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Nats refuse to commit at Cancun, say Greens
10 Dec 2010
The Green Party says it is deeply disturbed by the New Zealand Government’s statement yesterday that it will not commit to specific greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets unless it gets its way on "dubious" forestry rule changes.
Why carbon can mean money for Maori
3 Dec 2010
The Emissions Trading Scheme will deliver more money to Maori than the entire Treaty of Waitangi envelope, says a former All Black captain.
NZ at heart of Cancun row over tree carbon
3 Dec 2010
New Zealand is at the centre of a row at the Cancun climate change talks over proposals to adjust the way in which carbon is accounted for in trees.
Cancun will learn why Kiwi way is the best
3 Dec 2010
New Zealand’s home-grown method of accounting for the carbon in forests is to be held up at the Cancun climate change talks as a model to other countries – especially those in the developing world.
We must change our thinking, says think tank
3 Dec 2010
New Zealand needs to change its thinking if it wants to get a competitive advantage from shifting to a low-carbon economy, says New Zealand Institute director Dr Rick Boven.
Memo businesses: Get the message or you're history
3 Dec 2010
Companies that fail to “get” sustainability risk becoming as dead as buggy-whip makers.
ETS should be suspended, says NZ First
3 Dec 2010
New Zealand First is reassessing its position on climate change policy – and says that the Emissions Trading Scheme should be put on hold.
Aquaflow links with US firm in energy move
3 Dec 2010
New Zealand’s Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation is joining forces with a Californian company to develop next-generation technology to produce low-cost renewable energy and chemicals.
Cancun: The electricity isn't there
3 Dec 2010
John Carnegie, BusinessNZ’s manager for energy, environment and infrastructure, is a member of the New Zealand Government's official delegation to the international climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico. He reports on progress in the opening days of the Cancun conference:
Act now or face more droughts, warn Greens
3 Dec 2010
New Zealand can expect more droughts and erosion if no progress is made in climate change talks under way in Cancun, the Green Party says.
Cancun should show up our ETS, says ACT
3 Dec 2010
The Climate Change Conference in Cancun might be nothing more than a meaningless and actionless talkfest, but it does have one saving grace – it should show the National Government how foolhardy it would be to continue forging ahead with its Emissions Trading Scheme, the ACT Party says.
Downer tip: How to cut your fuel bill by $3m
26 Nov 2010
A company that cut its fuel bill by $3 million in two years and is drastically reducing the amount of energy used in its industrial processes has taken out the supreme award in the EECA energy efficiency awards announced last night.
We've got politicians thinking, say Greens
26 Nov 2010
A cross-party conference in Parliament has put sustainable economics on the road to becoming mainstream thinking, says the Green Party.
Top dairy farmers to talk sustainability
26 Nov 2010
Driving greater resource use efficiency on dairy farms and food security will be key themes at a sustainability forum for award-winning dairy farmers in Hamilton at the end of this month.
EECA 1 - bioenergy all the rage
26 Nov 2010
The 2010 EECA Awards have been dominated by bioenergy in various forms – showing an increasing interest from Kiwi businesses in new forms of renewable energy.
EECA 2 - top honours to Te Kuiti
26 Nov 2010
A small earth-moving and transport company from Te Kuiti was praised for "putting larger peers to shame’"when it took top honours in the transport category in the 2010 EECA Awards last night.
EECA 3 - pig-power in Taranaki
26 Nov 2010
Taranaki pig farmer Steve Lepper has found an original source of electricity – his own pigs.
EECA 4 - two crowns for Christchurch
26 Nov 2010
Its innovative use of bioenergy and its highly efficient civic building have won Christchurch City Council two trophies in the 2010 EECA Awards.
UK opening for turbines excites Windflow
19 Nov 2010
Moves by the British Government to encourage the development of small-scale renewable energy through feed-in tariffs are a golden opportunity to get into that market, says New Zealand’s Windflow Technology.
Public begins to question free carbon credits
19 Nov 2010
Public support for free carbon credits to help trade-exposed businesses and farmers to adjust to a price on carbon is falling.
Farmers must come first, says Dairy group
19 Nov 2010
Farmers must be the point of obligation if agriculture does come into the Emissions Trading Scheme on schedule, the dairy industry group DairyNZ says.
What Nick Smith said to farmers
19 Nov 2010
Comments by Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith to Federated Farmers this week on the prospect of delaying agriculture's entry into the Emissions Trading Scheme have caused a minor media flurry.
