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Monday - Ten years ago, local authorities were looking to halve the energy and cost involved in lighting public roads.

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Friday - Ten years ago, 2014 was set to be one of the hottest years on record.

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Thursday - Ten years ago, MightyRiverPower claimed in the High Court that it shouldn’t have to pay for carbon units issued for years prior to the start of its contract with New Zealand Carbon Farming in 2013, which it entered as part of its effort to offset emissions from electricity generation.

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Wednesday - Ten years ago, a group of climate and health experts urged rapid action on climate change in New Zealand in order to protect health.

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26 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a British “poo bus” went into service, powered by biomethane energy derived from human waste at a sewage plant.

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25 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, climate change lobby group The Sustainability Council called for a national carbon budget and legally binding emissions reduction targets.

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22 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, Hawkins Construction chief executive Gary Walker and INZIDE Commercial co-owner Steve Aschebrock joined the board of the Green Building Council.

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21 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, researchers in the United States believed they knew why global warming began to announce itself both in annual rises in temperature and in the seasonal records of carbon dioxide in the...

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20 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a New Zealand carbon measuring project turned 60. New Zealand scientists had started the world’s first long time-series of atmospheric radiocarbon measurements.

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19 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, international talks in Paris in 2015 saw the world’s nations considering limiting global warming to a rise of 2C.

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18 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, global investment in climate change reduction fell for the second year in a row, a drop of $28 billion from 2012, and far below estimates of what is needed, according to new research.

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15 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, a climate change lobby group called for a national carbon budget and legally binding emissions reduction targets.

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14 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, extreme weather conditions predicted for the Pacific Ocean posed a significant threat for island states' industry and infrastructure, warned the United Nations.

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13 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, Australia's Commercial Building Disclosure programme was the latest federal environmental policy to be placed under review.

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12 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, environmental groups wanted to have their say on a late tweak to High Court conditions for a dam at Ruataniwha in Hawke's Bay.

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11 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, the UK government was forced to urgently clean up illegal air pollution in British cities following a ruling in the European court of justice.

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8 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, Kiwi cleantech company CarbonScape hit its crowd-funding equity target, as it raised money for its carbon-neutral coking coal technology.

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7 Nov 24 - Ten years ago, American researchers confirmed that a shift to vegetarian, Mediterranean or fish-based diets would cut greenhouse gases, conserve forests and savannah, and have a big impact on...

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6 Nov 24 - 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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