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Zombie ice from Greenland will raise sea level 27 centimetres

1 Sep 2022

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 27 centimeters -- more than twice as much as previously forecast — according to a recent study.

Lakes are disappearing across the Arctic as the climate crisis worsens: Study

1 Sep 2022

The Arctic has experienced loss before. As the area warms almost four times more quickly than the rest of the world, glaciers melt, wildlife dies, and habitat loss is accelerating at an unprecedented rate.

A crop-by-crop comparison of urban vs conventional farms yields turns up some surprising results

1 Sep 2022

Roof-grown lettuces and warehouse-cultivated tomatoes could be more than just a frivolous foodie trend: a new study finds that crops cultivated in cities can be up to four times more productive per square meter, than those grown in conventional agricultural fields.

G20 climate talks in Indonesia end without joint communique

1 Sep 2022

Group of 20 climate talks in Bali ended without a joint communique Wednesday despite host Indonesia warning the world's leading economies they must act together to combat a warming planet or risk plunging into "uncharted territory".

The flooding in Pakistan is a climate catastrophe with political roots

31 Aug 2022

Flash floods over the weekend left one-third of Pakistan submerged from weeks of heavy rains, compounding an already difficult set of political and economic crises in the country.

Despite conservative outcry, reducing fertiliser emissions won’t lead to famine

31 Aug 2022

The US government’s plan to cut fertilizer emissions by 30% by 2030 has garnered significant attention from farmers, agriculture organizations and other industry stakeholders.

Sichuan uses 5000 solar panels to boost power supply

31 Aug 2022

A total of 5,000 solar panels were put into use at an expressway section linking Southwest China’s Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Wednesday. The panels are expected to generate 4.22 million kilowatt hours (kW) annually, in an effort to boost power supply and ease the power crunch in the province.

Drought threatening Dutch dikes

31 Aug 2022

Authorities in the Netherlands are on high alert as drought conditions could threaten the stability of the country's network of 19th century peat dikes.

Scientists renew call for civil disobedience

31 Aug 2022

For the second time this year, climate researchers are urging their colleagues to risk arrest and commit acts of civil disobedience in an effort to pressure governments to take quicker, more substantial action on the climate crisis and to better convey how seriously the science community views the threats it poses to humanity and the environment.

Living in timber cities could cut emissions, without using farmland for wood production

31 Aug 2022

Housing a growing population in homes made out of wood instead of conventional steel and concrete could avoid more than 100 billion tons of emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2 until 2100, a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research shows.

What’s the chance of meeting Paris climate goal? Just 0.1%: study

30 Aug 2022

Climate scientists say there’s a 0.1% chance of keeping warming below 1.5° Celsius by 2100, as called for in the Paris Agreement.

Fact check: What role does climate change play in extreme weather events?

30 Aug 2022

After scorching heat waves withered crops and dried up mighty rivers in the Northern Hemisphere, catastrophic super flooding in Pakistan has so far killed more than a 1,000 people, displacing millions more.

Climate intervention: a possible hope in the face of humanity’s biggest problem

30 Aug 2022

The rapid reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero is the only practical way to halt climate change. But thanks to two centuries of burning fossil fuels, we have created a warmer climate that will endure for generations. As a result, humanity will be faced with an important decision: do we live on a hot planet with all the problems that brings, or do we intervene to try to cool things down?

The six reckonings of Europe’s energy crisis: gas, nuclear, war and inflation

30 Aug 2022

With European wholesale natural gas, coal, and electricity as well as CO2 prices near to all-time highs, Europeans are facing a winter of discontent, one which may in fact last for many years.

Macron warns of ‘end of abundance’

30 Aug 2022

France is headed toward the “end of abundance” and “sacrifices” have to be made during what is a time of great upheaval, President Emmanuel Macron told his cabinet on Wednesday upon returning from summer break.

Rail-mounted system could slash direct air capture costs: study

30 Aug 2022

A United States start-up is cooking up a plan to mount direct air capture (DAC) technology on trains to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a much lower cost than stationary systems.

