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Joyce slams businessmen's report
15 Jun 2012
Economic Development Minister Stephen Joyce says the Pure Advantage business group is just looking for subsidies for businesses it likes.
EDITORIAL: Our leaders should be in Rio
15 Jun 2012
Twenty-five years ago, the world was urged to adopt sustainable development.
Wind energy pathway to jobs, says report
15 Jun 2012
The wind energy industry will be creating jobs and revenue on a par with the oil and gas industry by 2030, a new report says.
Planemaker backs land restoration
15 Jun 2012
Airbus is throwing its support behind what it says is the largest land resortation project in the world.
Waikato businesses get eco smart
15 Jun 2012
Waikato businesses are being invited to take part in the first New Zealand programme developed to reduce their energy costs while earning an independently certified environmental warranty.
Fabric maker finds life after Starbucks
15 Jun 2012
The company that transformed Starbucks coffee sacks into high-quality upholstery fabric has come up with another groundbreaking material.
Travel leaders call for sustainability
15 Jun 2012
Travel and tourism leaders are calling for a new enlightened framework for sustainable tourism in a ground-breaking collection of essays compiled by academics at Melbourne’s Victoria University academics.
Court fines sharemilker $25,000
15 Jun 2012
A sharemilker in Flemington, near Ashburton, has pleaded guilty to two charges of discharging effluent into waterways during April and May last year.
Industry eyes mega wood-fuel plant
8 Jun 2012
A mega pulp-and-paper plant producing biofuel for the domestic market could be on the cards.
Jobs boom looms in clean energy
8 Jun 2012
More than half the people working in the energy industry in 2030 will be employed in clean energy, a new report says.
Power company backs green projects
8 Jun 2012
A park, a walkway and a wetland are the first projects to benefit from Transpower’s new Greenline community programme.
Winemaker takes top green ribbon
8 Jun 2012
Auckland’s Villa Maria Estate winery has taken the supreme award in this year’s Green Ribbon Awards.
Help us, pleads wind power innovator
1 Jun 2012
A company whose technology has been described as one of the world’s leading innovations in wind power says that policies in this country are making it almost impossible to turn good ideas into export earnings.
Foresters doing nicely, thank you
1 Jun 2012
Foresters are among the most active players in the domestic carbon market at the moment, picking up cheap units to cover future carbon liabilities at a substantial profit.
Make it easier, says rivers champion
1 Jun 2012
The planning process for commercial developments on conservation land should be streamlined, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says.
Solid Energy keen on Taranaki gas
1 Jun 2012
Solid Energy says it is refocusing its coal-seam-gas development work to Taranaki after successfully proving the technology in New Zealand conditions at its Huntly coal seam gas demonstration plant in the Waikato.
ETS cash cow has lost its moo
25 May 2012
The Emissions Trading Scheme has turned from a cash cow into a financial liability in a few short months.
Forget Australia, says business lobby
25 May 2012
New Zealand should assume its Emissions Trading Scheme will not be linked with Australia’s, says BusinessNZ.
Air NZ flies high as cutter of emissions
25 May 2012
Projects that cut carbon emissions by a total of 1.7 million tonnes a year and produced $600 million worth of energy efficiency were recognised this week in the annual Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority Awards.
Energy-saving plant wins praise
25 May 2012
An ingenious plant expansion that is saving $500,000 a year in energy costs has won a national award for Dominion Salt and engineers Aurecon New Zealand.
LanzaTech takes global award ... again
25 May 2012
New Zealand’s LanzaTech has for the second year in a row been named in the TiE50 as a leader in entrepreneurship, innovation, and management excellence.
Science out to solve carbon mystery
25 May 2012
On a Waharoa dairy farm two special machines aren’t missing a trick.
Tool measures hort gas emissions
25 May 2012
Horticulturalists have a new tool for measuring their greenhouse gas emissions.
Carbon low brings halt to forest planting
18 May 2012
Forest planting – crucial to New Zealand’s emissions-reduction plans – has all but stopped in the face of record-low carbon prices.
Marsden eyes emissions savings
18 May 2012
New technology to be installed at the Marsden Point oil refinery will save it hundreds of thousands of dollars a year worth of greenhouse gas emissions.
Law firm first to win world green award
18 May 2012
A journey that started just under a year ago with a company-wide carless day has led a New Zealand intellectual property law firm to become the first in the world to achieve the international Cemars emissions reduction scheme certification.
Low lake levels affect gas emissions
18 May 2012
The low water level of most of New Zealand hydro-generation lakes will affect the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Last-minute submissions flood ministry
18 May 2012
The Ministry for the Environment has been swamped with last-minute submissions on changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Switched-on insurer turns over new Leaf
18 May 2012
Sovereign is the first company in New Zealand to purchase the world’s first mass-produced, fully electric, zero-emission vehicle; the Nissan Leaf.
