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Solid energy assessing coal-to-transport fuel scheme
20 Jun 2008
Solid Energy is in the assessment phase of a scheme to convert lignite into premium transport fuels.
Tree planting will have little effect on carbon - report
20 Jun 2008
A Ministry for the Environment report predicts forestry’s new planting levels will have a minimal impact on New Zealand’s overall carbon account situation for the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol - regardless of whether afforestation occurs at a rate of zero, 5000 or 20,000ha per annum.
BP enlists NZ in tallow-to-transport fuel refining
20 Jun 2008
BP is turning tallow into biofuels in an Australasian–wide development.
Auckland can cope with increased public transport use
20 Jun 2008
Auckland’s transport network is ready for a big swing to public transport as fuel prices continue to soar to new heights, says the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA)’s communications manager, Sharon Hunter.
Climate change benefactors are nation's top high-tech exporters
20 Jun 2008
The proprietor of New Zealand’s little-known but most-advanced technology manufacturer is also one of this country’s leading philanthropists in the field of climate change research.
Pike River coal manages emissions and looks forward to price increases
20 Jun 2008
Pike River Coal is poised to take advantage of demand from Japan that will double the price of coking coal in the next year alone, says McDouall Stuart which acted as lead manager for Pike River Coal’s 2007 IPO and 2008 rights issue.
Letter to the editor: 'Carbon dioxide pollution'
20 Jun 2008
Noting your story this morning (June 17) about CO2 emissions in China, I can assume, therefore, that no one at Carbon News drinks champagne or other sparkling wines, beer or fizzy drinks, because their bubbles are CO2, and you wouldn't want to be caught drinking a "pollutant" would you?
ETS will deliver $1 billion plus power subsidy for heavy emitters over 10 years
18 Jun 2008
Major industrial emitters are to receive well over a billion dollars in subsidies from ordinary consumers for power they buy over the next ten years.
Extreme low hydro inflows reduces TrustPower's profit outlook
18 Jun 2008
The New Zealand major hydro storage lakes have been as low as 49% and are currently 55% of average for this time of the year and the electricity industry has commenced a nationwide power savings campaign.
Environment Commissioner supports amended ETS bill
18 Jun 2008
New Zealand must implement an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), says Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. “It’s the most efficient way for New Zealand to adjust to a carbon-constrained future.”
Lights out for the incandescent bulb
18 Jun 2008
The traditional incandescent light bulb is on its way out, as part of a strategy for more energy efficient lighting announced today by Energy Minister David Parker and Government Spokesperson on Energy Efficiency and Conservation Jeanette Fitzsimons.
Marine leeches provide clues on climate change
18 Jun 2008
Elusive marine leeches in Antarctica are the focus of study on how climate change is affecting vulnerable fish species.
Peters key as Clark counts ETS heads and comes up one short
17 Jun 2008
Inter-party lobbying has begun in earnest on the emissions trading scheme, with National and Labour wooing the minor parties and a planned meeting between the Greens and New Zealand First cancelled as Winston Peters takes control of his party’s position.
Steel-maker going to Government over ETS
17 Jun 2008
New Zealand Steel is heading for talks with the Government on the emissions trading scheme, saying that it still has serious concerns about the medium-to-long-term impact the scheme could have on its Glenbrook steel mill.
ETS amendments tinkering around the edges for forestry sector
17 Jun 2008
Forest owners will take little comfort from proposed amendments to the Climate Change (Emissions Tradings and Renewable Preference) Bill which were reported back from the finance and expenditure committee yesterday.
Government forestry policies costly mistake, say owners
17 Jun 2008
New Zealand’s national carbon accounts could be up to $1.5 billion worse off in the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol than if the Government’s policies had encouraged levels of new plantings consistent with those of the 1990s, according to financial modelling by Peter Clark, climate change spokesman for the New Zealand Forest Owners’ Association and chief executive of PF Olsen Ltd.
