New Zealand: Energy
EU pumps up minimum taxes for diesel to equal petrol
17 Mar 2008
Members of the European Parliament have decided the current EU-wide minimum rate of tax on diesel should be increased to match the current minimum rate for unleaded petrol, but no further.
Right House scores DOC carbon neutral contract
12 Mar 2008
Department Meridian Energy subsidiary Right House has secured the contract to help the Department of Conservation move ot its 2012 carbon neutral goal.
Half of inter-island pole 1 power link back before winter
12 Mar 2008
Transpower New Zealand says the mitigations needed to return a half pole 1 of the HVDC inter island link to service will be completed prior to winter.
Poll: National electricity grid greatly worries New Zealanders
12 Mar 2008
Eight out of 10 New Zealanders believe the national electricity grid needs upgrading. Some 42% think an upgrade is urgent, according to the results of a major new national poll by ShapeNZ.
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.
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.
Govt announces plan for EV chargers
Mon 28 Apr 2025
The government has opted for a model based on the ultra-fast broadband rollout to boost electric vehicle charger numbers.
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.
