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Reversing oil and gas ban is a risky political choice: UptonFriday - 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.
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Farmers need to get creative to reduce environmental impacts: Young Farmer finalist |
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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. |
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Centre seeks experts to classify sustainable claims |
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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. |
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Media round-up |
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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... |
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NZ needs to optimise its natural advantage for carbon removal |
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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... |
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What’s in it for us? Pātea pledges to mess with miners |
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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 |
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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. |
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Our leaders are collaborating with fossil fuel colonialists |
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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 |
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Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations |
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Friday - Barcelona is using its subways’ regenerative braking to power trains, stations and neighbourhood EV chargers. Could other cities do this? |
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Enough, already: why humanity must get on board with the concept of ‘sufficiency’ |
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Friday - Humanity’s rapacious consumption is more than Earth and its climate can handle, which is driving an ecological crisis. |
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A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short |
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Friday - New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.” |
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Climate was a top question at the vice presidential debate |
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Thursday - Both candidates actually answered — sort of. |
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CLIMATE CALENDARFriday - 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 |
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Thursday - A parliamentary report on climate adaptation is an important signal of the need... |
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Intense marine heatwaves disrupt fish populations and fisheries in NZ |
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Wednesday - Marine heatwaves, where sea surface temperatures are unusually warm, can lead... |
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Select committee recommendations on Resource Management Amendment Bill disappoint |
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Tuesday - Media release | The Environmental Defence Society says proposals enable a... |
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UN General Assembly closes with growing consensus on fossil fuel phase out imperative |
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Tuesday - Media release | The 79th United Nations General Assembly concluded with a... |
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Air pollutant trends decrease at most monitoring sites over the last eight years |
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Monday - Media release | Concentrations of air pollutants decreased at many air quality... |
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Could vertical farming help future-proof our food needs? |
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27 Sep 24 - Media release | Technology and improved plant science are the keys to indoor... |
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Heat, animal illness, and erosion: climate risks to NZ agriculture |
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26 Sep 24 - Media release | The effects of climate change on agriculture will vary around... |
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Meridian's Ruakākā solar farm gets consent |
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26 Sep 24 - Media release | Meridian Energy has been granted resource consent to build a... |
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New Kiwi methane venture gets $13.5M boost |
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25 Sep 24 - Media release | The two key players working to provide Kiwi farmers with tools... |
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Waste minimisation made easy at the click of a button |
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25 Sep 24 - Media release | Food waste is one of the largest items entering Taupō... |
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Making livestock feed from greenhouse gases in world-first research |
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24 Sep 24 - Media release | A central North Island Māori trust is partnering with... |
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Funding round open for greenhouse gas inventory research |
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24 Sep 24 - Media release | The Ministry for Primary Industries is seeking research... |
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New Zealand’s freshwater health under pressure from human activity |
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23 Sep 24 - Media release | The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) project has released... |
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Even marine animals in untouched habitats are at risk from human impacts |
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19 Sep 24 - Media release | A study of 21,000 marine animals finds many coastal regions are... |
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