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Organic cow manure set to power Welsh village

27 Jun 2008

A village in Wales could soon be powered by cow's manure with the commencement of work at a local farm.

Nick Main

ETS bonus: $12b and 10,000 jobs, says report by big business

24 Jun 2008

Passing the emissions trading scheme into law will generate $12.3 billion in investment and nearly 10,000 jobs in the next 10 years, but delaying it could cost 20,000 jobs – mainly in tourism and agriculture, says a report out this afternoon.

New investment, new jobs, new wages, new income

24 Jun 2008

The NZBCSB report into the economic ramifications of passing the ETS before the election says that it will:

NZ biodiesel market big enough for everyone, says Solid Energy

24 Jun 2008

Biodiesel produced from a variety of sources has every opportunity to find a market in New Zealand, says Andy Matheson, Solid Energy’s general manager for renewable energy.

Murray River ... making the most of water supplies.

Aussies vote $8.6 million for research on ‘win-win’ water use

24 Jun 2008

The Australian Government has provided $8.6 million for a new research project into how changed farming practices can simultaneously improve water use and productivity, while delivering better environmental outcomes.

Sustainable biofuels likely to reduce fuel prices - Minister

24 Jun 2008

The introduction of a biofuels sales obligation will help New Zealand move away from our dependence on imported oil and is most likely to lessen, not increase, the cost of transport fuel, Energy Minister David Parker says.

Agriculture’s strength is its scientific basis

24 Jun 2008

The strength of agriculture in New Zealand was its underpinning by science, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton says.

Genesis starts $100 million entry into carbon market

20 Jun 2008

Electricity giant Genesis Energy will need to surrender $100 million in carbon credits to the Government in 2011 - and executives leave for Europe today on a mission to start buying them.

Mark Franklin ... "too much lobbying."

Carbon exchange chief criticises lack of business and political courage

20 Jun 2008

The chief executive of New Zealand’s carbon trading platform is calling for more courage and leadership to make the most of emissions trading and the opportunities it offers for New Zealand to develop and protect its trade.

Major new climate change package adopted in Germany

20 Jun 2008

The German government has passed the second part of an ambitious package aiming at cutting the country's CO2 emissions by 40 per cent relative to 1990 levels by 2020.

Deere commits to further greenhouse gases cuts

20 Jun 2008

Agriculture equipment giant John Deere plans to further reduce its total global greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent per dollar of revenue from 2005 to 2014.

Extreme low hydro inflows reduces TrustPower's profit outlook

18 Jun 2008

The New Zealand major hydro storage lakes have been as low as 49% and are currently 55% of average for this time of the year and the electricity industry has commenced a nationwide power savings campaign.

ETS amendments tinkering around the edges for forestry sector

17 Jun 2008

Forest owners will take little comfort from proposed amendments to the Climate Change (Emissions Tradings and Renewable Preference) Bill which were reported back from the finance and expenditure committee yesterday.

Peter Clark

Government forestry policies costly mistake, say owners

17 Jun 2008

New Zealand’s national carbon accounts could be up to $1.5 billion worse off in the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol than if the Government’s policies had encouraged levels of new plantings consistent with those of the 1990s, according to financial modelling by Peter Clark, climate change spokesman for the New Zealand Forest Owners’ Association and chief executive of PF Olsen Ltd.

ETS back in Parliament

16 Jun 2008

The emissions trading scheme is back before Parliament, with new proposals to widen the allocation of free credits and to allow lower-emitters into the scheme.

Nick Smith ... details need to be worked through to provide confidence it will work

National's full minitory report on ETS bill

16 Jun 2008

National has released its miniority report on the ETS bill.

Business Council: Changes soften way for ETS, reach limit of public acceptance

16 Jun 2008

Recommended changes to the emissions trading bill as reported back will protect New Zealand industry from any unfair offshore competition and probably push assistance to major emitters to the limit of public acceptance

Peter Neilson ... "put your money on the 56% who want to get out front on climate change"

Big-spending business votes to buy green, says country can't risk going slow on climate change

13 Jun 2008

New Zealand can't afford to run the strategic risks involved in delaying climate change management - "simply to placate those who must adjust most, or resist adjustment”, business people in Auckland were told yesterday.

Another major breakthrough: Cashew-nut oil might cut animal emissions

13 Jun 2008

There has been another advance in the battle to reduce methane-gas emissions from animals.

