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Sign up with us, say green business leaders
8 Jul 2011
A group of business leaders that has been pushing the Government to develop a clean-tech strategy is now calling on all New Zealanders to sign up for a future of green growth.
National MPs no-shows at big green meet
8 Jul 2011
Confusion reigns over why no National MPs were at last night's launch of the Pure Advantage cleantech campaign.
COMMENT: Government misses Pure Advantage
8 Jul 2011
The launch of Pure Advantage last night is an attempt to fill a leadership vacuum.
Nappies-to-compost business spreads
8 Jul 2011
Thousands of tonnes of used disposable nappies in Wellington are to be composted rather than going to the rubbish dump.
NZ needs oceans plan, says NIWA chief
8 Jul 2011
New Zealand urgently needs a national oceans strategy to sustainably manage and use its extensive marine resources to boost the economy, says NIWA chairman Chris Mace.
ETS review team hands over report
1 Jul 2011
The Government has the Emissions Trading Scheme review panel report.
2013 still deadline, Goff tells farmers
1 Jul 2011
Labour is sticking to its guns over bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2013.
New enviro watchdog to run ETS
1 Jul 2011
The new Environmental Protection Authority kicks off today, and from January it will be responsible for administering the Emissions Trading Scheme.
ETS review looks at rewards for farmers
24 Jun 2011
The panel reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme says that it has considered measures that reward farmers with carbon credits for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
NZ spearheads agri-emissions research
24 Jun 2011
The Government has just revealed details of a $25 million fund for international research on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from pastoral farming.
Science eyes new way to measure farm gases
17 Jun 2011
A new way of measuring agricultural greenhouse gases being proposed by an international scientist could be the answer to New Zealand farmers’ prayers.
Try incentives for farmers, says broker
17 Jun 2011
A scheme similar to the United Nations Joint Implementation programme should be used to encourage farmers to cut greenhouse gas emissions, says a New Zealand carbon consultant.
WWF calls for countries to act on carbon
17 Jun 2011
Fast and scaled-up support for innovative approaches to developing a low-carbon economy is both possible and essential, says a new WWF report.
The Carbon Traders: Lizzie Chambers, Carbon Match
17 Jun 2011
The newcomer to the New Zealand carbon trading scene believes it is a market destined to grow.
Hydro footprint light on environment
17 Jun 2011
New Zealand's hydroelectricity has a better environmental footprint than that of many other countries, Plant & Food Research says.
New standard measures energy efficiency
17 Jun 2011
A new international standard has been launched to help companies to measure their energy efficiency.
Aboretum gets OK to sell carbon credits
10 Jun 2011
The operators of a Waikato aboretum have won the right to sell carbon credits from their trees.
Climate fighter has a big job for NZ
10 Jun 2011
Scientist and climate change campaigner Dr James Hansen says that New Zealand could be the country he has been looking for to "stand up and tell the truth" - that our addiction to fossil fuels can be cured only by an honest, rising price on carbon.
What James Hansen told the Prime Minister ...
10 Jun 2011
Prime Minister John Key, who has been singing the praises of Solid Energy's lignite plans in Southland, has been told by top scientist James Hansen that New Zealand should not go down this path.
Wind energy now in the mainstream
10 Jun 2011
Global wind day on June 15 is a chance to acknowledge the contribution wind energy is making to New Zealand, the government energy efficiency agency says.
Ten things they want you know about wind energy ...
10 Jun 2011
New Zealand has one of the best wind resources in the world, and EECA is out to bust some myths about generating energy from it.
Business group leads focus on sustainability
10 Jun 2011
BusinessNZ and Landcare Research are joining forces with an international reporting group to monitor New Zealand's sustainability.
Food waste firm wins green award
10 Jun 2011
Auckland food waste firm Eco Stock Supplies yesterday was named Supreme Winner of the annual Green Ribbon Awards.
Taxpayers face Kyoto bill worth billions
3 Jun 2011
New Zealand taxpayers face a future Kyoto liability of up to between $1 billion and $5 billion, the Sustainability Council is warning.
Carbon tax soon, say Aussie Greens
3 Jun 2011
Australia may leapfrog New Zealand on pricing carbon, that country’s Green Party leader says.
FORUM: Britain can't do it alone
3 Jun 2011
Climate change is a huge threat to prosperity and security, and the United Kingdom can't tackle it alone, writes British High Commission to New Zealand first secetary Tony Clemson.