Pakistan pins deadly floods on climate change

29 Aug 2022

Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country's climate minister called the deadly monsoon season "a serious climate catastrophe."

Paleoclimate study shows warming oceans could lead to a spike in seabed methane emissionsC

29 Aug 2022

The slowdown of a key ocean current could release methane that is frozen in layers of organic seabed sediments along some of the world’s coastlines, a new study shows.

This algorithm can make all the world’s wind farms produce more electricity – for free

29 Aug 2022

Virtually all wind turbines, which produce more than 5 percent of the world’s electricity, are controlled as if they were individual, free-standing units. In fact, the vast majority are part of larger wind farm installations involving dozens or even hundreds of turbines, whose wakes can affect each other.

France offers €4,000 e-bike subsidy but there’s a catch

29 Aug 2022

The cities of France are building safe cycling infrastructure as fast as any in the world, including a massive move by Paris. And now the federal government is ensuring those new bike lanes will fill up with clean, green e-bikes after announcing a €4,000 subsidy. But there is a catch.

Climate change could bring back wind as the future power source for ocean cargo ships

29 Aug 2022

The shipping industry accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, producing as much manmade carbon dioxide as all the coal-fired power plants in the U.S. combined.

University of Michigan explores low-carbon construction with robot-built pavilion

29 Aug 2022

A team of students and researchers has shown how, with the help of robots, it's possible to build an intricate pavilion using only small pieces of timber.

Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying: BBC

26 Aug 2022

The way Google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed, the BBC has discovered.

Australia must cut consumption for successful transition to renewables: expert

26 Aug 2022

Energy Consumption – whether its heating your home, driving, oil refining or liquefying natural gas – is responsible for around 82% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions

The energy required for adaptation calls for stronger mitigation efforts

26 Aug 2022

A new study published today in Nature Communications by researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, the European Institute on Economics and the Environment and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine finds that adapting to climate change will require more energy than previously estimated, leading to higher energy investments and costs.

The idea of 100% renewable energy is once again having a moment

26 Aug 2022

In 1975, Danish physicist Bent Sørensen published a paper examining the possibility that his country could run on 100 percent renewable energy. Appearing in the journal Science, it could have been an important moment for beginning to look seriously at transforming the way the world produces energy.

Why lithium power politics are playing out very differently in Chile and Bolivia

26 Aug 2022

The people of Bolivia and Chile imagine a different kind of extraction: one that is controlled by those who live by the resources and one that does not destroy the earth.

Climate change comes for the rich: The world’s wealthiest nations are feeling this summer’s extreme impacts

26 Aug 2022

Climate change doesn’t care about a country’s GDP. Melting glaciers at expensive ski resorts, deadly flooding in some of the world’s richest cities and wildfires across heavily touristed regions of Europe this summer have made clear that while the developing world and the poorest people are the most vulnerable to climate impacts, the rich world is far from immune.

A near 100% renewables grid is well within reach for Australia

25 Aug 2022

There have been many simulations of a 100% renewable electricity grid for Australia, including some ground-breaking studies from Beyond Zero Emissions, The University of New South Wales and the ANU

Can Southern Africa grow without fossil fuels?

25 Aug 2022

If current trends in the energy system continue, wind and solar will outcompete other power sources on cost and rapidly come to dominate the electrical grid in Southern Africa, according to a new study.

Peru's capital Lima backs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

25 Aug 2022

City lawmakers in Lima, Peru on Monday unanimously passed a motion calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a proposed global mechanism for tackling the source of most of the greenhouse gas emissions that are fueling the climate emergency.

Inflation Reduction Act could curb climate damages by up to $1.9 trillion, White House says

25 Aug 2022

The Inflation Reduction Act, the most aggressive climate investment ever taken by Congress, could cut the social costs of climate change by up to $1.9 trillion by 2050, the White House says.

Should schools teach climate change studies? These countries think so

25 Aug 2022

A study from a British university reveals that more than half of young people experience climate anxiety on a daily basis.

Can Denmark save every smørrebrød?

