Internal affairs considering complaints against Greenpeace
Thu 24 Apr 2025
By Shannon Williams | The Department of Internal Affairs is looking at complaints about Greenpeace Aotearoa after Federated Farmers called for the environmental organisation to be stripped of its charity status.
Media round-up
Thu 24 Apr 2025
In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: A groundbreaking court case against New Zealand’s biggest polluters will go ahead; climate change is no longer considered a top threat in the Defence Force's spending plan; and is the government 'wilfully blind' to climate change?
Govt can auction more carbon credits: Commission’s advice
Wed 23 Apr 2025
The Climate Change Commission says that ‘surplus’ pollution permits in the market have dropped more quickly than expected, so the government could auction 14 million additional NZUs to 2030.
Police arrest activists over Bathurst coal mine protests
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Activists ramped up protests against coal over the past week, with occupations at several Bathurst Resources sites.
Fisheries reforms weaken sustainability
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Proposed changes to the Fisheries Act risk undermining long-term sustainability in favour of short-term economic gain, according to the Environmental Defence Society.
CARBON PRICE: NZUs $51.50
Thu 24 Apr 2025
The Carbon News NZU Index closed at $51.50 yesterday, down 33 cents on the previous day's close.
Commission’s plan to increase ETS auction units could lead to lower prices
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Experts are criticising the Climate Change Commission’s proposal to increase the amount of carbon units available at auction, while the market is still plagued by low prices and seems oversupplied.
Moribund carbon price underlines Emissions Trading Scheme’s low integrity
Tue 22 Apr 2025
By Liz Kivi | Experts are blaming declining carbon prices on weak policy settings and the government’s unwillingness to tackle continuing problems with the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Carbon price nosedives
16 Apr 2025
The carbon price graph dropped off a cliff yesterday, down 6% overnight to a ten-month low amidst continued selling from forest owners.
ETS surplus volume likely to be reducing too slowly - new analysis
14 Apr 2025
Excess carbon units in the Emissions Trading Scheme - the ‘surplus’ in privately held accounts - look to be reducing more slowly than the Climate Change Commission's targeted annual reductions, according to new analysis.
If nations won't fight global warming, cities can and will
Thu 24 Apr 2025
OPINION: Creating a safe and liveable future for humanity would appear to be an obvious goal for all. Yet, in 2025, the climate movement has never faced a more hostile and coordinated opposition.
Fire tornadoes becoming routine due to climate change, analysts say
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Fire analysts say once-theoretical fire behaviour is now becoming routine, including fire tornadoes.
Environmental lawyers get ready to pounce on Trump’s energy deregulation moves
Thu 24 Apr 2025
U.S. environmental groups say they are hiring lawyers and preparing for a major legal showdown with President Donald Trump's administration over its rapid-fire and sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations on oil, gas and coal development.
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
Thu 24 Apr 2025
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says.
Why hydrogen cars are being outsold by Ferraris
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Hydrogen has long been hyped as the “Swiss army knife” of the energy transition, but today – despite billions in investment – it largely remains limited to niche industrial applications.
Lodestone Energy completes equity raise
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Media release | Lodestone Energy, New Zealand’s leading solar energy company, has recently completed a successful capital raise for an additional $50 million, adding to the $50 million development fund it raised in 2024.
CLIMATE CALENDAR
Thu 24 Apr 2025
The Carbon News calendar of talks, events, conferences, consultations, and petitions related to climate change.
Global livestock industry exposed for rampant rainforest destruction, despite no-deforestation pledges
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Media release | Greenpeace Aotearoa says a new investigation revealing that the world’s largest meat company, JBS, will fail to meet its deforestation-free commitment is yet more proof of false promises from the intensive livestock industry.
Balance needed in Waste Minimisation Act – Zero Waste Network
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Media release | The Government announced its proposals for updating the Waste Minimisation Act and the Litter Act.
Concern over climate change declining
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Ipsos New Zealand has released the findings of a new 32-country study for Earth Day, perceptions of the risks facing us from the climate crisis as well as where is the responsibility for greater action.