Sacred cow deal done with agriculture say Greens

Backroom deal guts agricultural targets: Greens

13 Jun 2008

A backroom deal between the Government and the agriculture sector has gutted the industry's voluntary emissions targets and directly contradicts Government policy, according to Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons.

Less conflict would be good say the Feds

Cut out the conflict says (forgetful?) Fed Farmers

13 Jun 2008

Federated Farmers is appealing for more dialogue and less confrontation on environmental issues.

New animal id and tracing system launched

13 Jun 2008

A comprehensive animal identification and traceability system is essential for maintaining international credibility for our food exports, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said yesterday.

Forestry owners: Ministers claim of liabilities warning not true

13 Jun 2008

Claims by forestry minister Jim Anderton on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report yesterday that land owners were warned five years ago of potential deforestation liabilities are not correct, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association said yesterday.

Fewer trees unless govt changes policies

13 Jun 2008

Major flaws in New Zealand’s land-use policies will become more obvious as the world food crisis grows, says the NZ Forest Owners Association.

Unique cross-sector roundtable forms to discuss sustainable agriculture

13 Jun 2008

Key participants in the Conflict in Paradise Conference, being held in Auckland yesterday, agreed to establish a unique roundtable group to work to find ways of making New Zealand agriculture more sustainable.

Cross-sector partnership forms on sustainable water management

13 Jun 2008

Environment Bay of Plenty has welcomed the announcement of a national primary sector partnership to actively anticipate and engage on water management issues.

Fonterra refuses to rush into gas-reducing nitrogen inhibitors

12 Jun 2008

Fonterra says that it won't promote greenhouse-gas reducing nitrogen inhibitors on farms until they are internationally recognised.

Heavy emitters' bull on the loose.. no way to win friends and crucial votes for delaying ETS

Heavy emitters' bull turned loose in Maori Party's china shop

12 Jun 2008

The heavy emitters' organisation yesterday launched a public attack on the Maori Party in a move which might indicate it has given up on getting the party's support to delay the ETS bill.

OVERSEER ... new software to model and measure emissions

Smart software solution to help farmers meet Kyoto obligations

12 Jun 2008

A software solution developed by MAF, AgResearch and FertResearch will enable farmers across the country to accurately estimate their greenhouse gas emissions.

Rooftop solar power .. major investments being encouraged in the US

US$100m, 20MW roof-top solar power plan detailed

12 Jun 2008

More details have come out about US company Duke Energy’s $100 million investment in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels.

SOE wields deforestation chainsaw

12 Jun 2008

The Green Party is calling on the Government to admit to being a major on-the-ground player in the worst deforestation in New Zealand's modern history.

Rick Christie .. tackling increased workload elsewhere

AgResearch Chairman Rick Christie departs

12 Jun 2008

Rick Christie announced yesterday that after two three-year terms as AgResearch Chairman he would step down from the role on June 30 to tackle his increased workload elsewhere.

NZIER.. documents talk of $400,000 for model adaptation

$400,000+ price-tag for NZIER report?

11 Jun 2008

The secretly funded NZIER report on the potential impacts of the emissions trading scheme may have cost at least $400,000.

Major deforestation ... driven by need to avoid cimate change policies or higher value dairy use?

Major deforestation reported, but MAF survey shows ETS will lift replanting rates

11 Jun 2008

National yesterday decried the worst ever loss of 13,600 hectares of forest last year as a disaster for the environment. However it will vote against the ETS, which a MAF study reveals will boost replating rates by 5 to 15%.

Tariana Turia ... households paying for big emitters "outrageous"

Maori party attacks proposed heavy emitter subsidies as “outrageous”

11 Jun 2008

The Maori Party’s co-leaders yesterday described the proposed 90% subsidy of heavy emitters under the emissions trading scheme as “outrageous”, indicating a tough line in any support for the ETS bill.

Practical solutions five years off, integrated into farming in 10 years

Major breakthrough in NZ animal methane research

11 Jun 2008

New Zealand scientists celebrated a major break through last week on mapping the genetic sequence of a microbe, which produces methane from the rumen of cattle and sheep.

Don Elder ... chaired meetings on the report while it was being prepared

Solid Energy one of NZIER emissions trading study funders

10 Jun 2008

State owned enterprise Solid Energy is one of the funders of the NZIER’s study on the possible economic impacts of the emissions trading scheme.

Marks & Spencer in Oxford St, London .. carbon neutral leadership in retail

Retailer lead Marks & Spencer going carbon neutral in four years

10 Jun 2008

Retail leader Marks and Spencer says it aims to be carbon neutral by 2012.

