New Zealand: Transport
Travelling greens have a new place to stay
28 Apr 2008
Travellers with a green bent will be able to sleep with a clear conscience at an Auckland hotel which opens its doors today.
US concerned over EU airline emissions charge plan, starts probe into airline pollution
10 Apr 2008
The United States is expressing “serious concern” over EU proposals to impose emissions charges on airlines.
Cement lobby launches major campaign to replace bitumen on roads
7 Apr 2008
Cement interests are launching a concerted campaign to have the nations roads laid in concrete instead of bitumen.
100 governments agree on lower emission standards for ships
7 Apr 2008
In a move which could have longer term implications for New Zealand traders, the protection committee of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has appoved proposed amendments to regulations which will reduce ship emissions.
Air NZ backs ETS - but wants carbon price cap
1 Apr 2008
Air New Zealand chairman John Palmer can understand the opposition of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to aviation being included in global emissions trading schemes (ETSs), but agrees New Zealand’s should cover as much of the economy as possible.
A cow of a campaign from the airlines
27 Mar 2008
IATA has launched a campaign opposing airlines' inclusion in the EU emissions trading scheme, on the basis airlines have fewer emissions than cows.
Second 'woke banks' bill aims to remove climate disclosures
Wed 30 Apr 2025
By Shannon Williams | The ACT Party has joined the fight against so-called "woke" banks by introducing a member’s bill aimed at repealing laws that require banks and other financial institutions to report on climate-related disclosures.
Energy sector urged to act early to cut risks, build winter buffer
Today 11:00am
Transpower has clarified the process for accessing emergency hydro storage ahead of winter 2025, responding to concerns about New Zealand’s security of electricity supply amid a historically dry start to the year.
Fonterra linked to illegal deforestation, claims Greenpeace
5 Mar 2025
Dairy giant Fonterra's supply chain is linked with illegal deforestation, according to Greenpeace Aotearoa, after New Zealand's major importers of palm kernel have been found to be illegally operating palm plantations in Indonesia.
The government plans to regulate carbon capture technologies – but who will be the regulating agency?
Wed 30 Apr 2025
By Barry Barton, University of Waikato | Newly released documents add more detail to the government’s plans for a regulatory framework to enable carbon capture and storage.
Commissioner calls for urgent reform of carbon forestry in ETS
10 Apr 2025
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is calling on the Government to remove forestry from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, warning that the country’s flagship climate policy is entrenching risky land use decisions and undermining long-term emissions reductions.
Govt needs to look at alternatives to free pollution credits for industrial emitters: Commission
11 Apr 2025
The Climate Change Commission says there are “legitimate questions” about hundreds of millions of public money spent on free carbon credits for polluters, and the government should be looking at alternatives.
