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Journals not court is place for scientific debate - experts
20 Aug 2010
The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) faces a legal challenge by climate sceptics group the Climate Science Coalition which is taking the Crown Research Institute to court over the accuracy of its climate data.
Climate Science Coalition criticises Science Media Centre
20 Aug 2010
New Zealand Climate Science Coalition chairman Barry Brill has taken issue with comments gathered by the Science Media Centre relating to the case being taken to the High Court seeking invalidation of NIWA temperature records.
High Court asked to invalidate NIWA’s official NZ temperature record
20 Aug 2010
The High Court has been asked to invalidate the New Zealand official temperature record as promoted by the Crown Research Institute, Niwa.
Top Energy sells Fiji operation
20 Aug 2010
After almost four years operating in the Fiji Islands, local electricity generation and lines network company, Top Energy has announced it has sold its operations there.
Inaugural National Winner Features In 2011 Ballance Farm Environment Awards
20 Aug 2010
The announcement of a national winner will be a feature of the 2011 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Boardroom doesn't get it, says climate talks chief
13 Aug 2010
The business community has not yet got its head around the implications and opportunities of climate change, says the chair of the latest Australia New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference.
Kiwi ETS wins minister a rare bouquet
13 Aug 2010
Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith has had an unusual experience this week – he’s being feted for the Emissions Trading Scheme.
What Nick Smith said to transtasman business leaders
13 Aug 2010
This week Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith spoke at the 6th annual Climate Change and Business Conference, being held in Sydney. This is what he said:
The Carbon Traders 3: Wayne King, Carbon Market Solutions
13 Aug 2010
Wayne King has been behind some of the biggest carbon deals in New Zealand, but he got into the business almost by accident.
Tasman challenge: Cut emissions by 15 per cent
13 Aug 2010
Australia and New Zealand can cut their greenhouse gas emissions by at least 15 per cent by 2020 in economically beneficial ways, say business leaders at the 6th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference in Sydney.
Meridian to build huge Aussie wind farm
13 Aug 2010
Meridian has done another deal to build a wind farm in Australia.
How to avoid emissions reporting penalties
6 Aug 2010
Businesses entering the Emissions Trading Scheme should minimise the risk of heavy penalties for getting it wrong by getting their systems approved by officials, a lawyer is warning.
The Carbon Traders 2: Simon Young, Karo Group/EcoSecurities
6 Aug 2010
Simon Young got into carbon through his habit of studying a supply chain from go to whoa.
Coal-fired station predicts cut in emissions
6 Aug 2010
Genesis Energy – operator of the carbon-coughing Huntly coal-fired power station – says its emissions levels for the past financial year are down on the previous year.
Mighty River offers carbon deals to landowners
6 Aug 2010
Mighty River Power wants to do more deals with landowners for carbon credits.
Lightbulbs - so you think you know the difference
6 Aug 2010
A new experiment suggests that most New Zealanders can’t tell the difference between the light from convention lightbulbs and the new energy-efficient models – despite thinking that they can.
Fuel prices mainly unaffected by ETS
6 Aug 2010
Retail fuel prices remained virtually unchanged during July, despite the introduction of the Emissions Trading Scheme, says a petrol-price watchdog.
Now's the time to apply to farming fund
6 Aug 2010
The new funding round for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Sustainable Farming Fund is open.
Farm leader angers 'foreign-owned' foresters
30 Jul 2010
Federated Farmers have drawn the ire of foresters with a claim that “foreign-owned” forestry companies could destroy New Zealand’s rural economy by turning farmland into carbon forests.
US losing ground in clean-tech revolution
30 Jul 2010
The influence of the fossil fuel industry will probably cost the United States the chance to make the most of the new clean-tech economy, says a New Zealand commentator.
Credits due for pre-1990 forests
30 Jul 2010
Owners of pre-1990 forests can start applying for carbon credits from Sunday.
The Carbon Traders 1: Nigel Brunel, OMFinancial
30 Jul 2010
Nigel Brunel is not a typical greenie. In fact until recently, he would probably have been insulted to be called one. But then he discovered carbon, and started thinking about how putting a price on greenhouse gases could really change the world.
A nation run by cowards and thieves
30 Jul 2010
By Jeff Siegel. - Well, once again, politics have trumped progress.
No country for farmers? ... what Federated Farmers said on carbon forestry
30 Jul 2010
Twenty per cent of New Zealand's sheep and beef farms could be replaced by oxymoronic 'carbon forestry', if the ambitions of foreign owned carbon foresters and the Government are realised.
