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Russel Norman ... the move makes sense.

Norman hopes for more action ... this time for real

14 Sep 2015

Russel Noman is chucking in politics for protest. And the 48-year-old MP – co-leader of the Green Party for nine years – could be forgiven for thinking that joining an organisation that operates on direct action might be the only way to get any real action on climate change.

Paris pledges on emissions cuts too weak to work

14 Sep 2015

New analysis of promises made by governments on emissions reductions show they are not enough to stop global warming rising above the 2° danger level.

Peter Weir

Foresters suggest harvesting bans as solution

14 Sep 2015

Bans on clear-felling highly erodible lands and on harvesting near waterways when native fish are spawning are among provisions in a new set of environmental rules being put forward by forest owners, environmental groups and some local councils.

NZ injects $50m into Pacific fisheries

14 Sep 2015

New Zealand will spend $50 million over three years to support the transformation of the Pacific fisheries sector.

World’s first solar-powered airport takes off

14 Sep 2015

The international airport at Cochin in southern India has blazed a pioneering trail by becoming the first to run all its ground operations on solar power.

Efficiency drive can cut a quarter off energy demand

14 Sep 2015

New research shows that saving the planet from global warming by combining renewables and energy efficiency will also save money and create jobs.

Our climate plan is inadequate

14 Sep 2015

Solar Living director JASON TOBIN and EnaSolar general manager TREVOR FOSTER on why the Government’s climate change plan is inadequate:

Advisers scrap over emissions cuts target

7 Sep 2015

Government departments are divided over how New Zealand should approach its post-2020 emissions reduction target – a target which the Government was going to set at just 6 per cent, Cabinet papers reveal.

Greens bend to seek political climate consensus

7 Sep 2015

A strong carbon price, a green investment bank and a climate commission are emerging as the basis of a political consensus on climate change policy – at least on one side of the House.

Pssst! ... Government wants to kickstart e-cars

7 Sep 2015

The Government is looking at ways to encourage the switch to electric vehicles. But it is keeping the details secret.

Tell your story ... and seize the power

7 Sep 2015

Brands that are effectively telling their sustainability story are becoming more powerful.

Smart modelling to help with aquifer management

7 Sep 2015

Smart modelling techniques will provide the horsepower behind a range of new methods to improve the management of New Zealand’s aquifers.

Global tree census highlights need to restore forests

7 Sep 2015

Mapping the density of forests reveals that there are far more trees on the planet than previously thought – but humans are destroying 15 billion a year.

What really happened with Kyoto ERUs

7 Sep 2015

Emissions trading needs to be backed by ambitious targets, transparent reporting and international accountability if it is to be effective in tackling climate change.

Greener cities are best at taming urban heat

7 Sep 2015

As humans become an urban species researchers find evidence that cities with more green space are best for human wellbeing.

Coal town's vote makes rumbles at the port

7 Sep 2015

While an Australian council decision might not trigger divestment from fossil fuels, it is a chance for the world's biggest coal port to consider its future direction.

Naomi Klein

Worth listening to ... Naomi Klein on climate change

7 Sep 2015

In her latest book, This Changes Everything, Canadian writer and activist Naomi Klein tackles the issue of climate change through a familiar prism: capitalism.

Scientists to probe ocean acidification

7 Sep 2015

NIWA scientists are carrying out a major research project to determine how New Zealand’s marine ecosystems are faring under climate change.

Stranded-assets threat making mark on business

31 Aug 2015

The risk of being left with stranded assets is focusing business attention on climate change, says the organiser of an up-coming business conference in Auckland.

We're knee-deep in it (adding up emissions, that is)

31 Aug 2015

The Government is now doing what businesses have been doing since 2011 – totting up how many credits it has to surrender to meet its obligations.

Shell swims against oil price tide

31 Aug 2015

As the giant Shell oil company begins highly controversial exploration drilling in the Arctic, the price of crude continues to slide.

Are electric aircraft the future or just wishful thinking?

31 Aug 2015

The future of aviation is dependent on finding an alternative power source. Is electricity the answer?

The green-tech future is a flawed vision of sustainability

31 Aug 2015

What does your vision of a sustainable future look like? Some people imagine a scenario whereby technology solves the world’s most pressing environmental problems.

Solar power takes giant strides as prices fall

31 Aug 2015

Massive solar power stations are being built in the world’s “sun belts” − with the US and India competing to have the largest in the world.

Climate models may misjudge soils' carbon emissions

31 Aug 2015

How soil organisms cope with decaying vegetation is much less certain than climate models suppose, researchers say, and carbon emission estimates may be wrong.

Emissions are putting species in lethal danger

31 Aug 2015

Scientists warn that lizards, coral reefs and forests are all seriously under threat unless agreement is reached to reduce drastically fossil fuel emissions.

We can turn CO2 in the air into new materials

31 Aug 2015

What if there were a way to suck carbon dioxide right out of the air and turn it into useful products? It might seem fantastic but scientists have actually proved it’s possible.

Support for new energy vital for growth

31 Aug 2015

Renewable energy support schemes such as feed-in tariffs, quota obligations, capital grants, and subsidies, will continue to be instrumental in promoting Europe’s renewable energy industry growth by 2020, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.

Tiwai halves free credits, but still pockets $5m

24 Aug 2015

Tiwai Point aluminium smelter owner New Zealand Aluminium Smelters last year received just half the number of free carbon credits it got the previous year.