Bio diversity research shown to winegrowers

10 Jun 2008

A unique Bio-Protection Research Centre project based on biodiversity and sustainability has captured the interest of North Island winegrowers.

National prepared to gut emissions trading scheme

9 Jun 2008

National has once again proved it’s slippery on climate change, and will tell audiences whatever they think they want to hear, according to Climate Change Issues Minister David Parker.

John McCain ... 40% emission reduction could come from US agriculture

McCain: cap and trade will change the dynamic of US economy

9 Jun 2008

BACKGROUNDER.- The Republican presidential candidate claims he wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60%. That is 20% less than Obama’s (or Clinton’s) 80% by 2050.

Obama .. all pollution credits auctioned ... rather than gvien away to coal and oil companies

Heavy emitters must pray NZ doesn't follow Obama's ETS plan

6 Jun 2008

New Zealand's heavy emitters, waiting to see how the rest of the world approaches emissions trading, will not like the plan of likely US Democratpresidential candidate Barrack Obama.

AgResearch unveils world leading methane-measuring facility

6 Jun 2008

A world-leading facility for measuring methane emissions from sheep and cattle will help in New Zealand’s response to climate change and build on the country’s reputation as an international leader in pastoral agriculture.

Food bills will stay high, highlighting the need to reinvest in agriculture

Food prices will remain high over next decade, UN report says

6 Jun 2008

In the next 10 years food prices will remain well above the levels of the last decade, according to a report issued by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

New investment partnership to put up to $12m into biotech ventures

6 Jun 2008

Developing new biotechnology businesses in New Zealand is the focus for a new investment partnership involving the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund and Pacific Channel Limited, a private investment company that has demonstrated success in starting and funding biotechnology ventures.

Achim Steiner ... a global price on carbon in certain

Progress on new climate change deal "extremely disconcerting" says UN leader

5 Jun 2008

The director of the UN’s Environment Programme describes current progress in negotiating a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Treaty as “extremely disconcerting”.

Peter Neilson ... time to see the potental for new business from climate change

Business urged to steal a march on new green business ideas

5 Jun 2008

New Zealanders with good ideas for green businesses will find plenty of investors ready to back them now but risk missing the boat if they don’t move soon, says the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Andrew Ferrier ... nuts to damage dairying for some holier than thou notion

Ferrier meets Taylor on the question on taxpayers subsidising high earning farmers

5 Jun 2008

Fonterra CEO Andrew Ferrier and Environmental Defence Society chair Gary Taylor came togather yesterday for a blunt question and answer on taxpayers subsidising dairy farmer emissions.

Helen Clark ... significant risk to export industries from wrong response to climate change

PM: Significant risks to export industries without ETS and sustainability

5 Jun 2008

Prime Minister Helen Clark says she sees climate change as one of the biggest environmental and political challenges of our time and singificant risks to export industries if the country doesn't act to become more sustainable.

Maize silage makes the most of dairy effluent

5 Jun 2008

A project in the Waikato is developing options for dairy farmers concerned about nutrient management.

Adaptation
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Governments must vote in favour of moratorium on deep sea mining

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Media release - Greenpeace | The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea.

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

8 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | NZ Post has dropped its science-based emissions reduction target of 42% by 2030 with no plans to replace it.

Aviation
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Airlines risk legal challenges by advertising jet fuel as “sustainable”, NGO warns

18 Jul 2025

Amid suspected fraud in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a new report says the airline industry should stop calling all alternatives to kerosene “sustainable”.

Biodiversity
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

Tue 29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

Critics are sceptical about industry claims of renewable diesel life-cycle greenhouse gas emission cuts and warn renewable diesel carbon releases will surge if sourcing is scaled up, triggering tropical deforestation as producers convert forests to energy crops, such as oil palm and soy.

Carbon Credits
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Awarua-Waituna Wetlands

Does NZ need a national incentive scheme for wetlands?

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | An expert is calling for a national incentive programme to restore New Zealand’s wetlands and wants to stop schemes to drain these vital carbon-sequestering ecosystems.

Carbon News world
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At least 30 killed and several missing as heavy rains and floods lash northern China

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Thousands of people were evacuated as the region, including the capital Beijing, braced for more rainfall overnight.

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The compliance carbon market could be set for a gradual upward trajectory, however unsold volume from the quarterly Emissions Trading Scheme auctions continues to act as ‘a price ceiling,’ according to an expert.