25 Aug 2022

As the country that wastes the most food in Europe, Denmark is turning to apps that help shoppers grab groceries just before they end up in the trash.

China's unprecedented 70-day heatwave is breaking multiple records

24 Aug 2022

China's more than two-month long heatwave has dried up as many as 66 rivers, including the critical Yangtze River, the world's third longest waterway.

Europe hit by worst drought in at least 500 years as climate change fears grow

24 Aug 2022

Europe is in the grip of its worst drought in at least 500 years, experts warned on Tuesday as fears grew over climate change.

Why climate change is Africa’s biggest ‘existential challenge’

24 Aug 2022

Climate change is the biggest “existential challenge” to Africa’s development and is eroding many of its development gains, according to the African Development Bank.

Flooding wetlands could be the next big carbon capture hack

24 Aug 2022

Arriving at the tidal wetlands of Mungalla Station on the coastline of northern Queensland, ornithologist Simon Kennedy from the not-for-profit BirdLife Australia is greeted by a welcome cacophony. “You start hearing honks and quacks and twitters and noises coming from there,” he says of the area’s diverse and thriving bird populations, “whereas it’s very quiet elsewhere.”

Covid and climate change pose similar behavioural challenges

24 Aug 2022

Climate-change activists should take some lessons from the mismanagement and miscommunication around the covid pandemic. In both cases, people across the political spectrum feel helpless in the face of the problem. In both cases, experts need to figure out how to get people to overcome these feelings and act.

Up to 90% of marine species could be at high or critical risk from GHGs: study

24 Aug 2022

The fate of nearly all marine species could be at risk of extinction by the end of the century if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at current rates, scientists are warning in a new study.

Canadian farmers push back against fertiliser emissions target

24 Aug 2022

As part of Canada’s net-zero target, the country is seeking to significantly cut the emissions from fertilizers, a move that is seeing pushback from the agriculture industry.

Australia’s biggest listed solar company to be wound up after selling US portfolio

23 Aug 2022

New Energy Solar, the biggest listed solar investor in Australia, is to be wound up after agreeing to sell its remaining portfolio of 14 US solar farms to a company run by US investment bank giant Goldman Sachs.

Spain PM warns of climate emergency as country records hottest summer ever

23 Aug 2022

Spain is facing a climate emergency as it experiences the hottest summer ever recorded, prime minister Pedro Sanchez warned yesterday.

Here’s what you get if you ask airlines what they can do about the climate crisis

23 Aug 2022

Last year, the UK government’s own climate change advisers, the Climate Change Committee, said that demand for flying must fall if the UK is to meet its climate commitments.

New satellite will see how much carbon is being stored in forests

23 Aug 2022

In a dust-free cleanroom in Stevenage, the European Space Agency's BIOMASS satellite is finally taking shape.

The big firms snapping up Scottish carbon credits

23 Aug 2022

Weapons manufacturers, the oil giant Shell, and financial institutions which poured billions of pounds into fossil fuels are among firms buying Scottish carbon credits, prompting critics to claim the country is experiencing an era of “rampant carbon capitalism”.

EU carbon price hits record

22 Aug 2022

The price of carbon in the EU’s emissions trading system hit a new all-time high on Friday, August 19, as traders warned coal was becoming “re-embedded” in Europe’s electricity generation because of tight supplies of gas.

Newest cause for climate optimism? The U.S. rivalry with China

22 Aug 2022

A clean energy arms race between the U.S. and China — the world’s two superpowers and largest greenhouse gas emitters — has been the dream of climate advocates for decades.

How a humpback whale superhighway is offering warnings about climate change

22 Aug 2022

During winter Australia's east coast becomes a migratory superhighway for humpback whales, a so-called "blue corridor".

