As Australia puts more focus on climate change, New Zealand is accused of pulling back11 Nov 24 - The role reversal of sorts between the two neighbors comes as countries gather in Azerbaijan this week for the United Nations climate conference. |
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Auckland election for community trust controlling Vector14 Oct 24 - There's a power struggle on in Auckland over control of community trust that owns more than 75% of Vector, with a new group saying it wants to accelerate renewables. |
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By land, sea and sky, Māori are using Indigenous knowledge to combat climate change13 Aug 24 - Justin Parkin-Rae takes a break from pulling chunks of weeds from around one of the many rivers that snake through Kaikōura. |
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New Zealand scraps clean, green policies to boost economy6 Aug 24 - New Zealand's green credentials are at risk as the government rolls back environmental reforms in a bid to boost a flailing economy and fulfil promises made to its voters. |
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Carbon News launches price index24 Jun 24 - Today’s issue is the first to feature Carbon News’ own carbon price index for secondary market spot prices for NZUs on New Zealand’s compliance market. |
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Giant aluminium smelter seals future with groundbreaking “reverse battery”4 Jun 24 - Rio Tinto has sealed a groundbreaking electricity deal for the New Zealand Tiwai Point aluminium smelter – a combination of diversified renewables and demand response agreements that turns the smelter into a giant battery. |
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NASA launches small climate satellite to study earth’s poles28 May 24 - The PREFIRE mission will gather data on how much heat the Arctic and Antarctica radiate into space and how this influences global climate. |
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Wind turbines pay back life cycle carbon emissions in less than two years, NZ study finds21 May 24 - Wind turbines in New Zealand pay back their lifecycle carbon emissions after just 1.5 years of operation, researchers from Victoria University in Wellington have found. |
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Ecological overshoot is a ‘behavioural crisis’ and marketing is a solution: Study26 Mar 24 - The current ecological crises facing our planet are extensively the result of a human behavioral crisis, according to a 2023 paper appearing in the journal Science Progress. |
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UK's TP ICAP to acquire New Zealand energy and carbon brokerage21 Mar 24 - Broker TP ICAP, will acquire New Zealand-based gas, power and carbon brokerage firm Aotearea Energy, to give clients access to the New Zealand emissions trading market. |
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IKEA and New Zealand: “It’s like another kind of colonisation”19 Mar 24 - IKEA has a target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030, compared to a baseline year of 2016. |
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In NZ, increasingly severe crackdowns on environmental protesters fail to deter climate activists16 Oct 23 - State and federal governments from the U.S. to Australia have enacted legislation punishing disruptive demonstrators, but many have been emboldened by the repression. |
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Five solar projects to benefit 89 households23 May 23 - Five community-level energy projects will soon provide renewable and more affordable energy to eighty-nine households. |
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Offsetting and carbon neutral claims in the dock19 May 23 - By Ann Smith | COMMENT: Over the past few months, The Guardian has published five or more articles questioning the integrity of carbon offset projects that have been certified by well-known... |
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Taiwan diary: Getting there23 Mar 23 - Carbon News editor Jeremy Rose is in Taiwan attending the Taipei Cycle show and talking to thought leaders in the climate change space. Over the next week he’ll be filing a regular diary updating us... |
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Best by the rest...2 Dec 22 - In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in local media: Hapū and Greenpeace head back to court for stricter hydrogen rules; the moral problem with turning passenger rail into an... |
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Electricity system delivers unsustainable returns, low investment in renewables: unions14 Nov 22 - The current electricity system disincentivises investment in renewables while delivering unsustainable dividends to shareholders in the four big electricity companies, a new report claims. |
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Best by the rest...11 Nov 22 - In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in local media: The National Party say they will repeal the offshore oil and gas exploration ban if elected next year; concerns raised on... |
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Best by the rest...4 Nov 22 - In our weekly round-up of the best climate coverage in local media: Climate Change Minister James Shaw blames court delay for inaction on tougher climate pledge; could fermentation replace... |
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