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Don Elder

Government disputes $80b 'carbon tax' windfall claim

9 May 2008

The Government is disputing a suggestion by Solid Energy chief Don Elder that it could stand to make $80 billion from New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme.

ANALYSIS: Will Don Elder today spell out his dream for New Zealand?

9 May 2008

What did Don Elder hope to achieve by assuming a carbon price of $200 per tonne and almost nil-emissions reduction – to produce a result showing the Government could make a surplus of up to $80 billion from its emissions trading scheme?

Petrify, liquefy: New ways to bury greenhouse gas

9 May 2008

Turn greenhouse gases to stone? Transform them into a treacle-like liquid deep under the seabed? The ideas may sound like far-fetched schemes from an alchemist's notebook, but scientists are pursuing them as many countries prepare to bury captured greenhouse gases in coming years as part of the fight against global warming.

EXCLUSIVE: Top Fletcher officers played key role in ETS policy switch

8 May 2008

Highly reliable sources have told Carbon News that two senior Fletcher Building executives, Jonathan Ling and Hans Buwalda, were the key players in successfully lobbying Climate Change Minister David Parker for major changes to the emissions trading scheme, announced on Tuesday.

Mark Weldon

NZX chief: Here's our big chance to impress the Americans

8 May 2008

New Zealand has a chance to build a strong relationship with the United States over greenhouse-gas emissions trading by being the first country to bring agriculture and forestry into the scheme, says NZX chief Mark Weldon.

Big players put cases to ETS select committee

8 May 2008

The select committee hearing submissions on the emissions trading bill is in for an interesting day today, with energy producers, users and lobbyists lining up to make submissions.

Capital developer creating ‘first true green building’

8 May 2008

Leading restoration developer Ian Cassells is highlighting New Zealand’s “phony” approach to green building by developing the country’s first office-as-a-village, which will eliminate car emissions by having people live, work and play in the same place.

Roger Dickie ... few new forests will be planted

Government ETS moves will batter forestry Kyoto credit values

7 May 2008

Forest owners expect the value of their hard-won Kyoto carbon credits to plummet as a result of yesterday’s announced changes to the emissions trading scheme, with the likely result that few new forests will be planted.

Mark Weldon

Stock exchange chief looks to the futures

7 May 2008

NZX chief Mark Weldon says that changes to the timetable for implementation of the emissions trading scheme will move demand from a spot market to a futures market.

Nick Smith ... we can wait

Non-committal Nats happy to play the waiting game

7 May 2008

National says it is carefully avoiding “running the politics” on climate change and won’t finalise its climate-change policy until at least July, when it sees Australia’s proposals.

Jeanette Fitzsimons

Government allies vent their anger

7 May 2008

Government moves to delay the impact of the emissions trading scheme on big-business and motorists have earned anger from allies, with the Green Party threatening to pull its support.

Political considerations driving the wrong choices

Pandering, polluting, unprincipled – and popular

7 May 2008

ANALYSIS – The Government yesterday gave control over New Zealand’s transport fuel emissions to the offshore oil markets.

Changes not enough, NZ Steel tells government

7 May 2008

New Zealand Steel will today tell the Government that it still wants an exemption from the emissions trading scheme - despite Government moves yesterday to soften the impact of the scheme on big emitters.

Nigel Brunel ... buy now

Heavy-emitters should buy now, says carbon trader

6 May 2008

New Zealand’s top 200 greenhouse-gas heavy emitters should be buying carbon credits now to protect against likely price rises as the emission trading scheme starts to kick in, says a leading leading carbon trader.

Unions, company worried about ETs-induced job losses at steel mill

6 May 2008

Unions say they are concerned about the potential impact of the emissions trading scheme on the Glenbrook Steel mill, and say that the potential impact on jobs and manufacturing capacity needs to be considered.

Food exporters need help measuring carbon footprint

6 May 2008

The poster-guys of New Zealand’s carbon-neutral scene, Marlborough’s Grove Mill winery, say that Government support is needed if New Zealand exporters are to be ready to counteract growing Northern Hemisphere perceptions that buying our food is bad for the climate.

NZ Steel's Glenbrook mill ... will say it will lose $60m a year under ETS

ETS hearings hit Auckland

6 May 2008

Hearings into the proposed emissions trading scheme move to Auckland tomorrow, with Air New Zealand, Greenpeace, Fletcher Building, the Maori Council and New Zealand Steel among those lining up to tell the politicians what they think if it.

Nick Smith .. a raft of polices looking "shaky"

Change in policies and pace call after Kyoto bill breaks billion dollar barrier

6 May 2008

Government is being urged to more quickly adopt emission-cutting policies, like public transport and home insulation, to help avert part of the now billion dollar Kyoto climate change bill, while National is calling for "a new direction".