Farming call vital for forests, says scientist
19 Nov 2010
Keeping agriculture out of the Emissions Trading Scheme beyond 2015 will affect forestry planting levels, warns a forestry expert.
ETS leading to farm subsidies, warns Fed head
19 Nov 2010
Foresters should be growing trees for wood, not carbon storage subsidies, says Federated Farmers.
LanzaTech to work on jet fuel development
19 Nov 2010
New Zealand's LanzaTech is to work with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on converting some of LanzaTech’s products to drop-in jet fuel.
How would YOU answer Suzuki's five questions for NZ?
12 Nov 2010
David Suzuki wants to ask New Zealand business some questions.
Well, look who's talking sustainability ...
12 Nov 2010
The fact that both National and Labour are taking part in a conference in Parliament today to discuss building sustainability into the economy shows the idea is catching on, organisers say.
Dairying gets head around the environment
12 Nov 2010
A significant awareness of environmental issues is emerging in the international dairy industry, Fonterra says.
Groser leads NZ to exclusive Washington forum
12 Nov 2010
New Zealand is to take part in a meeting of the world’s 17 largest carbon-emitting countries.
ETS not the way to go, says FedFarm
12 Nov 2010
Federated Farmers has launched another assault on the Emissions Trading Scheme.
NZ teams with Australia and Brazil for Cancun
5 Nov 2010
The forestry industries of New Zealand, Brazil and Australia will join forces at the Cancun international climate change negotiations next month to push the climate change-beating potential of plantation forestry.
NZ lends helping hand with Australian ETS
5 Nov 2010
New Zealand is helping Australia to work towards putting a price on carbon.
Mexico our latest clean-tech partner
5 Nov 2010
New Zealand and Mexico are working together on clean-tech development.
Asia seen as hub of renewable energy
5 Nov 2010
Asia will be at the forefront of the shift to renewable energy, says the organiser of a major industry conference.
NZ will talk up markets and forestry at Cancun
29 Oct 2010
Carbon markets and forestry accounting rules will be top of New Zealand’s agenda at Cancun.
We seem to have got ETS right, says Smith
29 Oct 2010
Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith says the fact that he’s being told the Emissions Trading Scheme is both too weak and too harsh probably means it is about right.
Judges reward maker of light systems
29 Oct 2010
Making energy-efficient lights has earned a Christchurch company the title of third-fastest growing business in the country.
Frankly speaking - Groser addresses Brazil conference
29 Oct 2010
The challenges of life as an international climate change negotiator have been revealed.
Sealord looks at ways to ease ETS costs
22 Oct 2010
Fishing giant Sealord is talking to its quota suppliers about how it can help to ease the financial impact of the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Carbon trade transparency key, says manager
22 Oct 2010
The carbon market needs to develop with predictable, transparent practices, says an electricity sector manager involved in buying forward carbon.
Manuka gets more muscle as a carbon crop
22 Oct 2010
Manuka has just become twice as attractive as a carbon crop.
Businesses now check out climate conditions
22 Oct 2010
Business is starting to factor climate change into decisions.
NZ wind turbine makes California breakthrough
22 Oct 2010
New Zealand's Windflow Technologies is to build two turbines in California.
Forest owners get positive ETS message from Government
19 Oct 2010
Land owners planting carbon forests say they have been assured that the Emissions Trading Scheme will survive when the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012.
First pre-1990 forest credits due ... millions to follow
15 Oct 2010
The first of millions of free carbon credits being given to the owners of pre-1990 forests have been allocated and will be issued any day.
Lawyers shoot down ETS secrecy clause
15 Oct 2010
The Official Information Act over-rides a confidentiality clause in the Emissions Trading Scheme legislation, according to MAF lawyers.
Wind power plays key role in Trade Me cuts
15 Oct 2010
Wind power and a few tonnes of gases given off by a city rubbish dump have allowed Trade Me to go carbon neutral.
Forest owners might get a carbon bonus
15 Oct 2010
Forest owners could be entitled to more carbon credits than they get now if the Government adopts a new system of working out carbon sequestration levels.
Recycling plant starves as glass goes to pave roads
15 Oct 2010
Auckland’s recycling system means that most of the city’s waste glass is becoming aggregate in roads instead of feeding a $84 million expansion of the country’s only glass recycling plant, the industry says.
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.