Coal
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Multi-day protest continues at coal mine

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Bathurst Resources has been forced to truck coal from its Stockton mine as climate activists occupy coal buckets at the mine for a third day.

Comment
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Huntly Power Station, the largest thermal power plan in New Zealand.

Is extending Huntly power station to 2035 in consumers’ best interest?

22 Jul 2025

By Simon Orme | COMMENT: Genesis Energy is proposing a cartel to keep high-emitting Huntly Power Station in business to 2035. If extending Huntly has economic benefits, is a cartel necessary?

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

Media release | Engineers at RMIT University have converted low-grade clay into a high-performance cement supplement, opening a potential new market in sustainable construction materials.

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has halved international climate finance, a move aid organisations describe as “devastating,” and which lawyers say could put our Paris Agreement commitments and export market access at risk.

Emissions trading
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

14 Jul 2025

By John O’Brien | OPINION: A combination of scandals, challenging economic times, and cheaper offshore carbon credits, mean that the domestic voluntary carbon market in New Zealand remains absolutely tiny.

Energy
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

Tue 29 Jul 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Green hydrogen pioneer Hiringa Energy is deep in planning to develop an “eight-to-nine figure” methanol plant near Whanganui, using a combination of biomass and hydrogen produced using renewable energy.

Extinction
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Key orange roughy population on verge of collapse, govt considers closure

9 Jul 2025

Media release - Deep Sea Conservation Coalition | New data reveals that New Zealand’s main orange roughy fishery, accounting for half of the country’s total catch, is on the brink of collapse, with one model showing it may have reached that point already, and the government’s considering closing it.

Extreme weather
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A third of ‘slum residents’ in global south are exposed to disastrous flood risks

Wed 30 Jul 2025

One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”.

Fishing
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Latest trawl bycatch numbers 'a grim wake-up call'

24 Jun 2025

Media release – Greenpeace | The latest fisheries bycatch data paints a grim picture, with trawlers hauling up thousands of kilograms of coral and killing hundreds of fur seals and seabirds over a 12 month period.

Forestry
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Jim Ward, manager of Molesworth station for 24 years, resigned amid frustration with wilding pines and uncertainty about the station’s future.

Wilding pines threaten Molesworth Station

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Without increased support, the unchecked spread of wilding pines will continue to creep across Marlborough’s high country – putting iconic landscapes and one of New Zealand’s top five biodiversity hotspots at serious risk, according to an expert.

Gas
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EV sales fall, but it’s complicated

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Imports of fully electric vehicles fell over 50% in value during the 12 months to June 2025, compared with the year ended June 2024, according to Stats NZ.

Geothermal
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Energy Minister Simon Watts addressing the CEP conference in Auckland this week

Watts talks big on energy reform, but barriers persist

29 May 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Energy and Climate Change minister Simon Watts says the government is doubling down on efforts to boost renewable energy generation, streamline regulation, and drive private sector investment as New Zealand faces mounting energy security and affordability challenges.

Green finance
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SBTi releases Net Zero Standard for banks, investors

24 Jul 2025

The Science Based Targets initiative announced the release of its finalised Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, aimed at enabling banks and investors to set net zero-aligned targets for their lending, investing, insurance and capital markets activities.

Greenhouse Effect
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Deepsea brittle star species from New Zealand, part of the Earth Sciences New Zealand's invertebrate collection in Wellington

NZ part of hidden global deep-sea network beneath the waves

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Media release - Earth Sciences New Zealand | A world-first study of marine life, including sea creatures found in New Zealand's dark, cold, pressurised ocean depths, has revealed that deep-sea life is surprisingly more connected than previously thought.

Greenwashing
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

‘Ideological sludge’: How NZ is quiet quitting climate action

17 Jul 2025

New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.

Hydro power
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Methanex closure comes early this year

14 May 2025

The almost-now-annual closure of Methanex has come earlier this year, giving more confidence that the electricity system will get through the winter without a fuel shortfall.

Hydrogen
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Taranaki mayors want hydrogen kick-start from Wellington

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter Taranaki mayors want central government to partner up with their councils to kick-start a hydrogen industry. This despite ongoing questions about the gas’s effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions.

Insurance
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Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers

23 Jul 2025

Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totalling an estimated US$84 billion — for the first six months of the year.

Kyoto
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Will NZ walk away from the Paris Agreement?

