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Today 10:30am - Ten years ago, new research showed waterways - including human drinking supplies - were being poisoned by excessive use of chemical fertilisers.

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Tuesday - Ten years ago, Finland launched a research centre for the refining of biomass into biochemicals as part of the country's drive to double its bio-economy, describing itself as a "bio-economy superpower".

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Monday - Ten years ago, figures showed that New Zealand was not planting enough trees to meet its climate change pledges, and carbon forestry expert Professor Euan Mason said the Government was to blame.

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Friday - Ten years ago, former prime minister and international environmental law expert Sir Geoffrey Palmer criticised Emissions Trading Scheme legislation as so full of "words, fishhooks and traps" that giving sound legal advice on it to businesses was almost impossible.

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5 Feb 25 - Ten years ago, British politicians signed a ground-breaking agreement on climate change, pledging to work together on "one of the most serious threats facing the world today".

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4 Feb 25 - Ten years ago, energy efficiency rules in California failed to cut energy consumption, suggesting that direct action is less effective than carbon pricing in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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3 Feb 25 - Ten years ago, New Zealand universities were ranked among the worst in the world when it came to divesting from fossil fuels.

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31 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, the Government said it would work with Maori on two big climate change and carbon pricing decisions - a new emissions reduction target and a review of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

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30 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, new analysis showed policy procrastination over climate change was costing Australia money.

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29 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, with petrol prices at their lowest since 2010, energy expert Professor Ralph Sims warned cheap fuel prices would do little to help New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions profile.

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28 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, Australian businesses were sure the country would return to an emissions trading scheme or a carbon tax by 2020, and climate and environmental economist Frank Jotzo believed they could...

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27 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, Morgan Foundation chief Geoff Simmons said New Zealand businesses are failing to read the warnings about investing in fossil fuels, says

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24 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, Bill and Melinda Gates claimed Africa would be able to feed itself over the following 15 years, helped by other breakthroughs in health, mobile banking and education.

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23 Jan 25 - Ten years ago, tourists from across the world were increasingly demanding more environmentally sustainable holidays.

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19 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, climate scientists were bracing themselves to deal with fact-free sermons from climate deniers at Christmas and New Year gatherings.

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18 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions were going up and up – and were set to rise by more than 50 per cent over 1990 levels by 2020.

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17 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Sweden issued a joint call to ban the microplastics used in detergents and cosmetics, saying the measure will protect marine life – and seafood –...

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16 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, scientists were predicting that lethal heat waves in Europe, and ice storms and big freezes across the globe, could become regular events if greenhouse gas emissions were not...

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13 Dec 24 - Ten years ago, the administration of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo banned hydraulic fracturing in the state, citing public health concerns.

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