“This is total, total greenwash”: Santos claims massive Alaska oil project will be carbon neutral

22 Aug 2022

Last week, at the same time as reporting a huge profit windfall, Australian gas giant Santos gave the final investment green light to its $US2.6 billion ($A3.7 billion) Pikka oil venture off the coast of Alaska, citing a need to boost global energy supplies amid the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Fifty years of observations, no reversal of glacier climate damage

31 Mar 2026

Media release: Earth Sciences New Zealand | Fifty years on from the first aerial survey of our Southern Alps glaciers, late snow and variable summer weather delivered a temporary reprieve from rapid ice loss, says Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Agriculture
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Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

Tue 7 Apr 2026

An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

Airlines
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$30m airline fund risks ‘burning public money’ without lasting benefit – expert

20 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A $30 million government package to support regional air routes risks delivering poor value for money while increasing emissions, according to transport strategist Tim Adriaansen.

Aviation
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Signs of jet fuel hoarding emerge in Asia on Iran oil shock

26 Mar 2026

Signs are growing that Asian countries are hoarding jet fuel after the Iran war sent oil prices surging, reflecting growing strain on the aviation industry.

Biodiversity
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Cook River near Fox Glacier

Environmental groups launch legal action over Govt's 'tick-box approach' to conservation land

Wed 8 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Forest & Bird and the Environmental Defence Society are taking the Government to court over decisions about the future of publicly-owned land on Te Tai Poutini/the West Coast.

Biofuels
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New alliance wants renewable-led energy – and Govt to press pause on LNG

Thu 9 Apr 2026

A newly formed coalition of business, consumer and energy organisations has unveiled a renewable-led strategy it says will strengthen the country’s energy security, and it’s calling on the Government to pause its plan for an LNG import terminal.

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Supply-side pressures and political uncertainty ahead for carbon market

Tue 7 Apr 2026

By Kristen Green | ANALYSIS: With failed auctions, a surge of new forestry registrations, and an election a few months away, the NZ ETS in 2026 will be subject to a mix of supply-side pressures and political uncertainty.

Carbon prices
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Economic contraction will impact carbon market

1 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | While higher fossil fuel prices strengthen the long-run economics of decarbonisation, the current fuel crisis won’t inspire near-term confidence in the carbon market, according to Lizzie Chambers of Carbon Match.

Coal
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Huntly Power Station

Genesis fires up pellet study with Nature’s Flame

Wed 8 Apr 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Genesis Energy is extending its quest for locally produced torrefied wood pellets to supplement coal and gas to fuel its Huntly power station, announcing it is investigating plant construction with established local solid fuels player Nature’s Flame.

Comment
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Death toll in Afghanistan flooding increases to 28, authorities say

1 Apr 2026

Afghan authorities said Monday that the death toll from severe weather that has struck swathes of the country over the past four days has increased to 28, with 49 people injured. Dozens of people have died from extreme weather in the country so far this year.

Construction
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Sustainable retail-office project breaks ground under new Green Star framework

19 Feb 2026

Construction is set to begin on a new retail-office development in central Auckland, which is targeting a 40% reduction in embodied carbon and 25% lower energy.

COP
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Resources Minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones

Opposition attacks Govt over fossil fuel phaseout backdown

2 Feb 2026

By Liz Kivi | Revelations that Resources Minister Shane Jones ruled out New Zealand signing up to a 'road map' away from fossil fuels at last year’s global climate summit show the National Party’s minor coalition partners’ undue influence over the Government, according to Labour leader Chris Hipkins.

Emissions trading
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Carbon price: Ups and downs amid geopolitical uncertainty

26 Mar 2026

By Liz Kivi | After ups and downs in recent weeks, the carbon market again broke above the $40 mark this week, with questions around how the Middle East conflict will play out weighing on market confidence.

Energy
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EA entrenches 10kW export limit for residential solar

Wed 8 Apr 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | The Electricity Authority intends to require all electricity networks to offer at least a 10 kilowatt (kW) export capacity for residential rooftop and other small-scale distributed generation.

Extinction
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WWF-New Zealand chief executive Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

Environmental groups call for ETS reform

20 Feb 2026

Several environmental organisations are calling on political parties to make climate and biodiversity central to the 2026 election campaign, with reforming the Emissions Trading Scheme seen as a key priority.

