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'Green’ car choices moving fleet market, though some execs still want the V6
9 Jun 2008
The public sector is leading the way in a definite shift towards fleets with lower carbon emissions, says FleetSmart’s business development manager, Christopher Young.
National prepared to gut emissions trading scheme
9 Jun 2008
National has once again proved it’s slippery on climate change, and will tell audiences whatever they think they want to hear, according to Climate Change Issues Minister David Parker.
Air NZ biofuel move will boost domestic demand, says BANZ
9 Jun 2008
The Bioenergy Association says Air New Zealand’s decision to test a biofuel for its planes will stimulate demand in New Zealand for biofuels in general - even if the national carrier is looking off-shore for its fuel.
Maker stands by Ecotube claims
9 Jun 2008
Ecotube-maker Bios Fuel says that the Consumers’ Institute didn’t test the exhaust-pipe device before panning it.
Note reveals China's central bank working on cap and trade scheme
9 Jun 2008
China's central bank has drawn up a tentative outline for a domestic emissions trading scheme that could cover everything from greenhouse gases to water pollutants, and speed the country's push for greener growth.
Guilt-free flying with carbon offsets - buyer beware
9 Jun 2008
FORUM: In this opinion peice an Australia Green Living blog contributor Chervil comments on the risks passengers are running in buying airlines' voluntary emission offets.
US cap and trade bill dies in the Senate
9 Jun 2008
A bill which would have introduced a cap and trade scheme in the US, died in the Senate with a 48 to 36 vote against allowing amendments to be read.
McCain: cap and trade will change the dynamic of US economy
9 Jun 2008
BACKGROUNDER.- The Republican presidential candidate claims he wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%. That is 20% less than Obama’s (or Clinton’s) 80% by 2050.
Air NZ criticised for biofuel choice
6 Jun 2008
New Zealand aviation biofuel pioneer Aquaflow says it would have hoped Air New Zealand would look onshore rather than opting for an exotic crop as the basis for its 2013 biofuel use target.
Greentick spends entire marketing budget on legal action to protect trademark
6 Jun 2008
New Zealand-owned international eco-label company Greentick is on the offensive over false use of its trademark green tick, saying it has diverted its entire marketing budget to the legal department.
Ace Rentals trialing clean-fuel device already subject to ConsumerNZ doubts
6 Jun 2008
One of the country's car rental firms announced yesterday it is trialing a device which is says is new and cuts nitrous oxide and particulate exhaust emissions. However, it did not say the Consumers Institute has already tested it and “doesn’t buy the spin”.
Clean energy attractive to investors
6 Jun 2008
International corporate responsibility expert Anne-Maree O’Connor is predicting that the shift to green investing is here to stay.
Garnaut says excluding petrol from Australian ETS "unwise"
6 Jun 2008
The economist advising the Australian Government on how to deal with climate change, Ross Garnaut, has suggested it would be unwise to exclude petrol from any emissions trading scheme.
Memo NZIER: Millions of workers will benefit from strong climate change action
6 Jun 2008
While the secretly funded study on the NZ ETS by the NZIER ignored job creation outcomes arising from climate change action, a new report in the US says millions of workers will benefit.
Greens caution against being diverted by promise of electric vehicles
6 Jun 2008
Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons cautions against overlooking more immediate emission reduction solutions for New Zealand’s light vehicle fleet because of a general enthusiasm for electric vehicles.
EU Parliament looks at rules for carbon capture and storage
6 Jun 2008
BACKGROUNDER: The International Energy Agency predict a 70% increase in coal burning by 2030.
AgResearch unveils world leading methane-measuring facility
6 Jun 2008
A world-leading facility for measuring methane emissions from sheep and cattle will help in New Zealand’s response to climate change and build on the country’s reputation as an international leader in pastoral agriculture.
Kitchen experiment leads to plastic bag recycling breakthrough
6 Jun 2008
A kitchen experiment has led a Christchurch (New Zealand) man to a solution for one of the world’s biggest environmental problems – how to dispose of the ubiquitous plastic shopping bag.
Food prices will remain high over next decade, UN report says
6 Jun 2008
In the next 10 years food prices will remain well above the levels of the last decade, according to a report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Business leaders: ETS fuels delay means incentives needed to buy electric and low-emision cars
6 Jun 2008
Business leaders yesterday welcomed a Carbon News report that Ministry of Transport officials are investigating options for incentives to encourage people to buy low-emission vehicles.
Contact's Otahuhu gas-fired plant out
6 Jun 2008
Contact Energy took its 400 megawatt Otahuhu B gas-fired power station near Auckland off line on Wednesday to repair a fault.
Funding talks underway to start New Zealand electric car industry
5 Jun 2008
EXCLUSIVE: New Zealand could soon be building its own electric cars.
Advisory group looking at incentives for electric vehicle buyers
5 Jun 2008
The Ministry of Transport’s Vehicle Energy and Renewables Group (VERG) is looking at ways of creating incentives for manufacturers to bring significant numbers of electric vehicles into New Zealand.