Californian coastal redwoods

Forest giant could be carbon-saving crop of the future

5 May 2008

Foresters wanting to cash in on the carbon trading regime are being told to think Californian coastal redwoods.

Nation’s biggest newspaper comes out for Forum advice on emissions trading scheme

5 May 2008

ANALYSIS: The New Zealand Herald today came out in support for the emissions trading scheme course advocated in advice to the Government last week by the powerful Climate Change Leadership Forum.

ETS threatens viability of $400m plant, says cement maker

5 May 2008

The emissions trading scheme threatens the viability of a planned $US400 million cement plant which would actually reduce overall greenhouse-gas emissions, warns cement manufacturer Holcim New Zealand.

Ian Twomey

NZ expert sees third way for troubled biofuels

5 May 2008

From economic saviour to planet disaster, biofuels have had a whirlwind public relations ride.

$200,000 grant backs computer collection scheme

5 May 2008

A community collection scheme for keeping end-of-life home computers out of landfills has been backed by a $200,000 grant from the Government’s Sustainable Management Fund.

Charlie Pedersen ... it's time

'Enemies' unite in plea for leadership on climate change

2 May 2008

Two lobbyists usually found on opposite sides came together last night in a call for national leadership, co-operation and unity on climate change for the sake of all New Zealanders.

Crest Energy ready to power up the Kaipara

2 May 2008

Crest Energy plans to construct a marine turbine power generation plant in the Kaipara Harbour. The scheme will encompass around 200 completely submerged marine tidal turbines near the entrance to the harbour.

Waihopai spy base intact

Waihopai attack might hurt big global warming probe

2 May 2008

The attack on the satellite earth station at Waihope, near Blenheim, could have imperiled New Zealand participation in what many believe to be the most sensitive and complex scientific study of global warming.

Halal butcher

Exporter: Food miles ploy major threat to UK halal meat trade

2 May 2008

Meat exporter Dr Haj Mohamed Samy Abdel-Al believes that the food miles syndrome underpins criticism in Britain of halal foods from New Zealand.

Tree-mendous ... Charles to check on our forests

2 May 2008

Internal Affairs officials are in the early planning stages for a visit by the Prince of Wales and they have been advised by their UK counterparts it will be all business, rainforest business.

NZIER sets cat among political pigeons

1 May 2008

Two days after being revealed exclusively by Carbon News, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research’s (NZIER’s) report into the costs of the Government’s planned emissions trading scheme (ETS) is sending shock-waves through Parliament.

Local Government NZ chief executive Eugene Bowen

Emissions-trading impacts on regional agenda

1 May 2008

Worried regional leaders gathering in Wellington tonight will discuss a report that predicts some far-flung regions will be hardest hit by the emissions trading scheme.

Cheaper for government to pick up greenhouse-gas tab

1 May 2008

A private research company says that it would be cheaper to have the Government paying for greenhouse-gas emissions than using an emissions trading scheme.

Dr Layton ... not saying where other funding is coming from

NZIER refuses to disclose who is paying for its ETS report

1 May 2008

The NZIER will not say who is funding its latest report on the possible impacts of the emissions trading scheme.

ETS impact ‘like a major war’ – Act leader Hide

1 May 2008

The Government’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) will have the economic impact of a major war, according to Act Party leader Rodney Hide.

ANALYSIS: What you are not hearing from the NZIER and heavy emitters

1 May 2008

The NZIER appears to expect a New Zealand Government to carry on regardless with an all-sectors, all-gases emissions trading scheme for 17 years – if the rest of the country’s competitors do not.

Most people are worried about the environment.

Worried about the environment

1 May 2008

The quest to find solutions to climate change is being hampered by public confusion over the difference between climate change and general environmental issues, warns a social trends researcher.

Vehicle exhaust emissions to be put to the test

1 May 2008

Testing will begin today to ensure all vehicles entering New Zealand meet tough new exhaust emissions standards.

Orangutan ... in danger

Are our cattle killing the orangutan?

1 May 2008

Greenpeace is accusing the dairy sector of environmental irresponsibility after the Green Party revealed the sector is contributing to tropical rainforest destruction by importing huge quantities of palm kernel for cattle feed.

Economist Dr Geoff Bertram

NEW REPORT: 'households, road users and SMEs' carry multi-billion ETS bill

30 Apr 2008

All sectors of the economy should come into the emissions trading scheme at the same time to avoid the “huge transfer of wealth” that will be the result of the proposed scheme, says the New Zealand Sustainability Council in a report out today.