Extreme weather
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Severe tropical cyclones Maila And Vaianu threaten communities in Solomon Islands, PNG and Fiji

Wed 8 Apr 2026

Media release: 350.org |Two Category 3 Tropical Cyclones are currently moving through the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, while experts watch a third system potentially developing in the North Pacific.

Fishing
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Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions

10 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.

Forestry
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Wellington planting nears one million trees

30 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Greater Wellington’s parks restoration programme will hit one million native trees this year, with the first dams to rewet peat wetlands in Queen Elizabeth Park now completed after a years-long effort to bring these ecosystems – and their carbon sequestering superpowers – back to life.

Fossil fuels
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Renewable build-out runs into grid and firming limits

Wed 8 Apr 2026

New Zealand's electricity market entered 2026 with renewable generation at record levels and a substantial build pipeline finally moving from paper to construction. The harder question is whether the wider system can absorb and firm that capacity fast enough.

Gas
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A matter of strategy

Tue 7 Apr 2026

COMMENT: Even on the brink of a global commodities crisis, the possibilities for climate action aren't hopelessly foreclosed. Strategy can turn our fortunes around, writes David Hall.

Geothermal
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RMA to speed up fossil fuel consents

18 Aug 2025

By Liz Kivi | An energy lobby group has welcomed a last-minute amendment to the RMA that puts fossil fuels on the same footing as renewables, however a sustainable energy expert says the move “beggars belief.”

Green finance
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FMA to ease conditions for green bond issues

31 Mar 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Green, social and sustainability-linked bonds will face lower disclosure requirements and regulatory costs under a class exemption newly granted by the Financial Markets Authority.

Greenhouse Effect
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New protections for NZ migratory species under UN convention

2 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New international protections for migratory species, including several found in New Zealand, are a positive step – but global protections won’t halt the decline of migratory species on their own, experts say.

Greenwashing
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Greenpeace spokesperson Sinéad Deighton-O’Flynn

Fonterra admits ‘100% grass-fed’ claim breached law in greenwashing row

2 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Fonterra has admitted its “100% New Zealand grass-fed” claims on Anchor butter were misleading and breached the law, settling a case brought by Greenpeace Aotearoa over packaging used between December 2023 and April 2025.

Hydro power
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Climate Change and Energy Minister Simon Watts

Govt missing opportunity to slash electricity prices, says expert

11 Feb 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s fixation on eliminating the "dry-year risk margin" as a lever to reduce costs misses a much bigger opportunity to lower electricity prices, according to Christina Hood, head of Compass Climate.

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Castlepoint lighthouse, Wairarapa

NZ prepares to join ‘gold rush’ for white hydrogen

25 Mar 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand may be close to commercialising the capture and use of naturally occurring ‘white’ hydrogen, with investment plans for developments in the Wairarapa region picking up pace in response to spiralling oil prices.

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Media round-up

20 Mar 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Crown lawyers agree High Court could quash emissions plan if found unlawful; NZ is locked in 'disaster inertia'; and climate change is notably absent from new development laws.

Kyoto
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Climate law change spanner in the works for Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry

19 Dec 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s controversial changes to New Zealand’s legal framework for climate policy have thrown a spanner in the works for a long-running Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry into climate change.

Litigation
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Lawyers complain to ombudsman over Govt failure to release LNG modelling

1 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Lawyers for Climate Action has made a formal complaint to the Ombudsman over the Government’s failure to release information about its controversial decision to build a LNG import terminal.

Mining
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NZ First targets regional share of mining royalties

30 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand First has proposed returning 50% of mining royalties to regional communities, saying that too much of the value from resource extraction is currently flowing to Wellington.

NZ ETS
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Tuvalu prioritises climate change in agreement with NZ

27 Mar 2026

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand has pledged an additional $20 million to climate resilience work in Tuvalu, more than doubling Aotearoa's aid to the tiny island nation in the current financial year.

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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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Worst in a generation: Environmentalists slam fisheries reform bill

25 Mar 2026

Media release: Greenpeace | The Fisheries Amendment Bill, which will likely have its first reading in parliament this week, is being labelled the worst fisheries policy in a generation by environmental groups who are calling for it to be rejected to protect ocean health.

