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'Climate emergency' is Word of the Year

22 Nov 2019

Oxford Dictionaries has declared “climate emergency” the word of the year for 2019, following a hundred-fold increase in usage that it says demonstrated a “greater immediacy” in the way we talk about the climate.

We need to find ways to store extra energy

22 Nov 2019

When the grid depends on clean but sporadic natural resources like wind and the sun, we’re going to need ways to capture any extra energy they produce so we can use it later.

EU cities confront building emissions

22 Nov 2019

The European Union last year embarked on a mission to decarbonise the building sector, currently responsible for 40% of the bloc’s energy use.

BAMBOO BONUS: Plant-based building materials do the job

22 Nov 2019

Increasing the use of bamboo in the building sector could play a big role in fighting climate change, researchers believe.

Bill Gates backs startup using sunlight to make 1000deg heat

21 Nov 2019

Bill Gates is backing a venture which aims to turn sunlight into a source of heat exceeding 1000degC that could help to replace fossil fuels.

Can carbon offsets tackle airlines’ emissions problem?

21 Nov 2019

Not everyone is convinced that climate sins can be absolved through projects based on simple carbon accounting.

California makes stand against major carmakers

21 Nov 2019

California says it won't buy cars from General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan and other automakers that are aligning with the Trump administration in its battle over emissions rules.

Vietnam has a remarkable wind-energy story

21 Nov 2019

Vietnam is rising as Southeast Asia’s new wind hero, with power capacity soon to dwarf that of all other Asean nations.

'Green' cement step closer to cutting emissions

20 Nov 2019

Scientists have developed a “green” cement that could go a long way to cutting the construction industry’s emissions and making it more sustainable.

Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high

20 Nov 2019

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest this year rose to its highest in over a decade.

Casualties mount in Bolivia's battle for white gold

20 Nov 2019

The overthrow of Bolivian president Evo Morales shows how the politics of environmentalism and social justice intersect in a silvery-white metal.

DIRTY SECRETS: Space camera tells tale of shipping pollution

20 Nov 2019

Exhausts from dirty heavy oils used in ships leave a telltale trail of such dense cloud that they can be tracked from space.

Crisis might have triggered faster wind speeds

20 Nov 2019

The global climate crisis could lead to more renewable electricity being generated by spurring faster wind speeds for the growing number of windfarms.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Green new-dealers go all out on housing

19 Nov 2019

US political firebrands Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have unveiled the next step to their Green New Deal plan with a bill focused entirely on reimagining public housing.

Germany approves climate protection law

19 Nov 2019

The German lower house has approved a major climate protection package which aims to ensure the country will meet its 2030 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

BARS NOT CARS: What to do with your old parking buildings

19 Nov 2019

Shopper numbers in UK city centres are falling, leaving car parks empty – and councils are finding innovative ways to repurpose the space.

Even Nobel Prize winners can get it wrong

19 Nov 2019

William Nordhause was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics. But his predictions of what global heating will cost us are dangerously at odds with the science.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT: Vodka made from CO2

19 Nov 2019

In Brooklyn, they're making vodka without potatoes or grains. The key ingredients are hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide.

No more money for fossil-fuel projects, says EIB

18 Nov 2019

The European Investment Bank will stop funding fossil-fuel projects at the end of 2021, a landmark decision that potentially deals a blow to billions of dollars of gas projects in the pipeline.

Jet stream battle raging above our heads

18 Nov 2019

When prolonged periods of severe weather strike, two things often get the blame these days: climate change and the jet stream.

Mines belching out as much methane as ships and planes

18 Nov 2019

Methane emissions leaking from the world’s coalmines could be stoking the global climate crisis at the same rate as the shipping and aviation industries combined.

POWER TO THE PEOPLE: Suburbs take to solar

18 Nov 2019

Australians are embracing the ‘virtual power plant’, which advocates say can protect the grid, save money and combat the climate crisis.

What's driving the Antarctic meltdown?

14 Nov 2019

Along with warmer water eating away at Antarctic ice shelves from below, atmospheric rivers are causing trouble from above.

Green-wise Norway is drilling more wells

14 Nov 2019

Never mind how many electric cars are sold there, Norway has to change tack and end prospecting for new oil reserves.

Wildlife is in crisis, but are we seeing a new mass extinction?

14 Nov 2019

The Earth is experiencing an extinction crisis largely due to the exploitation of the planet by people. But can this event be called a mass extinction?

