Electricity emissions soar 169% in June quarter

Friday - Increased use of non-renewable sources saw emissions from electricity generation soar 169% between April and June.

Solar picking up pace

Friday - The solar rush continues to pick up pace with Lodestone Energy starting construction on its fourth North Island utility-scale solar farm near Whitianga.

Environmental group challenges forestry claims

Friday - By Zita Campbell, Local Democracy Reporter | Environmentalists are rejecting claims by a forestry umbrella group that Gisborne District Council does not have the expertise to support and regulate the industry.

Media round-up

Friday - In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: a former top diplomat says we need to step up our game with our next climate target; are Kiwis really ‘sick and tired’ of spending on cycleways? and why Aotearoa isn’t doing enough to fund climate action.

Minister says buying offshore carbon credits ‘unrealistic’

Thursday - By Liz Kivi | Climate change minister Simon Watts says buying carbon mitigation offshore to meet the country’s international climate obligations is “unrealistic”.

Climate venture fund invests in alternative oat milk start-up

Thursday - The Climate VC Fund is the largest investor in a seed-funding round to bring Christchurch-based alternative oat milk start-up Teiny to market.

Zespri looks at NZ-Belgium low-emissions shipping corridor

Thursday - Zespri and shipping partner ANL/CMA CGM have launched a feasibility study into a possible low-emissions shipping corridor between between Tauranga and Zeebrugge in Belgium, via the Panama Canal.

Cyclone Gabrielle was intensified by human-induced climate change

Wednesday - A new study has revealed climate change increased rainfall during Cyclone Gabrielle by 10%, intensifying flooding as the region faces future storm risks.

Kiwis increasingly concerned about climate: report

Wednesday - New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about climate change, according the latest Ipsos Issues Monitor.

Rain, demand and prices fall

Tuesday - After more than a month of elevated wholesale electricity prices, heavy rain, access to gas and more wind combined to drive spot prices down to virtually zero dollars in the last week or so.

Air NZ, Mitre 10 fall short in climate action rankings

Tuesday - Air New Zealand and Mitre 10 have fallen short in a new ranking of 21 major companies based on their climate action targets.

NZTA agrees to cover $100m of Sounds roads recovery

Tuesday - By Maia Hart, Local Democracy Reporter | Repair work in the Marlborough Sounds will “accelerate” after the NZTA board approved $100m in funding, although not everything the council asked for has been...

Climate plan is high-cost and low ambition, says expert

Monday - By Shannon Williams | The government’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan is high-cost, high-risk, and low ambition, says Massey University Professor, Robert McLachlan.

Offshore renewables plan ignores risks: environmentalists

Monday - The government’s plan for offshore renewables ignores environmental risks, according to the Environmental Defence Society.

Councils to lose ability to make tougher local rules for forestry

6 Sep 24 - Foresters have welcomed the government’s announcement that it will roll back councils’ ability to introduce their own tougher rules for forestry, but the move is likely to be controversial with some...

Govt climate plan creates financial risks, business leaders say

6 Sep 24 - The proposed initiatives in the government’s Draft Second Emissions Reduction Plan carry a high risk of failure in policy implementation, according to the Sustainable Business Council and Climate...

Offshore electricity generation policy to speed up consents

6 Sep 24 - The Government reiterated the next steps of its ‘Electrifying New Zealand’ policy when it announced its response to the energy shortage. However, it also released details on how the offshore...

Media round-up

6 Sep 24 - In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: What can we learn from the Paris Agreement? The disasters that await if we keep failing to confront climate change; and is the new national...

'The Emissions Trading Scheme is broken': Carr

5 Sep 24 - By Shannon Williams | Aotearoa New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme is broken and not fit for purpose, says Climate Change Commission chair Dr Rod Carr.

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