Oceans still a mystery, say scientists
18 May 2012
New Zealand doesn’t know what impact mining, marine power and biodiscovery could have on its oceans, scientists say.
NZ wants new deal for carbon markets
11 May 2012
Negotiations for a new framework for international carbon markets will be a priority for the New Zealand delegation at international climate change talks in Bonn next week.
Rural poor might be let off the hook
11 May 2012
Poor rural areas might soon be exempt from having to deal with the greenhouse gas emissions of their rubbish.
China will show the way, says think-tank
11 May 2012
The current dominant economies – including the United States – will stagnate over the next 40 years, while China will be a success story because of its ability to respond to changing conditions, the latest Club of Rome report says.
ETS changing forestry, says minister
11 May 2012
The Emissions Trading Scheme is shifting New Zealand towards renewable energy and investment in forestry, the Government says.
Time running out for ETS submissions
11 May 2012
If you haven’t yet made your submission on the latest round of changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme you’re nearly out of time.
Toolbox ticks climate change boxes
11 May 2012
Local authorities have been given a toolbox to help them to assess the impact climate change could have on their territories.
Empire State Building to light up ... Kiwi-style
11 May 2012
The Empire State Building is following the lead of Auckland's Sky Tower and going LED.
Key must quit coal connection, says campaigner
4 May 2012
Prime Minister John Key is under fire for being a shareholder in the worst of the "filthy five" banks named as the major funders of coal mining.
Deadlines loom for forest owners
4 May 2012
Time is running out for the owners of more than 250,000ha of post-1989 forest to claim carbon credits earned between 2008 and 2012.
Partners eye Havard forest share
4 May 2012
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund confirmed that it and global investment firm GMO Renewable Resources were in discussions with Harvard Management Company over the possible purchase of Harvard’s majority stake in the Kaingaroa forest estate.
NZ eyes regional common carbon market
27 Apr 2012
New Zealand is maintaining a “watching brief” on developments in Asia that Australia believes could lead to a common carbon market.
Govt stands back from new-world calls
27 Apr 2012
New Zealand supports global action on environmental issues, but might stop short of supporting an overhaul of world governance systems at the upcoming Rio+20 conference, officials say.
NZUs close to 12 million mark
27 Apr 2012
Nearly 12 million NZUs have been allocated so far to forest owners for carbon stored in their trees last year.
ETS consultation rolls to a stop
27 Apr 2012
Regional consultation meetings and hui on proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme are over.
Britain tempts NZ over marine power
27 Apr 2012
Britain is challenging New Zealand to join it in a $200-million-a-year marine power industry.
View of oceans must change, says expert
27 Apr 2012
New Zealand needs to change the way in which it manages competing economic, environmental and conservation demands on the oceans, an American marine policy expert says.
Rio Tinto the worst, says Roger
27 Apr 2012
Bluff Aluminium Smelter owner Rio Tinto has won this year’s Roger Award for its behaviour over the Emissions Trading Scheme
Prices force rethink on carbon books
20 Apr 2012
The Government is reworking its books in the wake of the carbon price collapse.
ETS a ‘broken paradigm’ undercutting biodiversity efforts
Mon 25 Aug 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Pure Advantage is calling on the government to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme, with a new policy briefing saying that New Zealand’s offset-heavy approach is a “broken paradigm” undermining biodiversity and shifting risk to communities.
Govt resilience plan 'dangerous fantasy' - thinktank
Today 10:45am
By Shannon Morris-Williams | An independent thinktank, whose members include former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer and multiple academics, is warning that the government’s long-term resilience strategy ignores physical and energy realities and exposes Kiwi households and businesses to systemic failure.
International scientists slam NZ govt's proposed approach to methane
13 Aug 2025
New Zealand's proposed approach to methane emissions has again been attacked by international climate scientists, with a new study saying the attempt to redefine climate target-setting by livestock-exporting countries undermines the transition to a sustainable and equitable food system
Marginal drop in last year's regional emissions
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Regional greenhouse gas emissions were down slightly last year, with a fall in gas supply leading to a big drop in Taranaki, but more coal burnt leading to higher emissions in Waikato, according to new figures from Stats NZ
Fund for low emissions transport winds up
31 Jul 2025
New Zealand’s Low Emission Transport Fund has officially wrapped up, ending a nine-year programme that put hundreds of millions of dollars towards accelerating the country’s shift to cleaner transport.
Certainty crucial to emissions cuts – Watts
20 Aug 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says that policy certainty is the Government’s primary lever for unlocking private capital and meeting climate targets, telling a carbon forestry conference that ETS settings are 'locked' through 2030.
Why climate strategy is now central to business success
Tue 26 Aug 2025
SPONSORED CONTENT: Ahead of next month’s Climate Change and Business Conference, New Zealand businesses are being urged to treat climate strategy not as a regulatory burden, but as a core driver of economic competitiveness.