NZ attitudes concern climate cameraman
3 Jun 2011
New Zealand businesses are not interested in climate change, despite the concern of some individual business people, says an expatriate photographer whose work is dedicated to portraying the impact of climate change.
Charcoal company gets special mention
3 Jun 2011
New Zealand charcoal technology company CarbonScape has been singled out on the world scientific stage.
Progress on Kyoto forestry rules, says industry
3 Jun 2011
The international forestry and wood products industry is working on the detail of a proposal to have the carbon in wood products recognised in international carbon accounting rules.
Cargo carbon calculations just a click away
3 Jun 2011
The carbon implications of shipping cargo with a New Zealand shipping company can now be calculated with a couple of mouse-clicks.
Green all the rage at Cathay Pacific
3 Jun 2011
Cathay Pacific Airways has released its latest Sustainable Development Report outlining the various sustainability measures undertaken by the airline last year.
Labour might sweeten ETS deal for farmers
27 May 2011
Labour might sweeten the carbon deal for farmers by letting them become the point of obligation under the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Green science centre could be a loser
27 May 2011
The Agricultural Greenhouse Research Centre could lose funding to the private sector under a change of government.
Estimates pinpoint cost of ETS to farmers
27 May 2011
Bringing biological greenhouse gas emissions from farms into the Emissions Trading Scheme will cost dairy farmers about 2.8 cents per litre of milk solids, government estimates show.
Caygill committee might miss deadline
27 May 2011
The committee reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme has had a small extension of time.
We're doing our bit, says paper industry
27 May 2011
The printing and paper industries have gone on the offensive to counter what they say are exaggerated claims about the environmental impact of paper.
Government eyes fewer NZU allocations
20 May 2011
The Government expects to allocate 25 per cent fewer NZUs under the Emissions Trading Scheme next year than this year.
Budget sets aside $1.6m for ETS reviews
20 May 2011
The Government has set aside $1.6m a year until at least 2014 for reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Forestry credits near 22 million mark
20 May 2011
Owners of pre-1990 forests have claimed nearly 22 million NZUs.
Rules change for forest carbon storage
20 May 2011
New rules for measuring the carbon stored in forests will be gazetted today.
Biodiesel maker to set up Nelson plant
20 May 2011
Solid Energy subsidiary Biodiesel New Zealand is setting up a bulk distribution facility in Nelson.
Project to study our footprint on the world
20 May 2011
An in-depth research project will consider New Zealanders' ecological footprint.
Business on right track, says Hansen
13 May 2011
New Zealand’s business community has received a bouquet from the scientist James Hansen, the American dubbed the father of global warming.
ETS reviewers eye Australian farm plan
13 May 2011
The panel reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme is looking at Australia’s plan to give tradable credits to farmers for storing carbon in soil.
Australia's carbon future taking shape
13 May 2011
Details of Australia’s carbon-pricing regime could be known by the end of the month.
Public has no say in southern lignite plant
13 May 2011
The public will not have a chance to object to Solid Energy's plan to build a lignite processing plant near Gore.
LanzaTech makes mark in Silicon Valley
13 May 2011
New Zealand Clean energy technology company LanzaTech has won another global award – a TiE50 for energy and cleantech.
Figures show we're not so bad, say farmers
13 May 2011
Latest statistics show that New Zealand agriculture is not the intensive, greenhouse-gas emitting industry that it is portrayed as, says Federated Farmers.
Government backs waterways clean-up
13 May 2011
The Government is making money available to help councils and communities to clean-up nationally significant water bodies polluted by historically poor management.
Banks coming to the carbon party
6 May 2011
Banks are starting to lend on carbon as forestry companies secure contracts as far forward as 2020, a forest management company says.
Govt promises ‘earlier action’ in response to Commission’s warning climate targets at risk
Fri 17 Oct 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it will “explore opportunities for earlier action” ahead of the third Emissions Reduction Plan, and has committed to looking at ways to stop the system of free carbon credits for industrial polluters from disincentivising industrial decarbonisation.
Transpower tracks more than 100 new grid projects
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Transpower’s latest connection data show more than 100 generation, storage and load projects in its pipeline, reflecting the rapid pace of electrification across the country.
All carrot, no stick for farmers on methane
Fri 17 Oct 2025
By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: The abandonment of methane emissions pricing and the adoption of a weaker target is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the historic cross-parliamentary consensus embedded in the Zero Carbon Act 2019.
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.
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.
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.
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.