Progress on new climate change deal "extremely disconcerting" says UN leader
5 Jun 2008
The director of the UN’s Environment Programme describes current progress in negotiating a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Treaty as “extremely disconcerting”.
Ferrier meets Taylor on the question on taxpayers subsidising high earning farmers
5 Jun 2008
Fonterra CEO Andrew Ferrier and Environmental Defence Society chair Gary Taylor came togather yesterday for a blunt question and answer on taxpayers subsidising dairy farmer emissions.
PM: Significant risks to export industries without ETS and sustainability
5 Jun 2008
Prime Minister Helen Clark says she sees climate change as one of the biggest environmental and political challenges of our time and singificant risks to export industries if the country doesn't act to become more sustainable.
Maize silage makes the most of dairy effluent
5 Jun 2008
A project in the Waikato is developing options for dairy farmers concerned about nutrient management.
Widely varying figures on new jobs created by renewables
5 Jun 2008
Research on the number of "green jobs" being created by renewables sector growth are varying widely.
Lieberman: We've got a fight ahead of us on US ETS bill
5 Jun 2008
The senator behind the bill to introduce emissions trading in the US admits it is going to be a fight to get the 60 votes to shield it from the filibuster threat.
Heavy emitters group worries over carbon price
5 Jun 2008
Emissions unit prices of $50 a tonne are going to be a huge challenge for New Zealand businesses to absorb and remain profitable, according to the organisation representing heavy emitters.
Pernod Ricard New Zealand first winery to achieve five major international standards
5 Jun 2008
Pernod Ricard New Zealand (formerly Montana Wines) is the first wine company in New Zealand to achieve five top international industry standards relating to quality, environment, health and safety, for all its vineyards, wineries and packaging facility.
Crest Energy upbeat at close of Kaipara tidal energy consent hearings
4 Jun 2008
Crest Energy is upbeat in the wake of week-long planning hearings for their tidal energy project in the Kaipara Harbour.
Neptune’s non-notified consent a victory for innovation over caution
4 Jun 2008
Greater Wellington resource consent processing officer Raymond Chang has told Carbon News that the council’s decision not to notify Neptune Power’s resource consent application for their tidal energy project in Cook Strait was made so as not to “sink the boat” financially before the project had going.
ETS bill goes on the block today at select committee
4 Jun 2008
The shape of New Zealand's emissions trading scheme goes on the block today.
Climate Change Governator due in town
4 Jun 2008
Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was due in town today – by video link.
Anderton weighs into Greens again: Are they Arthur or Martha on dairy prices?
4 Jun 2008
Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton has made his scond strong attack in three days on the Greens.
Together we can change the world, says UN envrionmental head
4 Jun 2008
Four million new Zealanders alone cannot resolve the global warming programme, but can when they join with the world’s other 6.5 billion people, the head of the UN’s environmental programme said in Auckland last night.
Genesis loses Jackson to Gippsland utility corporation
4 Jun 2008
Genesis CEO Murray Jackson is leaving.
Australian Minister talks on ETS and fuel prices
4 Jun 2008
Australia's Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, has talked with The Sunday agenda programme on fuel prices and the proposed emissions trading scheme.
Transpower looks at possible new central North Island grid links for renewables
4 Jun 2008
Transpower has released its documentation for consultation on two investigation projects to facilitate the connection of renewable generation to the National Grid.
Overwhelming support for wind energy
4 Jun 2008
New research shows that New Zealanders overwhelming favour renewable energy for electricity generation.
Farmers calculate carbon emissions online
4 Jun 2008
The Carbon Farming Group has launched an easy to use, online calculator which enables farmers to identify how the Emissions Trading Scheme may affect them and their business.
ECCA figures on Kiwis and renewables
4 Jun 2008
75% of New Zealanders support marine energy as a future electricity generation option, according to research released by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).
Pike River tunnel reaches Hawera fault
4 Jun 2008
Pike River Coal Limited (Pike River) says the tunnel being driven to access the premium quality hard coking coal deposit has now reached the Hawera fault zone.
US farmers told they're in a sustainability race
4 Jun 2008
The sustainability message is being delivered through to US farmers.
Conference-bolstered Greens going to play hard ball on ETS
3 Jun 2008
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons has come away from the party’s annual conference at the weekend strengthened in her position to play hardball over the emissions trading scheme.
Forum assures committee: parliamentary process is parliamentary process
3 Jun 2008
The Government-appointed multi-sector Leadership Forum on Climate Change is not working as an alternative to the select committee process – and has told the select committee considering the emissions trading scheme so.
Farm level obligation possible in ETS bill
3 Jun 2008
The ETS bill is likely to be framed so individual farms can become the point of obligation to account for emissions.
Key reveals thoughts on "bastardised" ETS scheme to student blogger
3 Jun 2008
National leader John Key has referred to different credit phase out timelines for different sectors as “a bit of a bastardised way to develop an emissions trading scheme”.
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.
Funding first: Genesis reinforces the balance sheet
Today 12:00pm
Genesis Energy’s $400 million equity raise landed alongside a record first half, but the capital decision rather than the earnings headline is the more revealing signal about how the company intends to navigate the next phase of the build cycle.
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.
