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Fonterra finds way to beat ETS problems
25 Mar 2011
Fonterra says a lack of liquidity in the New Zealand carbon market has caused the dairy co-operative some problems in its first year under the Emissions Trading Scheme.
How Europe found other ways to cut emissions
25 Mar 2011
Europe has found that you don’t have to bring every industry into an emissions trading regime to get them to cut their greenhouse gas emissions, the panel reviewing the New Zealand scheme is about to hear.
New centre will test gas samples
25 Mar 2011
The National Centre for Nitrous Oxide Measurement will be opened at Lincoln University next week.
New carbon measurement regime for large forests
25 Mar 2011
Owners of large forests are about to shift to a compulsory personalised carbon measurement system.
Forum: How Israel watches its water
25 Mar 2011
Israel’s estimated US$3.5 billion in annual water technology-related exports helps countries around the world squeeze the most out of every drop, writes Shemi Tzur, Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand.
Kaipara key first step, says energy group
25 Mar 2011
Approval for the Crest Energy project on the Kaipara Harbour is the first step toward New Zealand achieving a meaningful marine energy supply, says the Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association.
LanzaTech NZBIO company of the year
25 Mar 2011
LanzaTech, which has taken its technology for converting waste gases in to ethanol and chemicals from its Auckland laboratory to the world, has won the NZBIO 2011 Company of the Year Award.
Forum: Why we must focus on the whole environment
25 Mar 2011
Waikato University’s new professor of environmental planning, Bob Evans, is concerned at the way in which New Zealand, like the world’s other prosperous economies, is continuing to pursue economic growth despite the long-term dangers inherent in this. He explains:
Greens push for a green Christchurch
25 Mar 2011
The new Christchurch Ministry needs to have a focus on sustainability from the start, says the Green Party.
Jilted Fonterra to plead case at ETS review
18 Mar 2011
Access to free credits for trade-exposed businesses and the entry of agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme are two of the issues Fonterra will be raising with the ETS review panel.
Crest gets nod for Kaipara tidal plant
18 Mar 2011
New Zealand’s first tidal energy scheme has got the go-ahead.
Biodiesel co-op wants to expand
18 Mar 2011
New Zealand’s first biodiesel co-operative is celebrating its first birthday with plans to expand into other towns.
Love NZ and watch where you dump rubbish
18 Mar 2011
A nationwide education campaign to promote recycling in public places was launched on bus shelters in central Auckland and Wellington this week.
Australia, Germany sign solar pact
18 Mar 2011
Australia and Germany are to work together in a bid to accelerate technological breakthroughs in solar energy.
Labour: All councils should look at solar
18 Mar 2011
The Labour Party is calling on all local councils to follow Auckland's example and make solar hot-water heating affordable.
ETS review panel wants YOUR input
11 Mar 2011
The Emissions Trading Scheme review panel wants to know how the scheme is affecting businesses, households, farmers, foresters and Maori.
ETS PAPER 1: Businesses feel the costs
11 Mar 2011
The Emissions Trading Scheme has increased the cost of electricity and fuel for businesses by about 1 per cent of revenue, the panel reviewing the scheme says.
ETS PAPER 2: World situation unclear
11 Mar 2011
New Zealand could decide it is economically sensible to push ahead with the Emissions Trading Scheme even if the world fails to negotiate a successor for the Kyoto Protocol, the panel reviewing the ETS says.
Business lobby group tries to set the tone
11 Mar 2011
Business New Zealand is making a bid to set the tone of the Emissions Trading Scheme review by pre-empting the launch of the review panel’s issues paper today with one of its own.
Caygill crew meets business leaders
11 Mar 2011
The committee reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme has already met with some of the country’s most influential bodies as it works towards its June deadline.
New Christchurch could show world the way
11 Mar 2011
Post-quake Christchurch could be a world-leading example of a sustainable city, an expert says.
Industrial emitters lodge first returns
11 Mar 2011
The first industrial emissions returns have been lodged with the Ministry of Economic Development.
Fertiliser firm wins battle over inhibitor
11 Mar 2011
A Christchurch company has won a court battle to patent its nitrogen emissions-reducing fertiliser.
Garnaut: Climate change risks greater
11 Mar 2011
The Australian Government’s climate change adviser says that the science on climate change has got stronger since he released his 2008 review and it now appears that the risks are greater.
Taupo centre showcases clean energy
11 Mar 2011
A centre designed to accelerate New Zealand’s adoption of clean energy technologies will open in Taupo next month.
Scientists get help with ag research
11 Mar 2011
The Government has announced a fellowship programme as part of New Zealand’s efforts on the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases.
Kawerau mill wins forest award
11 Mar 2011
The Kawerau paper mill has been awarded the Forest Stewardship Council chain of custody certification.
Emissions target unrealistic, says lobbyist
4 Mar 2011
The natural resources sector is warning the Government that it’s unlikely to meet its target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Forest owners pick up three million credits
4 Mar 2011
Forest owners have so far received a total of more than three million credits for carbon sequestered in their forests last year.
