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Energy efficiency boosts jobs, says IEA

27 Jan 2021

Improving energy efficiency creates far more jobs than generating it, and at the same time provides a way out of the covid crisis by bringing prosperity.

Genesis says it will slash emissions

9 Dec 2020

The operator of the Huntly coal-and-gas-fired power station says it will cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement.

Cutting emissions and making fertiliser from beer-and-chip waste

8 Dec 2020

The much-loved combination of beer and chips is being harnessed to tackle climate change.

Biogas study: could we be running on waste?

7 Dec 2020

Gas suppliers, users and consultants are joining forces to assess the potential to use biogas to power industry and homes.

Ammonia – a fuel of the future?

30 Nov 2020

Like hydrogen, ammonia can play a key role in decarbonising Europe’s heavy industry and transport. So why isn’t it grabbing the headlines in the same way?

Large slice of Kupe gas could be up for sale

27 Nov 2020

Genesis Energy – one of the country’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases – is considering selling its stake in the Kupe oil and gas field, freeing up money it could invest in renewable generation.

Western Europe cools on plans for nuclear power

27 Nov 2020

News that two more reactors in the United Kingdom are to shut down on safety grounds earlier than planned has capped a depressing month for nuclear power in Europe.

Gas, carbon capture key to emissions cut - BP

26 Nov 2020

By GAVIN EVANS | Natural gas, especially when combined with carbon capture use and storage, can play a critical role meeting the world’s net-zero carbon targets, BP economist Michael Cohen says.

Coal financing evaporates as countries go carbon-free

25 Nov 2020

Financing for coal projects is drying up at ever increasing rates as more countries target zero carbon emissions amid an energy transition sweeping the world, participants at Asia’s biggest gathering of the coal industry said on Tuesday.

Kiwi company uses Bitcoin to buy solar panels

24 Nov 2020

New Zealand’s latest and largest solar farm is being partially funded by cryptocurrency.

EU, UN-led pact commits oil and gas firms to tackle methane emissions

24 Nov 2020

Dozens of oil and gas companies have committed to report more accurately on and, ultimately, reduce emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane which is liable to leak from oilfields and pipelines.

Green-trolling to bring down Big Oil

20 Nov 2020

Mary Heglar has a “maniacal plan” to save the planet. It doesn’t involve shutting down pipelines or protesting in the streets. Heglar has simply been “trolling the shit out of fossil fuel companies” on social media.

Meridian looking good to carbon-averse Blackrock

12 Nov 2020

Blackrock has increased its stake in Meridian as part of its carbon-divestment strategy.

New fund helps businesses ditch coal and gas

12 Nov 2020

Businesses wanting to stop using coal and gas for heat can tap into a new $70 million fund.

No miracle energy sources to replace fossil fuels, says scientist

10 Nov 2020

Radical decarbonisation in line with the Paris Agreement means getting used to living in a world without abundant supplies of energy, ecologist Dr Mike Joy is warning.

Where should be we use hydrogen?

10 Nov 2020

Is hydrogen the lifeblood of a low-carbon future, or an over-hyped distraction from real solutions?

How 'geothermal anywhere' can cut our emissions

6 Nov 2020

Large-scale geothermal energy has long been constrained to volcanic areas where heat can easily be captured and turned into electricity. Today, breakthroughs in drilling techniques are opening new horizons for the technology, offering the prospect of “geothermal anywhere”.

'Liquid window' harnesses light and heat

6 Nov 2020

Rising demand for cooling and heating in commercial buildings has pushed up their carbon emissions - could temperature-sensitive windows help?

Shell's climate tweet goes badly wrong

4 Nov 2020

A climate poll on Twitter posted by Shell has backfired spectacularly, with the oil company accused of gaslighting the public.

New method to measure fossil-fuel emissions

3 Nov 2020

Millions of stacks and tailpipes in cities around the world send up 70 per cent of the carbon dioxide ejected into the atmosphere by human beings.

You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too?

3 Nov 2020

The iPhone transformed mobile phones in just 10 years. Could green energy see a similar revolution?

Ford and GM knew about climate change - and covered it up

30 Oct 2020

Exxon knew, Shell knew, coal knew — is it any surprise that top auto manufacturers knew, too?

How to boost the hydrogen market

30 Oct 2020

Step by step, hydrogen has worked its way into the heart of the energy transition: as a storage medium for renewable energy; a fuel of the future for ships and planes; and a replacement for fossil fuels in homes, power and industry.

World Bank branch backs coal megaproject

23 Oct 2020

The World Bank’s private lending branch is indirectly backing one of the world’s biggest new coal complexes, despite a new green policy.

We need to solve the dry-year problem, says Carr

20 Oct 2020

Electrification of more of the economy to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions will require a resolution to the risk posed by dry years to the hydro-electricity system, says Climate Change Commission chair Dr Rod Carr.

World makes haste too slowly on cutting energy use

19 Oct 2020

The world is dragging its feet on efforts to tackle the climate crisis by reducing its energy use, according to a global watchdog.

IEA outlines how world can reach net-zero emissions by 2050

14 Oct 2020

For the first time, the International Energy Agency has set out what would need to happen this decade to reach net-zero emissions globally by 2050.

Parker pushes back against pumped-hydro critics

12 Oct 2020

Environment and former climate and energy minister David Parker says he is backing investigations into a pumped-hydro scheme because it has the potential to slash the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Lines project first to try covid consent process

9 Oct 2020

A project that could form part of the Government’s pumped-hydro electricity scheme is the first to be considered by an expert panel set up under the Government’s covid-19 fast-tracking consenting process.

Nuclear power hinders fight against climate change

7 Oct 2020

Countries wishing to reduce carbon emissions should invest in renewables, abandoning any plans for nuclear power stations because they can no longer be considered a low-carbon option.