Official energy website wins award
30 Jul 2010
The government's Energywise website has won at an award at this Internet Industry Awards, held at Parliament this week.
Vector shows off first of new-tech solar systems
23 Jul 2010
The electricity distributor behind today’s launch of the country’s largest thin-film solar panel installation predicts such schemes will be commercially viable within three to five years.
Forget property, says pioneer, get into cleantech
23 Jul 2010
The man now leading plans for a national cleantech strategy wants to shift New Zealanders’ passion for property investment to the new economy.
NZ energy firm finds Aussie scheme profitable
23 Jul 2010
A New Zealand company is making money out of Australian schemes to improve energy efficiency.
Government releases energy update
23 Jul 2010
The Government has released draft updates of the country's Energy and Energy Efficiency And Conservation strategies.
Business leaders put muscle behind clean tech
16 Jul 2010
New Zealand will develop a clean-tech strategy to exploit what many business leaders believe is a multi-billion dollar opportunity for the country.
Rain and recession cut our pollution figures
16 Jul 2010
New Zealand’s emissions of greenhouse gases have fallen, thanks to rain and the recession.
Foresters: Farmers can't see wood for the trees
16 Jul 2010
The Emissions Trading Scheme makes farm forestry even more viable – but many farmers just don’t get it yet, says the Farm Forestry Association.
Big firms can now ask for free carbon allocations
9 Jul 2010
Applications for free carbon credits for trade-exposed heavy emitters are open at last – for some industries, at least.
Credits market growing, says carbon pioneer
9 Jul 2010
The man who was largely responsible for owners of post-1989 forests getting ownership of their Kyoto carbon credits says the market is building.
Soil saviour Flannery to tell our farmers how
9 Jul 2010
Australian scientist and environmentalist Tim Flannery is heading to New Zealand to push the idea of sequestering carbon in our soil.
'Bogus' food miles theory still a concern, says food council
9 Jul 2010
New Zealand's food exports could be affected by concern over food miles, despite research that shoots it to pieces, says the Food and Grocery Council.
Government spineless, say waste campaigners
9 Jul 2010
A group campaigning to reduce the amount of waste New Zealand produces says the Government has backed down on introducing a key tool to tackle industrial waste.
Businesses could carve $2b off energy bills
2 Jul 2010
New Zealand businesses could shave $2 billion off the country’s $16 billion annual energy bill – and cut the country’s Kyoto bill - by adopting some simple, relatively inexpensive measures.
Money-making Goldman Sachs points way to mass solar
2 Jul 2010
By Nick Hodge.- For all the perceived evil, you have to give them credit.... Goldman Sachs knows how to make money — lots of it.
Foresters seek timber imports safeguard
2 Jul 2010
Forest owners want New Zealand to follow the lead of the United States and require government confirmation that imported timber has been legally logged.
ETS free credits wrong, says watchdog
2 Jul 2010
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Jan Wright is continuing her opposition to big-emitting companies being given free carbon credits by the taxpayer.
We're doing our fair share, says Smith
2 Jul 2010
The entry of transport fuels, electricity and industry into the emissions trading scheme this week marks an important step in New Zealand doing its fair share on climate change, Climate Change Minister Nick Smith says.
Gull: We'll hold off ... at least for a week
2 Jul 2010
Independent fuel retailer Gull says it won't use the ETS to put up fuel prices - not until next week, at least.
FORUM: Half the story
2 Jul 2010
Terry Dunleavy, of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition, takes issue with a story in last Friday's Carbon News.
Sleepyhead awarded for green foam technology
2 Jul 2010
New Zealand bed manufacturer Sleepyhead has won a Green Ribbon Award for improving New Zealand's air quality through its multi-million investment in leading-edge technology to produce environmentally friendly foam.
Climate change key issue for new Australian leader
25 Jun 2010
Climate change will be the defining issue of the Australian election and could lead to a change of leadership in the Liberals as well, predicts New Zealand Labour's climate change spokesman.
We won't dump you in it, minister tells farmers
25 Jun 2010
Agriculture Minister David Carter is promising farmers they will not come into the Emissions Trading Scheme if New Zealand’s trading partners have not moved to cut their carbon emissions.
China deal opens huge market to NZ company
25 Jun 2010
A New Zealand company has signed a deal with China which it says opens the door to the world’s biggest steel manufacturing market.
Minister happy to talk to anyone ... or no one
25 Jun 2010
Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith will press ahead with public meetings on the Emissions Trading Scheme – even if not many people turn up.
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.