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Free fares call as fuel crisis impacts school attendance

Wed 8 Apr 2026

An open letter is urging the Government to make public transport free for all school children and subsidised for students under 25, as rising fuel costs begin to impact attendance and access to education across the country.

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Kiwis overly optimistic about state of environment

27 Feb 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New research suggests many New Zealanders believe the environment is in better shape than it really is, with public perceptions often out of step with scientific evidence.

Plastics
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‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics

24 Feb 2026

Plastic production has doubled over the last 20 years – and will likely double again. For author Beth Gardiner, metal water bottles and canvas tote bags are not the solution. So what is?

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Activists occupy controversial gold drilling site

25 Mar 2026

By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | Opposition in Golden Bay to a controversial gold mine at Sams Creek has flared up over the weekend after several activists briefly occupied a drilling site.

Rare earth minerals
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China has a new competitor? Kazakhstan reveals huge rare Earth deposit that could power the next tech boom

25 Feb 2026

China’s grip on rare earths might finally see some competition, and the world is already taking notice.

Renewable energy
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Solar energy, cheap battery storage can meet 90% of India’s power demand at affordable costs: Ember report

Thu 9 Apr 2026

Battery storage is now cheap enough in India that solar power can meet 90% of the country’s power demand at lower lifetime costs than current average purchase rates in most states, a new study has found, a finding that could potentially point to a future buffer against global energy shocks.

Science
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Sci-tech prioritisation report is a joke that could cost NZ dearly, says NZ Association of Scientists

2 Apr 2026

Media release: New Zealand Association of Scientists | The Prioritisation Report released yesterday by the Prime Minister’s Science Innovation and Technology Council makes a poor case for further cuts and changes to our research system.

Tax
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Associate Professor Ru Hong

Carbon trading schemes cut more emissions than carbon taxes, according to global study

20 Mar 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Carbon trading schemes are more effective than carbon taxes at reducing emissions, cutting fossil fuel use, and accelerating the shift to renewable energy, a global study has found.

Technology
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AI’s arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it’s locking in more fossil fuels

2 Apr 2026

Six years ago, Google was confident that by 2030 it would power all operations with electricity generated from clean sources, including wind and solar power, and remove as much pollution as it produced. Today it calls those goals a “moonshot.” Microsoft says it’s still aiming to remove more carbon than it creates by 2030 but now describes the effort as “a marathon, not a sprint.”

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Pacific climate response in question as NZ finance remains unclear

19 Dec 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With New Zealand's $1.3 billion international climate finance commitment set to end with no clarity on what follows, the Auditor-General says oversight of that funding remains patchy and long-term outcomes are unclear.

Transport
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Fuel crisis powers surge in EV interest in Asia-Pacific region

Tue 7 Apr 2026

Motorists across the Asia-Pacific region are switching to electric vehicles at a rapid pace, as rising fuel costs due to the Middle East war force consumers and companies to reconsider their reliance on petrol and diesel vehicles.

Waste
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Infrastructure plan calls for ‘predictable approach’ to electrifying economy

18 Feb 2026

Aotearoa’s first National Infrastructure Plan, introduced to Parliament yesterday, calls for "a predictable approach to electrifying the economy" as one of ten priorities for the next decade.

Water
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Dairy farmers' lack of climate action 'even bleaker' than water inaction – Upton

1 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Government projections for cutting agricultural emissions are being undermined by low farmer uptake, with the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment warning the country is relying on “heroic” assumptions to meet its methane targets.

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AI tool predicts wildfire danger faster than current systems

26 Mar 2026

Media release | A wildfire forecasting system powered by artificial intelligence could help detect dangerous fire conditions earlier and reduce the cost of wildfire response, according to new research from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury.

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Fast-track approved project could deliver NZ’s largest wind farm

Tue 7 Apr 2026

Media release: New Zealand Government |Fast-track approval has been granted for New Zealand’s largest wind farm project.

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