Changing climate law to prevent civil cases removes a key protection for NZ citizens
By Bjørn-Oliver Magsig and Graeme Austin, The Conversation
The government’s plan to change the law to bar claims for harms from greenhouse gas emissions shuts down New Zealand’s most important climate tort case, meaning it will never be decided on its merits.

Govt takes one step forward, three steps back on environment policies

By Marc Daalder, Newsroom
A nature credits scheme on Monday, praised by environmentalists, gave way to several moves denounced by eNGOs just 24 hours later.

Farmers should be paid to use methane-busting tools - agritech leaders

By Kate Newton, RNZ
Farmers need to be paid to start using methane-busting technology in their herds and on their land, agri-climate leaders say.

On Pauline Hanson’s rise, and the TOP renaissance

By Gordon Campbell
Routinely in politics, there is a double standard for outrage. The same people who regarded Jacinda Ardern as a jackbooted tyrant seem to be quite unruffled by National riding roughshod over both local democracy (e.g. Chris Bishop’s “If you don’t [amalgamate], we’ll do it for you” message to councils) and also over the public’s ability to sue corporates for compensation over climate change pollution.

Almost none of NZ's solar pipeline is firmed, without the firming much of that pipeline wont get built, nor will we get much of the system benefits

By Duane Fernande
Why NZ's 1.95 GW of consented utility solar needs co-located batteries from day one, what it costs not to do that, and the policy intervention that fixes it.

Human nature and the climate crisis

By Graham Townsend
We’re failing outreach – preaching to the converted is a waste of time.