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Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton

Reversing oil and gas ban is a risky political choice: Upton

Friday - Reversing the ban on fossil fuel exploration risks promoting more environmental damage as well as burdening taxpayers with clean-up costs, according to the environment commissioner.

Farmers need to get creative to reduce environmental impacts: Young Farmer finalist

Friday - By Jon Rawlinson | A three-time winner of the Northern FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition is building a business around helping future farmers prepare for environmental challenges.

Centre seeks experts to classify sustainable claims

Friday - The Centre for Sustainable Finance is looking for experts in sustainable finance, agriculture, and forestry, to develop the agriculture and forestry taxonomy for Aotearoa New Zealand.

Media round-up

Friday - In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: could ‘hot air’ accounting could meet NZ’s Paris climate target? government advice says no new gas fields are likely to be discovered or...

NZ needs to optimise its natural advantage for carbon removal

Thursday - By Shannon Williams | Carbon capture should be monetised as a commodity, and New Zealand needs to seize on its natural advantages for carbon removal, according to a University of Canterbury...

What’s in it for us? Pātea pledges to mess with miners

Thursday - Seabed miners will face direct action on the waves if they are given Government fast-track approval, says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

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Carbon offset pioneer charged with $100 million fraud scheme

Friday - US regulators say Australian national Ken Newcombe faked data for carbon credits investment. The Goldman and World Bank veteran denies the allegations but is facing up to 20 years in jail.

Our leaders are collaborating with fossil fuel colonialists

Friday - By Tim Winton | COMMENT: The lassitude that distinguishes our moment is born of sorrow and buried rage. We act like colonial subjects because, in effect, that’s what we are

Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations

Friday - Barcelona is using its subways’ regenerative braking to power trains, stations and neighbourhood EV chargers. Could other cities do this?

Enough, already: why humanity must get on board with the concept of ‘sufficiency’

Friday - Humanity’s rapacious consumption is more than Earth and its climate can handle, which is driving an ecological crisis.

A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short

Friday - New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.”

Climate was a top question at the vice presidential debate

Thursday - Both candidates actually answered — sort of.

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CLIMATE CALENDAR

Friday - The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
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Looking back...

TEN YEARS AGO…

Friday - Ten years ago, Victoria University of Wellington researchers were part of a worldwide effort to design cheaper and more efficient solar energy materials.
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Cross party consensus needed to prepare NZ for increased climate risk

Thursday - A parliamentary report on climate adaptation is an important signal of the need...

Intense marine heatwaves disrupt fish populations and fisheries in NZ

Wednesday - Marine heatwaves, where sea surface temperatures are unusually warm, can lead...

Select committee recommendations on Resource Management Amendment Bill disappoint

Tuesday - Media release | The Environmental Defence Society says proposals enable a...

UN General Assembly closes with growing consensus on fossil fuel phase out imperative

Tuesday - Media release | The 79th United Nations General Assembly concluded with a...

Air pollutant trends decrease at most monitoring sites over the last eight years

Monday - Media release | Concentrations of air pollutants decreased at many air quality...

Could vertical farming help future-proof our food needs?

27 Sep 24 - Media release | Technology and improved plant science are the keys to indoor...

Heat, animal illness, and erosion: climate risks to NZ agriculture

26 Sep 24 - Media release | The effects of climate change on agriculture will vary around...

Meridian's Ruakākā solar farm gets consent

26 Sep 24 - Media release | Meridian Energy has been granted resource consent to build a...

New Kiwi methane venture gets $13.5M boost

25 Sep 24 - Media release | The two key players working to provide Kiwi farmers with tools...

Waste minimisation made easy at the click of a button

25 Sep 24 - Media release | Food waste is one of the largest items entering Taupō...

Making livestock feed from greenhouse gases in world-first research

24 Sep 24 - Media release | A central North Island Māori trust is partnering with...

Funding round open for greenhouse gas inventory research

24 Sep 24 - Media release | The Ministry for Primary Industries is seeking research...

New Zealand’s freshwater health under pressure from human activity

23 Sep 24 - Media release | The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project has released...

Even marine animals in untouched habitats are at risk from human impacts

19 Sep 24 - Media release | A study of 21,000 marine animals finds many coastal regions are...

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