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Wednesday - Ten years ago, greenhouse gas emissions from energy were up as gas and oil burnt for transport and heating cancelled out gains from renewable electricity production.

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Tuesday - Ten years ago, the Government was being accused of tokenism in its attempts to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transport.

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Monday - Ten years ago, the Government said it would use international Kyoto credits received in what’s known as the KP1 true-up to cover its emissions blow-out.

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Friday - Ten years ago, the government was under fire for its miserly donation to the global Green Climate Fund.

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31 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, Nanaia Mahuta, who was hoping to become leader of the Labour Party at the time, wanted to see the agriculture and climate change Cabinet portfolios to go to the same person.

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30 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, both the Labour Party and the National government at the time gave the climate change portfolio a low ranking.

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29 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, a group of influential business leaders welcomed Europe's new climate and energy deal.


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25 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, oil and coal producers in the United States were planning to use mile-long tanker trains to transport vast quantities of fossil fuels to the coast through areas that environmental...

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24 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, two New Zealand wind turbines set a world record for output. The world-champion turbines were among the 31 Vestas V90 turbines at Trustpower's Tararua wind farm.

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23 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, Sweden was named the world’s greenest country, while Iceland, Austria and Spain were greener than people may have thought. Mongolia was not very green at all, and the US, Australia and...

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22 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, The National Party started its new term in power with plans to encourage more oil exploration – despite burning fossil fuels being the single biggest cause of climate change.

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21 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, a group of influential business leaders welcomed Europe's new climate and energy deal.

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18 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, the United Nations warned growing urban areas would need better planned and better managed environments or risk exacerbating negative trends.

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17 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, a college town in southern Minnesota took action against the fracking industry that was booming amid America's drilling revolution.

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16 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, leading scientist Professor Ralph Sims, of Massey University, said New Zealand had no chance of meeting its 2020 emissions reduction target under current policies.

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15 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, a survey of New Zealanders revealed that Kiwis cared deeply about how their KiwiSaver funds were being invested, and that they wanted more sustainable KiwiSaver options.

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14 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin’s announcement it could make small-scale nuclear fusion power a reality in the next decade generated excitement in the media. Physicists, however,...

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11 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, a technique allowing wild fish to be landed live – and released if necessary – won the supreme title in the New Zealand Innovators' Awards.

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10 Oct 24 - Ten years ago, the European Commission agreed that Britain could subsidise building the world’s most expensive nuclear power station, despite previously believing that the deal broke the European...


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