Bigger hurricanes are now more damaging

14 Nov 2019

The biggest and most damaging hurricanes are now three times more frequent than they were 100 years ago, say researchers.

Airline probes 'fuei-tankering' allegation

13 Nov 2019

A major airline has launched a review into a money-saving practice which increases its greenhouse gas emissions.

Formula One pledges to go carbon neutral

13 Nov 2019

Formula One has pledged to deliver on an ambitious programme to address the global climate emergency by going carbon neutral within 11 years.

New battery could slash cost of e-cars

13 Nov 2019

A new battery technology that could significantly reduce the price of electric cars and home battery systems has taken a major step towards commercialisation.

Africa poised to lead way in global green revolution

12 Nov 2019

Africa is poised to lead the world’s cleanest economic revolution by using renewable energy sources to power a massive spread of urbanisation, says a new report.

Drivers love their e-cars, says BMW

12 Nov 2019

BMW has called for European policymakers to roll out electric vehicles on a massive scale, saying its customers are turning to e-cars - and loving them.

Italy first to make climate compulsory school subject

12 Nov 2019

Italian school pupils in every grade are about to become the first required to study climate change and sustainability.

Companies try to protect product-base plants

12 Nov 2019

As crop varieties disappear, boosting biodiversity becomes smart business.

Climate change deniers set new battle lines

11 Nov 2019

The battle between climate change deniers and the environment movement has entered a new, pernicious phase. That is the stark warning of one of the world’s leading climate experts, Michael Mann.

EXXON TRIAL: It's now up to the judge

11 Nov 2019

Lawyers for New York State and ExxonMobil have wrapped up a landmark climate fraud trial, shaping a tangle of testimony and evidence.

It's 10 years since Climategate, so what have we learned?

11 Nov 2019

Climategate marks its 10th anniversary this month – an opportune moment to to look at the effect it had on those who were trying to save the planet.

Look back 125,000 years and sea-level rises are terrifying

8 Nov 2019

Sea levels rose 10 metres above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers a glimpse of what may happen under our current climate change trajectory.

Wall Street increasingly weighs climate risks

8 Nov 2019

In the wake of two years of wildfires in California, Wall Street is incorporating a new risk metric when evaluating companies: climate resiliency.

Australia (briefly) hits 50% renewables

8 Nov 2019

Australia’s main electricity grid was briefly powered by 50% renewable energy this week in a new milestone that experts say will become increasingly normal.

Honolulu mayor wants to sue Big Oil

8 Nov 2019

Honolulu mayor Kirk Caldwell wants the city to sue major oil companies for the damage he says they have done to the island of Oahu.

Mission Methane will be run from our very own space base

7 Nov 2019

The Government is paying $26m for a ringside seat to an international space mission helping to tackle climate change.

We're on the same track, BP tells protesters

7 Nov 2019

British Petroleum believes there’s an “80 percent overlap” between the oil giant's ambitions and those of Extinction Rebellion.

Dumped fishing gear biggest ocean polluter

7 Nov 2019

Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to Greenpeace.

Can nests and eco bikes cut impact of delivering parcels?

6 Nov 2019

Cities are testing new systems to reduce the pollution and congestion caused by of the final leg of a package’s journey from warehouse to doorstep.

OPINION: UK farmers are the best

6 Nov 2019

BY JOE STANLEY | As a cattle farmer I come under constant criticism, but UK livestock production is among the most sustainable in the world.

Behind the wheel of a hydrogen car

6 Nov 2019

Why is the clean, green hydrogen technology lagging far behind the hybrid and all-electric sectors of the car industry?

Volvo lands biggest order for e-buses

6 Nov 2019

Volvo Buses has received the largest single order for electric buses in Europe.

Why oil giants must cut output by a third

5 Nov 2019

The world’s largest oil and gas companies need to slash their production by more than a third by 2040 to meet global climate targets, according to a new report.

Has the world's biggest polluter got a deal for you!

5 Nov 2019

Roll up! Roll up! The globe's biggest climate polluter, Saudi Aramco, is poised to announce the world’s biggest stock flotation in an ultimate marriage of carbon and capital.

US will keep seat at climate talks after it exits Paris

5 Nov 2019

Despite abandoning the Paris Agreement deal it helped to broker, the US will continue to influence global rulemaking on climate change.

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How flying can be a climate solution

Today 10:45am

By Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan - Planetary Ecology | How can aviation contribute to tackling climate change when no practicable technology-based solutions are on the horizon?