New figures show foresters deserting tree-planting

24 Aug 2015

More of New Zealand’s post-1989 plantation forests are outside the Emissions Trading Scheme than are in it.

Nelson talkfest to get serious about contaminants

24 Aug 2015

Business, government and academic global leaders gather in Nelson this week to talk about the environmental impacts of manufactured contaminants.

Fishing industry faces quota system review

24 Aug 2015

The Quota Management System for fisheries is to be reviewed.

We need to show off our quality seafood

24 Aug 2015

New Zealand seafood needs a clear, New Zealand-branded validation scheme to take advantage of growing global demand for environmentally sustainable, natural, healthy food, Seafood New Zealand chair George Clement says.

China’s carbon count is not as high as feared

24 Aug 2015

The use of poor-quality coal in Chinese power plants means that the carbon dioxide emissions of the world’s biggest polluter are 10% less than previously thought.

If we want to eat tuna, we need to learn how to share

24 Aug 2015

Amid growing demand for seafood, gas and other resources drawn from the world’s oceans, and growing stresses from climate change, QUENTIN HANICH examines some of the challenges and solutions for developing 'the blue economy' in smarter, more sustainable ways.

Renewables raise challenge to coal in power league

24 Aug 2015

Wind, solar and other renewable sources of clean energy are now second only to coal in generating the world’s electricity.

Time to tap an underused energy source: wasted heat

24 Aug 2015

Millions of people worldwide can’t afford to keep their homes warm, but few realise the heat wasted in our energy system could provide the answer.

Our ecolabelling is right on the mark

24 Aug 2015

New Zealand’s ecolabelling is officially up to global standards.

Milk plant cuts water consumption

24 Aug 2015

A new drying plant at Fonterra’s Pahiatua milk-powder plant will cut water consumption per litre of milk by reusing its own condensate, the dairy co-operative says.

Heads together ... Anzac leaders John Key and Tony Abbott.

Climate expert gives Anzacs a fail mark

17 Aug 2015

Australia has set a post-2020 emissions reduction target as poor as that of New Zealand.

'Myopic focus' costing us climate change progress

17 Aug 2015

New Zealand might have reached the limits of its ability to exploit natural resources, the Labour Party says.

Review ETS after Paris, says climate lawyer

17 Aug 2015

The Emissions Trading Scheme review should be pushed off into next year, a climate change lawyer says.

It's time for packaging that cares about the future

17 Aug 2015

Our Daily Waste founder Dr SHARON McIVER on why how smart businesses are future-proofing by getting rid of plastic packaging now.

Contact to close gas-fired Auckland plant

17 Aug 2015

The 400MW Otahuhu B gas-fired power station will close from the end of next month.

Clouds gather over China’s solar power industry

17 Aug 2015

The recent turmoil in China’s stock market has sent shockwaves through the country’s corporate sector, including its mighty solar power industry which in recent years has grown to dominate the world market.

Wind and solar surge sends EU emissions tumbling

17 Aug 2015

Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions are falling fast, mainly because of the rapid spread of the wind turbines and solar panels that are replacing fossil fuels for electricity generation.

The urban machine solution is not good for cities

17 Aug 2015

First-world cities have an unhealthy dependence on the “urban machine” - the modern engineering solutions within their infrastructure - making their inhabitants vulnerable to disaster, new research shows.

Extreme weather puts Africa's food security at risk

17 Aug 2015

A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more – and more severe – global food crises.

Clean Power Plan will have a real impact

17 Aug 2015

The United States Government’s recently announced Clean Power Plan will have a negative impact on the country’s coal industry, with the potential loss of up to 60 Gigawatts of coal power capacity by 2020, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.

India lets loose the reins of its energy horses

17 Aug 2015

India’s “seven horses of energy” electricity sector transformation is gathering pace, with far-reaching ramifications for renewable energy development and the structural decline of seaborne thermal coal, says a new report.

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Rod Carr

Govt ‘captured by industry’ on methane – Carr

Today 11:00am

By Liz Kivi | Former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr says that recent moves to weaken methane targets and halt plans for agricultural emissions pricing show the Government has been captured by industry.

Energy
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Electricity Authority proposes doubling solar export limits to 10 kW

Mon 20 Oct 2025

The Electricity Authority is proposing a default 10kW export limit for small-scale generation, saying new inverter standards and voltage settings allow homes and businesses to feed more power into local networks without compromising safety.

Agriculture
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Council buys dairy farm to help clean up Lake Rotorua

Today 11:00am

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has bought a 266-hectare dairy farm in the Lake Rotorua catchment and plans to retire it from production to reduce nitrogen entering the lake.

Carbon emissions
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Govt releases updated emissions projections

13 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Ministry for the Environment has released updated emissions projections to 2050, which show significant differences to the Climate Change Commission's recent projections for the same period.

Transport
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Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits

9 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.

Forestry
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Emails show forestry lobby fought Gisborne crackdown as slash clean-up drags on

26 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Sustainable land use advocates are accusing Eastland Wood Council of stonewalling efforts to tighten forestry rules, after correspondence between the group and the local council was released under the Official Information Act.

Business
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Eraring power station is a black coal-fired power station on the shores of Lake Macquarie, southeast of Newcastle, NSW

Climate credibility gap widening for Aussie firms

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Australian public companies’ climate change commitments are in retreat, reflecting difficulty in achieving stated targets and increased fossil use, but not because of any pressure to make less effort, according to a study of major companies’ ESG reporting.

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