Green hydrogen could be cheap transformative fuel within a decade

6 Oct 2020

Chinese manufacturers have reported making systems to create hydrogen with renewable energy for up to 80 per cent less than official Australian estimates from just two years ago.

Policy could prevent shift to low-emissions tech, says Genesis

1 Oct 2020

The Labour Government’s plan to bring forward its 100 per cent renewable electricity generation target to 2030 is an example of siloed thinking and is likely to be self-defeating, Genesis Energy has told shareholders.

Labour promises $5 million a year more for just transition

29 Sep 2020

Labour is promising to spend more money on getting the country’s workforce ready for the low-carbon economy.

Exxon uses carbon capture to keep oil flowing

29 Sep 2020

Sprawled across the arid expanse of southwestern Wyoming is one of the world's largest carbon capture plants, a hulking jumble of pipes, compressors and exhaust flues operated by ExxonMobil.

Global oil demand may have passed peak, says BP

15 Sep 2020

BP has called time on the world’s rising demand for fossil fuels after finding that demand for oil may have already reached its peak and faces an unprecedented decades-long decline.

Using rocket science to green transport

15 Sep 2020

French energy company Engie is teaming up with aerospace firm the ArianeGroup to steal a march on its rivals in the hydrogen production business, by drawing on expertise gained through Europe’s space programme.

How the pandemic lockdown slashed our greenhouse gas emissions

11 Sep 2020

New Zealand’s first covid-19 pandemic lockdown slashed the country’s consumption of oil to the lowest level since 1998, taking emissions of greenhouse gases from fuels to their lowest point in more than two decades.

Gas exploration won't be rushed, Beach tells EPA

9 Sep 2020

Any gas discovery by Beach Energy off the North Otago coast next year could require a further two years’ work to plan and prepare an appraisal drilling programme to determine how to develop it, the Environmental Protection Authority heard yesterday.

Green hydrogen breakthrough uses sun and water from the air

9 Sep 2020

Researchers have found a way to combine solar PV and water harvested from the air to produce low-cost green hydrogen, and are gearing up to put the zero-emissions fuel to the test in cars on Sydney roads.

New solar and lighting technologies could trigger an energy revolution

7 Sep 2020

Halide perovskites could revolutionise the energy sector.

Marsden Pt oil refinery

Govt report sees frontline job in biocrude for Marsden

2 Sep 2020

The Marsden Point oil refinery could be used to catapault New Zealand into the age of making low-carbon crude from forest waste.

Only 10% of power companies putting renewables ahead of fossil-fuels

1 Sep 2020

Only one in 10 of the world’s electric utility companies are prioritising investment in clean renewable energy over growing their capacity of fossil fuel power plants, according to research from the University of Oxford.

Major investment firm dumps Exxon, Chevron and Rio Tinto

25 Aug 2020

A Nordic hedge fund worth more than $US90 billion (£68.6 billion) has dumped its stocks in some of the world’s biggest oil companies and miners responsible for lobbying against climate action.

Energy-and-transport plan key to emissions cuts

21 Aug 2020

Business is calling for integrated transport and energy planning to speed the country’s decarbonisation, saying increasing carbon prices can't do the job alone.

ConocoPhillips trying to freeze permafrost to drill more oil

20 Aug 2020

Melting permafrost is stymying ConocoPhillips' plans to drill 590 million barrels of oil from a reserve in Alaska, so it's trying to refreeze the ground.

Australian hydrogen company launches IPO

20 Aug 2020

Green hydrogen company Infinite Blue Energy is looking for $A2 million in investment before launching on the Australian stock exchange.

Global offshore wind industry takes huge strides

14 Aug 2020

Despite covid-19’s grim effects on many industries, the orders for the global offshore wind industry have increased dramatically in the first half of 2020, totalling $US35 billion, up 319 per cent on last year.

Nanotech turns bricks into batteries

13 Aug 2020

The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the possibility that buildings could one day become literal powerhouses

South Africa tightens restrictions for new coal power in landmark ruling

10 Aug 2020

South Africa is tightening environmental demands for new coal-fired power plants, after a ‘landmark’ ruling that licences for water use should consider the risks of climate change.

Is this the end for King Coal in Britain?

10 Aug 2020

As the black stuff burnt in the United Kingdom plummets to a level not seen since the early steam age, The Guardian traces its long, deep history and the problems left in its wake.

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Open letter warns against Seymour's Regulatory Standards Bill

Fri 4 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A group of prominent New Zealanders are speaking out against the Regulatory Standards Bill, with top climate scientist Jim Salinger warning it will have a chilling effect on future climate change and adaptation policy.

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Clear-sighted view to trade-offs crucial to reimagining our relationship with the land

Today 11:15am

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: New Zealand could see a 70% drop in the value of dairy land if we pursue our emissions targets for agriculture, according to a new report.

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Mangroves' overlooked climate role

30 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand’s mangrove forests are pulling tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year, yet their climate benefits remain unrecognised in national emissions reporting.

Transport
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How flying can be a climate solution

16 Jun 2025

By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan - Planetary Ecology | How can aviation contribute to tackling climate change when no practicable technology-based solutions are on the horizon?

Forestry
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Bill to limit farm-to-forest conversions passes first reading

27 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government's bill aiming to limit farm-to-forestry conversions in the Emissions Trading Scheme passed its first reading in Parliament this week, however concerns were raised over rushing it through under urgency, with less than two weeks allowed for public submissions.

Business
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IRD will stop using wetland destruction in ‘how-to’ for claiming expenses

27 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Environmental organisation Forest & Bird has welcomed the Inland Revenue’s decision to stop using wetland destruction as an example of a tax-deductible agricultural expense in future guidance.

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