Big numbers scupper Kiwi electric car ambitions
17 Jun 2008
A breathtaking UK costing for getting an electric vehicle to the marketplace has thwarted New Zealand entrepreneur and engineer Ian Macrae’s plans to manufacture electric vehicles here.
Environmental sceptics overwhelmingly politicised, says study
17 Jun 2008
A review of environmental skepticism literature from the past 30 years has found that the vast majority of skeptics, often identified as independent, are directly linked to politically oriented, conservative think tanks.
ETS back in Parliament
16 Jun 2008
The emissions trading scheme is back before Parliament, with new proposals to widen the allocation of free credits and to allow lower-emitters into the scheme.
National's full minitory report on ETS bill
16 Jun 2008
National has released its miniority report on the ETS bill.
The Bill in full
16 Jun 2008
The 328 page emissios trading bill has been reported back to Parliament.
Business Council: Changes soften way for ETS, reach limit of public acceptance
16 Jun 2008
Recommended changes to the emissions trading bill as reported back will protect New Zealand industry from any unfair offshore competition and probably push assistance to major emitters to the limit of public acceptance
ACT: Don't recycle the bill, dump it
16 Jun 2008
ACT Leader Rodney Hide today labelled the Emissions Trading Scheme tabled in Parliament a costly mistake that will costs jobs and undermine New Zealand's standard of living.
ETS uncertainty deterring large InterCity investment
13 Jun 2008
InterCity is frustrated that New Zealand’s proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS) will act as a disincentive for it to reduce emissions and continue to operate a low emissions fleet.
Telling report appears on EU scheme on eve of NZ ETS bill debate
13 Jun 2008
The EU emissions trading scheme works “surprisingly well” and has little or no negative impact on the overall European economy, a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan management School study shows.
Big-spending business votes to buy green, says country can't risk going slow on climate change
13 Jun 2008
New Zealand can't afford to run the strategic risks involved in delaying climate change management - "simply to placate those who must adjust most, or resist adjustment”, business people in Auckland were told yesterday.
No carbon invoices, says Hyde
13 Jun 2008
Act Party leader Rodney Hyde is ruling out a policy of individual invoices for a carbon flat-tax.
Changes at Carbon News
13 Jun 2008
Carbon News from next week will publish two-in-depth editions a week.
Another major breakthrough: Cashew-nut oil might cut animal emissions
13 Jun 2008
There has been another advance in the battle to reduce methane-gas emissions from animals.
Backroom deal guts agricultural targets: Greens
13 Jun 2008
A backroom deal between the Government and the agriculture sector has gutted the industry's voluntary emissions targets and directly contradicts Government policy, according to Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.
Plea to lighten up on the car industry
13 Jun 2008
Cars are being unfairly picked on in the debate over greenhouse-gas emissions, says a leading player in the luxury car market.
Cut out the conflict says (forgetful?) Fed Farmers
13 Jun 2008
Federated Farmers is appealing for more dialogue and less confrontation on environmental issues.
New animal id and tracing system launched
13 Jun 2008
A comprehensive animal identification and traceability system is essential for maintaining international credibility for our food exports, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said yesterday.
Forestry owners: Ministers claim of liabilities warning not true
13 Jun 2008
Claims by forestry minister Jim Anderton on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report yesterday that land owners were warned five years ago of potential deforestation liabilities are not correct, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association said yesterday.
Kiwis cut power use 2%, advertisements and rain now due
13 Jun 2008
The Winter Power Group advised today that television advertisements encouraging consumers to become ‘powersavers’ will begin this Sunday 15 June.
Unique cross-sector roundtable forms to discuss sustainable agriculture
13 Jun 2008
Key participants in the Conflict in Paradise Conference, being held in Auckland yesterday, agreed to establish a unique roundtable group to work to find ways of making New Zealand agriculture more sustainable.