20 Dec 2024

By Geoff Bertram | COMMENT: Unless the government can find very cheap offshore mitigation, the temptation to walk away from its Paris Agreement obligations may well be too strong to resist for a coalition government focused on fiscal austerity.

Litigation
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Newcastle is one of the largest coal export ports in Australis

The ICJ’s ruling means Australia and other major polluters face a new era of climate reparations

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Harj Narulla | OPINION: Australia has found itself on the wrong side of history.

Low carbon
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All aboard for passenger rail in the golden triangle

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Media release – The Future Is Rail | New Zealand’s national passenger rail advocacy group, The Future is Rail, has announced its strong support for the Green Party’s proposal to establish a new passenger rail service connecting Auckland and Tauranga.

NZ ETS
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Urgent action needed to get on track for climate goals - commission

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but more work is needed – urgently – to set up for future reductions, according to the latest report from the Climate Change Commission.

NZ Market Report
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NZ's latest climate target 'weak' – Climate Action Tracker

24 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's new international climate target to 2035 is weak, and could even allow for higher emissions than the 2030 target, according to a global scientific project that tracks government climate action.

Oceans
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Toxic algae are turning South Australia’s coral reefs into underwater graveyards

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Since March, a harmful algal bloom, fueled by a marine heat wave, has been choking South Australia’s coastline.

Paris Agreement
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The landmark advisory, which significantly transforms the obligation of states regarding climate change, being delivered at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

NZ govt’s fossil fuel plans could break international law

24 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government could be breaching international law with its plans to subsidise and expand fossil fuel extraction, following a ruling overnight from the world’s highest court.

Planetary boundaries
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Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is ‘rapidly closing’

11 Jul 2025

In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently played host to the second international conference on “tipping points”.

Plastics
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet.

Policy development
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Media round-up

Fri 25 Jul 2025

In our round-up of the climate coverage in local media: Dairy conversions surge; Gore is hit with a drinking water crisis; meanwhile farming lobby groups Groundswell and Federated Farmers are up in arms about a plan to classify environmental impacts in the agriculture and forestry sector.

Politics
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As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk

Wed 30 Jul 2025

As damage from climate change intensifies, political change overseas is threatening Australia’s ability to track what’s happening now, and predict what will happen next.

Protest
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Activists sue US development bank over $4.6bn loan to massive Mozambique gas project

18 Jul 2025

Environmental groups claim loan is ‘unlawful’ in legal filing.

Rare earth minerals
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New Zealand Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal

Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council

16 Apr 2025

Media release | Straterra has been renamed as New Zealand Minerals Council, says chief executive Josie Vidal.

Renewable energy
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China's carbon emissions may have peaked thanks to renewables push

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Climate experts say China's carbon emissions may have peaked, which could affect global climate targets, the fight against global warming – and the Australian coal industry.

Science
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Ocean heatwaves may signal climate tipping point

Fri 25 Jul 2025

A recent study that tapped into satellite data has revealed that 2023 marked an unprecedented year for marine heatwaves, with record-breaking levels of duration, reach and intensity across the world's oceans.

Tax
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Climate groups want UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy

17 Jul 2025

Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’.

Technology
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Can robot taxis solve NZ's transport woes?

23 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry of Transport has tested the idea of driverless taxis as a futuristic fix. But while new modelling explores how "robotaxis" could ease congestion and reduce car ownership, critics say it misses a crucial point – the country’s worsening transport emissions.

The House
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United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 2024

New carbon market rules agreed at the fractious UN climate summit will be a relief to New Zealand and Singapore, who were leading the negotiations, but concerns about greenwashing and disadvantaging nature-based solutions remain.

Waste
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Waste Levy risks becoming ‘slush fund’ under proposed changes – Commissioner

5 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Proposed changes to New Zealand's waste legislation risk undermining public trust in the waste levy scheme, according to Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton.

Water
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The struggle for control of the Arctic is accelerating - and it's riskier than ever

11 Jul 2025

As the battle for one of the world’s coldest places heats up, an increasingly fragile security balance may be breaking down, leading to an escalating arms race.

Wildfires
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UN University report warns against carbon credits from REDD, tree planting, and improved forest management

13 Jun 2025

But the report stops short of recommending banning the trade in carbon temporarily stored in trees.

Wind energy
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For the first time, China invests more in wind and solar than coal overseas

29 May 2025

China’s Belt and Road Initiative, long derided for its heavy carbon footprint, was dominated by wind and solar power projects for the first time from 2022 to 2023, according to a new analysis. But coal plants financed in earlier years are still coming online.

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