UK expert to talk with ETS review group
4 Mar 2011
The committee reviewing the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme is to hear from one of Britain’s top carbon markets advisers.
Windflow happy with UK tariff change
4 Mar 2011
New Zealand turbine maker Windflow Technologies say it does not expect a review of feed-in tariffs in the United Kingdom to affect business.
Waikato wind farm wins approval
4 Mar 2011
A new Waikato wind farm has been given a conditional go-ahead.
Makers fire glass bullet at packagers
4 Mar 2011
Glass manufacturers have fired a shot at packaging companies for failing to make sure their products are recycled.
No-fly Bill catches a slow boat
4 Mar 2011
Australian entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Liao has taken a slow boat to America.
We could be driving on waste toner
4 Mar 2011
Three Kiwi companies are investigating whether waste residue toner from recycled cartridges can be re-used in New Zealand roads.
BOC signs long=term clean energy deal
4 Mar 2011
Australian gases and engineering company BOC says it secured a long-term industrial gas supply contract worth $A1 billion with a company planning to use clean energy technology to feed the world.
NZ farmers happy with omission of agriculture
25 Feb 2011
Federated Farmers will use Australia's decision not to put a price on agricultural emissions to back its argument to keep farmers out of the New Zealand scheme.
Labour: It's the same old story
25 Feb 2011
The Labour Party says the opposition in Australia to putting a price on carbon is reminiscent of what happened in New Zealand.
Geothermal best bet, says Contact
25 Feb 2011
Geothermal energy is New Zealand’s most strategically important renewable energy resource, says Contact Energy.
LanzaTech signs with Korean giant
25 Feb 2011
New Zealand's LanzaTech has signed a memorandum of understanding with one of the largest steel producers in the world to turn its flue gases to ethanol.
Science key to the future, says Gluckman
25 Feb 2011
New Zealand must globalise its science to strengthen its economy and protect its social and environmental development, says the Prime Minister's Chief Science Adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman.
EXCLUSIVE: Govt stays silent on free allocations
18 Feb 2011
The Government is still refusing to say how many free carbon credits are being given to some of New Zealand’s biggest companies, despite an Official Information Act request.
Lignite mining could send emissions soaring
18 Feb 2011
Solid Energy’s proposed lignite projects in Southland could add 10 million to 20 million tonnes to New Zealand’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.
Windfarm decision worries developers
18 Feb 2011
A decision to let only part of the proposed Tiritea wind farm go ahead has got wind energy developers worried.
Fewer emissions aid rural sector, says Garnaut
18 Feb 2011
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions could improve the economic prospects of rural Australia, says that country’s government adviser on climate change.
Motorway money poor choice, say Greens
18 Feb 2011
The Government’s transport stimulus package would have created many more jobs if it hadn’t cut funding for everything else to build new motorways, said the Green Party says.
Foresters' champion plants trees for carbon
11 Feb 2011
The man who won forest owners the right to earn money from the carbon stored in their trees is about to plant his first dedicated carbon forest.
Clean-tech costs falling fast, says Garnaut
11 Feb 2011
The cost of clean technology is falling faster than expected, as the United States and China swing their manufacturing might behind the sector, says the Australian Government’s climate change adviser.
Local govt shake-up risks weakened environmental outcomes – Commissioner
Fri 27 Feb 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government’s push to simplify local government is "deeply flawed" and has been launched without a clear understanding of which functions must remain regional, according to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
Gisborne leads NZ in solar battery uptake as resilience drives demand
Wed 4 Mar 2026
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Battery storage is rapidly moving from add-on to mainstream in New Zealand’s residential solar market, with 2025 data showing stark regional differences in uptake, according to new analysis.
Govt's solar on farms initiative to cut costs, boost resilience
17 Feb 2026
Farms across Aotearoa will begin installing solar panels and battery systems as part of a government-backed demonstration programme designed to test whether on-farm renewable energy can reduce electricity costs and improve energy security for the food and fibre sector.
Annual emissions fell to lowest in 15 years in Sept 2025
5 Feb 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions fell to their lowest annual total in the year to September 2025 since records began 2010, according to Statistics New Zealand data published this morning.
Air NZ joins Marsden Point SAF project
Tue 3 Mar 2026
By Pattrick Smellie | Air New Zealand has quietly added its name to a consortium exploring the viability of green hydrogen production for sustainable aviation fuel at Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point energy hub.
Tairāwhiti needs proper Govt support to heal the land – not empty announcements for political optics
24 Feb 2026
OPINION: The Government’s answer to Tairāwhiti’s severe erosion crisis – that the region apply for modest, contestable funding rounds – while rejecting the region's own land transition business case, leaves our long-term resilience hanging in the balance, writes Manu Caddie.
Kiwi startup takes on global plastic pollution
12 Feb 2026
A New Zealand startup is launching what it says is the world’s first plastic-free effervescent drink tablet, with the ambitious aim of eliminating bottled beverages to reduce global plastic pollution.
