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Friday - Submissions on the Water Services Bill close on Tuesday.

ClimCom in the hotseat over cost models

Thursday - The Climate Change Commission’s failure to release all aspects of the models underlying its draft budget dominated Parliament’s Environment Committee this morning.

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Thursday - The Climate Change Commission is among a host of Government agencies appearing before MPs for annual reviews today.

Don't get this wrong, Contact tells Government

Wednesday - A major emitter wants the country’s first carbon auction delayed, warning that a botched auction could leave the market scrambling for credits.

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Wednesday - Otago Regional Council meets today and Parliament sits today and tomorrow.

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Tuesday - The Environment Select Committee starts hearing submissions on the Climate Change Response (Auction Price) Amendment Bill today.

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Monday - The Environment Select Committee considers the Climate Change Response (Auction Price) Amendment Bill tomorrow. Submissions closed yesterday.

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19 Feb 21 - Submissions on the Climate Change Response (Auction Price Amendment) Bill close on Sunday.

Proving that taking care of forest pays carbon dividends

18 Feb 21 - New Zealand’s vast native forests may yet help the country meet its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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18 Feb 21 - The Climate Change Commission and the Schools Strike 4 Climate group get together at lunchtime today to discuss young people’s involvement in fighting climate change.

TEN YEARS AGO...

18 Feb 21 - Ten years ago, Parliament discovered that plans by State-owned coal company Solid Energy to mind lignite in Southland could add up to 20 million tonnes a year to New Zealand’s greenhouse gas...

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17 Feb 21 - Parliament sits today and tomorrow, with the Environment Committee discussing the Climate Change Response (Auction Price Amendment) Bill tomorrow.

Deadline set for auction collateral

16 Feb 21 - If you are planning on taking part in the country's first carbon auction, you have until March 10 to hand over your collateral.

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16 Feb 21 - Parliament sits today, tomorrow and on Thursday, with the Environment Committee discussing the Climate Change Response (Auction Price Amendment) Bill on Thursday.

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15 Feb 21 - Some of our largest emitters report their financial results to the sharemarket this week.

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12 Feb 21 - Submissions on the Climate Change Response (Auction Price Amendment) Bill close on February 21.

Action on auction bill

11 Feb 21 - Carbon market participants have 10 days to have a say on plans to include a confidential price reserve in the country’s new auctioning regime.

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11 Feb 21 - Parliament’s environment select committee meets today to consider petitions to “avoid” turning productive farmland into carbon forests and to ban deep-sea trawling on sea mounts.

Nats to Shaw: Why the late change, Minister?

10 Feb 21 - The National Party says it will support sending a law to stop gaming of the carbon markets to a select committee, but wants to know how the Government got itself in such a pickle.

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