Agriculture
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Forestry consents and relaxed rules in erosion zones sow seeds of future disaster

Fri 13 Jun 2025

OPINION: The government’s move to restrict exotic forestry on our best food-growing soils will push even more forestry investment onto high erosion risk land on the East Coast, with the worst land becoming the only land left for the most intensive and destructive land use, writes Manu Caddie

Airlines
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Greenwashing is rife in Australia, but could its days be numbered?

28 May 2025

COMMENT: Have you ever ticked the box to “fly carbon neutral”, had something delivered via “carbon-neutral shipping” or chosen to pay a bit extra to buy “carbon-neutral gas” from your energy retailer?

Aviation
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Help sustainable aviation fuels take off or delay targets, airlines warn EU

20 May 2025

Earmarked funding, risk-reduction tools, and simplified imports top Airlines for Europe’s wish list for the EU’s upcoming Sustainable Transport Investment Plan.

Biodiversity
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Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari

'Time is right' for nature credits

Fri 13 Jun 2025

Media release | Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari and Ekos are thrilled to be partnering with central government on the development of a voluntary Nature Credits Market pilot programme, announced by Associate Minister for the Environment Andrew Hoggard yesterday.

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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Carbon auction odds-on to fail

Fri 13 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has rallied slightly in recent weeks, however with secondary market prices still hovering around the $57 mark, well below this year’s $68 auction floor price, next week’s Emissions Trading Scheme auction looks set to fail.

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Govt mulls status quo for ETS auction settings

29 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has released its consultation on the Climate Change Commission’s latest advice on Emissions Trading Scheme auction settings and volumes, putting forward the option to ignore the commission’s advice to boost auction volumes from 2028-2030.

Coal
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China's approvals of coal power plants grow after 2024 decline

Wed 11 Jun 2025

China approved 11.29 gigawatts of new coal power plants in the first three months of 2025, already exceeding the 10.34 GW approved in the first half of 2024.

Comment
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Credit: International Institute for Sustainable Development

A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them

Wed 11 Jun 2025

COMMENT: The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper.

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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Climate Change and Energy minister Simon Watts (left) with Genesis Energy chief executive Malcolm Johns.

Legal experts sue Climate minister over ‘glaring holes’ in climate plan

Wed 11 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Legal experts are taking the government to court over its Emissions Reduction Plan, alleging it fails to fulfil basic requirements of the law – with one of the arguments focussing on an over-reliance on tree-planting.

Energy
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Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat

Fri 13 Jun 2025

By Ian Mason | A new technology could offer a more cost-effective solution than hydrogen to decarbonise one ‘hard-to-abate’ sector of New Zealand’s economy, as well as having ample potential for demand response as the electricity grid becomes more renewable.

Extinction
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Gas tanks at Te Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour

Govt budgets $200m for would-be gas investors

23 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | Energy Resources Aotearoa has welcomed the government's plan to co-invest $200 million in fossil gas expansion, while environmental and climate groups have reacted with horror.

Extreme weather
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Extreme ocean warming engulfed South-West Pacific in 2024

6 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Unprecedented ocean warming engulfed the South-West Pacific in 2024, with extreme heat and rainfall causing deadly and devastating impacts and sea level rise threatening entire islands.

Fishing
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Government undermines regional powers to protect coastal biodiversity

Today 10:45am

Media Release | The Environmental Defence Society opposes the Government’s decision to press ahead with amendments to the Resource Management Act that severely curtail the ability of regional councils to manage the impacts of fishing on coastal marine biodiversity.

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

Fri 13 Jun 2025

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

Gas
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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

9 Jun 2025

‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says.

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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Electrification challenge for politicians, regulators

27 May 2025

Rewiring Aotearoa is calling for stronger political leadership to bring its vision of a cheaper, cleaner and stronger energy system to life, with the launch of its policy manifesto today.

Greenhouse Effect
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As methane climate impacts soar, NGOs, scientists, and advocates launch campaign to 'pull the methane emergency brake'

Fri 13 Jun 2025

Media release | International NGOs, scientists, and climate advocates are launching a global campaign calling for deep, rapid, mandatory cuts in methane emissions as the best way to lower near-term global temperature rise.

Greenwashing
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Professor Jane Kelsey

Govt uses climate change as ‘Trojan horse’ for other objectives

Tue 10 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that the New Zealand Government’s international trade and investment agreements are failing to meet Tiriti o Waitangi obligations in the context of climate change – prioritising commercial interests while sidelining Māori rights and worldviews.