Hydro lakes at their lowest this year
13 Jun 2008
National Party Energy spokesman Gerry Brownlee says for the sake of the country he hopes the forecast heavy rains make a real difference to the southern hydro lakes this week.
Fonterra refuses to rush into gas-reducing nitrogen inhibitors
12 Jun 2008
Fonterra says that it won't promote greenhouse-gas reducing nitrogen inhibitors on farms until they are internationally recognised.
Heavy emitters' bull turned loose in Maori Party's china shop
12 Jun 2008
The heavy emitters' organisation yesterday launched a public attack on the Maori Party in a move which might indicate it has given up on getting the party's support to delay the ETS bill.
Stop the climate change talking and do something, says Skilling
12 Jun 2008
New Zealand is skirting around the issues and failing to reach the consensus needed to deal with climate change, says the New Zealand Institute.
NZ Wood urges caution over concrete carbonisation claims
12 Jun 2008
The forestry industry body NZ Wood says that the concrete industry needs to be realistic about its claims about concrete’s ability to absord CO2 revealed in Carbon News report yesterday.
ACT working on individual carbon tax?
12 Jun 2008
ACT will cover the ETS debate in Parliament with the concept of individual invoices for a carbon flat tax.
Kaipara marine energy plan worries fishermen
12 Jun 2008
More than half the 121 objectors to Crest Energy’s Kaipara Harbour tidal energy project say they are worried about the impact the project will have on fishing.
Push for wider use of geothermal energy, using "low heat" resources
12 Jun 2008
New Zealanders will have more opportunity to use heat energy drawn directly from the ground in the future as a result of research being led by GNS Science.
Smart software solution to help farmers meet Kyoto obligations
12 Jun 2008
A software solution developed by MAF, AgResearch and FertResearch will enable farmers across the country to accurately estimate their greenhouse gas emissions.
US$100m, 20MW roof-top solar power plan detailed
12 Jun 2008
More details have come out about US company Duke Energy’s $100 million investment in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels.
British companies unveil £2bn carbon reduction plans
12 Jun 2008
Britain's largest energy and industrial companies have announced that they are looking at the possibility of implementing a £2 billion plan to capture carbon and store it in caverns.
O'Reilly: No excuse for faltering energy supply
12 Jun 2008
Secure electricity supply is fundamental for business and there’s no excuse for the current faltering supply, says Business NZ.
AgResearch Chairman Rick Christie departs
12 Jun 2008
Rick Christie announced yesterday that after two three-year terms as AgResearch Chairman he would step down from the role on June 30 to tackle his increased workload elsewhere.
Govt rushes to pass climate law changes under urgency
Wed 10 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | Legislation to amend the Climate Change Response Act was introduced to Parliament on Monday, and the government intends to rush the changes through under urgency in the next two weeks, avoiding the usual public consultation.
Market rewards firming over renewables in gentailer split
3 Dec 2025
A clearer valuation divide is emerging across the gentailer sector, with the market increasingly rewarding companies positioned for flexibility and firming rather than renewable build-out.
More than $2m up for grabs for low-emissions farming innovation
Wed 10 Dec 2025
The Ag Emissions Centre and AgriZeroNZ yesterday opened their 2026 innovation investment round.
Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions
Wed 10 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.
Christchurch Airport boasts world-first liquid-hydrogen refuelling for test aircraft
30 Oct 2025
By Liz Kivi | Local companies working on hydrogen-electric flight have made ‘a significant step forward’ in successfully filling aviation tanks with liquid hydrogen produced and stored on-site at an international airport for the first time.
Uncertainty eroding confidence in forestry sector
Fri 5 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Warnings are mounting that tree planting is set to plunge to “very close to zero”, as new Ministry for Primary Industries data shows ETS registration applications falling sharply as confidence in forestry declines.
Investors must support positive climate-tech
28 Nov 2025
OPINION: We need better leadership than the current ‘climate opportunism’ that is rife in the Beehive, and we need to back a marketplace that will make it happen, writes Rob Campbell.
