TEN YEARS AGO...

Today 10:30am - Ten years ago, a poll showed Kiwis supported Government incentives to encourage the marine energy industry, but attempts had not amounted to anything.

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Tuesday - Ten years ago, Meridian Energy turned the first sod on Mill Creek, its 26-turbine wind farm north-west of Wellington City.

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Monday - Ten years ago, the soil management and measuring practices of New Zealand’s pastoral carbon farmers had impressed an eminent soil scientist.

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Friday - Ten years ago, the European Union slammed the United States for backing away from a United Nations goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius.

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11 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, London’s Olympic Games and Europe’s summer holidays were partly to blame for depressing the carbon market.

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10 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, a conference on feeding the world and saving the planet was calling for the government to increase the price of carbon.

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9 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, a conference on feeding the world and saving the planet was calling for the government to increase the price of carbon.

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8 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, Standards New Zealand adopted an international standard for sustainable event management, which was developed in conjunction with the organising committee of the 2012 London Olympics.

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5 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, German researchers challenged the European Commission's claim that locally produced rapeseed biodiesel cut back at least 38 per cent of greenhouse gases compared with fossil fuels.

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4 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, the Forest Owners Association slammed Otago University Professor Sir Alan Mark’s suggestion that he might assemble a group of environmental activists to rip out forest seedlings on a...

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3 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, the Ministry for Primary Industries was offering $8 million co-investment for sustainable farming projects to improve the environment, society, and the economy.

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2 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, New Zealand was warned that feeding the world and saving it at the same time was possible – but don't leave it too late.

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1 Aug 22 - Ten years ago, only half of New Zealanders viewed climate change as an immediate problem, according to a HorizonPoll survey for Carbon News.

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29 Jul 22 - Ten years ago, Malaysian-owned forestry company Earnslaw One partnered with the Project Kiwi Trust to protect brown kiwi living in its plantation near Whitianga.

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28 Jul 22 - Ten years ago, the government was proposing changes to the rules around emissions reporting for animals, closing a loophole allocating GHGs from sheep to the meat sector rather than to wool.

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27 Jul 22 - Ten years ago, charges against the skipper of a boat protesting deep sea oil exploration in the Raukumara Basin were dismissed. Meanwhile, lobby groups delivered a 140,000-signature petition calling...

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26 Jul 22 - Ten years ago, carbon prices had dropped below $5.

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25 Jul 22 - Ten years ago, a report called for New Zealand's food industry to prioritise sustainability and product integrity.

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22 Jul 22 - Ten years ago, New Zealand had failed to live up to its Rio Earth Summit commitments, according to the Green Party.

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