David Parker

Lines companies can’t duck thermal ban - Parker

30 Apr 2008

Lines companies will not be able to buck the Government’s ban on new thermal power generation despite the Electricity Industry Reform Amendment Bill (EIRA) seeming to give them that option, Climate Change Minister David Parker has told Carbon News.

Minister reveals emissions trading scheme to cut emissions by 11%

30 Apr 2008

Climate Change Minister David Parker this morning revealed the Government expects its emissions trading scheme to cut emissions by 11% by 2012.

CTU economist Peter Conway

Tread carefully with jobs, say unions

30 Apr 2008

Unions are calling for a managed labour-market transition to carbon charging to avoid widespread job losses and pay cuts.

Tesco's new carbon label on food

Tesco launches carbon footprint labels

30 Apr 2008

Major UK supermarket chain Tesco overnight launched carbon food labels, in a move which could have long-term implications for New Zealand suppliers.

Hutt hi-tech could ground overhead pylons fears

30 Apr 2008

Super-conducting technologies developed in the Hutt Valley could sidestep popular fears about overhead pylon transmission.

ETS will lead to more forests and cleaner air and water

30 Apr 2008

New Zealand’s emissions-trading and other climate-change laws will lead to more forests, better air and water quality and a slowing of damaging farming and fishing practices, but could also lead to increased pressure on the environment and some initial impacts on human health, according to new advice to the Government.

NZIER chief Brent Layton

Leaked report says ETS will cost jobs, cut wages

29 Apr 2008

Wage cuts of $2.30 an hour, 22,000 lost jobs and a cost of households of up to $5000 a year are among the predictions contained in a report into the economic impact of the emissions trading scheme, Carbon News has learnt.

Neilson ... more work to do, including scoping business growth resulting from ETS

High-powered leadership group endorses emissions trading scheme

29 Apr 2008

A high-powered group of business and community leaders has endorsed the concept of an emissions-trading scheme in New Zealand as a way of managing and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, saying the impact on the economy will be minimal.

Stephen Tindall .. real leadership while others forecast the "death of the economy"

ANALYSIS: At last commonsense leadership on the ETS is heard above vested interest

29 Apr 2008

Did we last night see an agreed whole-of-New Zealand view emerge on the emissions trading scheme?

Snapper ... will the warmer weather drive it south?

Work starts to model climate change's impact on NZ fisheries

29 Apr 2008

New Zealand's fisheries managers are keeping a weather eye on the impacts that climate change might have on our oceans and fish stocks.

CarboNZero for small enterprises a hit

29 Apr 2008

Small businesses are as keen - if not keener – than large companies to go carbon neutral, if response to New Zealand’s first internationally-accredited scheme for small businesses is anything to go by.

Wholesale electricity prices fall on last month

29 Apr 2008

Wholesale electricity prices were last week down compared with a month ago.

Politics
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Debanking debate heats up as deadline looms for submissions on NZ First bill

Today 10:30am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The debate over so-called “woke banking” is back in the spotlight as the deadline approaches for public input on NZ First’s Debanking Bill.

Energy
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SolarZero liquidation complex - but sale possible

Today 10:30am

It will likely take a long time to sort out the complexities around the liquidation of SolarZero, with a series of claims against the company adding to the myriad complexities in arrangements set up to manage its contracts and obligations.

Agriculture
More Agriculture >
Climate change and energy minister Simon Watts announcing the solar package at Fieldays

Flurry of govt announcements at Fieldays

12 Jun 2025

The government has come up with a solar energy package for farms, a new grass-fed certification scheme for meat and dairy, and a supplier agreement for carpets in new state homes - all part of the annual flurry of politicians’ Fieldays announcements.

Carbon emissions
More Carbon emissions >

Mangroves' overlooked climate role

Mon 30 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand’s mangrove forests are pulling tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year, yet their climate benefits remain unrecognised in national emissions reporting.

Transport
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How flying can be a climate solution

16 Jun 2025

By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan - Planetary Ecology | How can aviation contribute to tackling climate change when no practicable technology-based solutions are on the horizon?

Forestry
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Bill to limit farm-to-forest conversions passes first reading

Fri 27 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The government's bill aiming to limit farm-to-forestry conversions in the Emissions Trading Scheme passed its first reading in Parliament this week, however concerns were raised over rushing it through under urgency, with less than two weeks allowed for public submissions.

Business
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IRD will stop using wetland destruction in ‘how-to’ for claiming expenses

Fri 27 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Environmental organisation Forest & Bird has welcomed the Inland Revenue’s decision to stop using wetland destruction as an example of a tax-deductible agricultural expense in future guidance.

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