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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What happened to the hydrogen economy?

3 Jun 2025

The hydrogen car that was supposed to carry us into a cleaner future is still not in the driveway. In fact, outside of a few test markets, it’s not in anyone’s driveway.

Insurance
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Climate change could drive surge in foreclosures and lender losses, new study finds

22 May 2025

Extreme weather linked to climate change could spell financial ruin for many American homeowners and lead to billions in losses for lenders, a new study finds.

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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Members of the Parents for Climate group, and lawyer David Hertzberg, outside the federal court in Sydney. The advocacy group accused Energy Australia of greenwashing. The parties have now agreed to a settlement.

Energy Australia apologises to 400,000 customers and settles greenwashing legal action

22 May 2025

Energy retailer says carbon offsetting ‘not the most effective way’ to reduce emissions.

Low carbon
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Could ‘orange’ hydrogen be NZ’s key to net-zero?

30 May 2025

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand could be sitting on resources for a thriving multi-billion-dollar, low-carbon hydrogen economy, which might even be capable of creating a net reduction of carbon dioxide, according to scientists.

Market advice
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Carbon News launches price index

24 Jun 2024

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.

Mining
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Rachel Arnott with kaumatua Ngāpari Nui at the New Plymouth District Council committee

Tribunal asked to halt seabed mine fast-track

Today 10:45am

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter | South Taranaki hapū want the Waitangi Tribunal to halt a fast-track bid to mine the seabed off Pātea.

NZ ETS
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James Treadwell, president of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry

Foresters baulk at restrictions, land ballots

Wed 11 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | Forestry groups say that new legislation will introduce further uncertainty for planting plans and poses a threat to climate targets.

Oceans
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Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming

Fri 13 Jun 2025

A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern Europe, overriding the warming driven by human activity.

Planetary boundaries
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Fight over coal mine heats up

30 May 2025

Forest & Bird is calling on the government to create a new scientific reserve covering the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast, which would stop a fast-tracked coal mine.

Plastics
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The microplastics found on a Waikato beach

Microplastics found in sand on dozens of NZ beaches

4 Jun 2025

Scientists have extracted microplastics from the sand of 22 beaches from the Far North to Banks Peninsula.

Policy development
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Legislation introduced to restrict farm-to-forest conversions

Tue 10 Jun 2025

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Todd McClay has today introduced a bill to Parliament that he says will put a stop to large-scale farm-to-forestry conversions.

Protest
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Israel deports activist Greta Thunberg after military seized Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship

Thu 12 Jun 2025

Israel deported activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday, the country's Foreign Ministry said, a day after the Gaza-bound ship she was on with 11 other people was seized by the Israeli military.

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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Could Queenstown become the world’s most electric city?

Wed 11 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Queenstown is set to become the focus of an ambitious initiative aiming to transform it into the world’s most electrified destination.

Science
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Richard Hills

Climate progress slowing, says Auckland councillor

5 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The devastating cyclone that tore through Tāmaki Makaurau in 2023 left behind more than just broken infrastructure, sparking calls to focus on facts over ideology in the fight against climate change.

Tax
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Green budget 'ludicrous la-la land' – govt

15 May 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the budget was "clown show economics" and an "absolute circus".

Technology
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Biochar's negative emissions tech coming to Fieldays

6 Jun 2025

Biochar Network New Zealand will showcase its negative emissions technology biochar at this year's Forestry Hub at Fieldays 2025.

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.

Transport
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Richard Briggs

“It’s not the car – it’s how we move” – EECA

3 Jun 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams| New Zealand’s transport emissions conversation has focused heavily on electric vehicles – but Richard Briggs, group manager, delivery and partnerships at the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, says we’re asking the wrong question.

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Rapid action vital following UN Ocean Conference – experts

Thu 12 Jun 2025

New Zealand-based experts are calling for rapid and transformative action to restore nature - and our relationship with it - at the third UN Ocean Conference in France this week.

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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Govt's RMA overhaul sparks fears for nature and climate

30 May 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has opened public consultation on the biggest overhaul of environmental planning rules in New Zealand’s history, with critics warning it puts nature and climate at risk in favour of fast-tracked development and industry expansion.

Wildfires
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Tropical forest loss hit new heights in 2024; fire a major driver in Latin America

23 May 2025

Tropical forest loss skyrocketed in 2024, with vast swaths of primary forest consumed by fire, according to new satellite data.

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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