZUs were at $31.80 bid and $32.40 offered on CommTrade this morning after last fixing at $32.25.

Let's feed the people first, say ag leaders

2 Jul 20 - Agricultural industry leaders say they need to feed New Zealanders before the rest of the world.

Pundits predict carbon is going higher

2 Jul 20 - New Zealand carbon prices are at record levels, but how high are they going?

No carbon-zero without new forests

23 Jun 20 - Government suggestions that it will limit forestry conversions to 40,000 hectares a year could prevent the country being carbon-neutral by 2050, forest owners says.

Hands off our footprint, says Fonterra

18 Jun 20 - A report on the global dairy industry hugely overstates Fonterra’s carbon footprint, the New Zealand co-operative says.

Parliament does major job on ETS

17 Jun 20 - Parliament has passed major changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme, bringing agricultural emissions into the scheme and, for the first time, setting a cap on emissions.

EDITORIAL: Into the red

15 Jun 20 - By ADELIA HALLETT | A rapid rise in the price of carbon could leave some of us facing winter without fresh tomatoes. But that’s as it should be.

Coal companies want carbon price slashed

12 Jun 20 - Government decisions that have pushed carbon prices up 28 per cent in eight days of trading must be reversed, says the minerals industry.

Carbon forward units pass $35 price cap

11 Jun 20 - Carbon hit new record prices yesterday, with forward units now more expensive than the unofficial $35 price cap.

Carbon prices stick to the upward trail

10 Jun 20 - Carbon prices are pushing on towards $31 today as the New Zealand market continues a bull run.

Forest owners stay with carbon wait-and-see

8 Jun 20 - Forest owners are adopting a wait-and-see approach to selling units as carbon prices head into record territory.

POLITICS: Caution and confusion rules

5 Jun 20 - By ADELIA HALLETT | This week’s political action has seen carbon prices surging forward again.

Carbon prices continue the good-news climb

4 Jun 20 - Carbon prices jumped another $2 yesterday as the market continued to react to Tuesday’s announcements about the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Prices jump a dollar on fixed-price news

3 Jun 20 - Carbon prices jumped a dollar yesterday on the back of confirmation the fixed-price option will move to $35 this year.

Govt opposed ClimCom in cash-or-credits case

3 Jun 20 - The Government went against the advice of its own Climate Change Commission in allowing companies to continue to pay money instead of surrendering carbon credits to atone for their greenhouse gas...

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