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Nick Smith

Parker says Smith wrong on grand-parenting phase-out

28 Mar 2008

Climate Change Minister David Parker says National spokesperson Nick Smith is wrong to suggest that the European Union (EU) is going to continue grand-parenting its high-emitting industries after 2020.

Grove Mill ..using the new draft British standard.. in an unruly New Zealand

CARBON NEWS SERIES: Avoiding the major quality gap in emission certification

27 Mar 2008

Carbon News has revealed some companies run the risk of paying well for emissions measurement and certification – and falling short of developing world standards. They could also get stung in ETS emission audits.

Using less water and other measures cuts crisp maker's emissions 2000 tonnes a year

Massive emission savings possible with supply chain changes

27 Mar 2008

As New Zealand businesses start measuring emissions and prepare to face a price on carbon, and new whole-of-supply chain carbon footprint concept could save big companies millions.

Malcolm Turnbull .. reform the tax system

Call for emissions revenue to fund tax cuts

27 Mar 2008

Australia’s Opposition treasury spokesman last night urged the Kevin Rudd Labor Government to devolve the money it raises from carbon credits onto the states so they can eradicate a raft of inefficient taxes.

Top business speakers appearing at carbon market workshop

27 Mar 2008

Experienced carbon market taders will feature at a Ministry for the Environment and Emissions Trading Group Carbon Markets Workshop in Wellington on April 4.

Digby Lord Jones ... will talk collaboration, ETS, food and travel miles

UK-NZ collaboration on climate change?

27 Mar 2008

The UK Minister for Trade and Investment is expected to provide detail on possible collaboration with New Zealand on climate change issues when he speaks at Auckland on April 4.

IATA's cow of an excuse

A cow of a campaign from the airlines

27 Mar 2008

IATA has launched a campaign opposing airlines' inclusion in the EU emissions trading scheme, on the basis airlines have fewer emissions than cows.

NSW weighs flogging the family silver

27 Mar 2008

A furore over whether New South Wales (NSW) should privatise its mostly coal-fired electricity generation capacity has erupted in the wake of Kevin Rudd’s federal Labor government announcing it will introduce an emissions trading scheme (ETS) in 2010.

Greenpeace turns spotlight on farmers

27 Mar 2008

Greenpeace is demanding New Zealand farmers be brought into the pending New Zealand emissions trading scheme earlier than the scheduled 2013.

NZ emissions trading regulations - what's in store

27 Mar 2008

Officials are working on a range of regulations to implement New Zealand's emissions trading system.

London Brokers plan price data charges

27 Mar 2008

The London Energy Brokers' Association (LEBA) has told Carbon News it will start charging for its market trade data within about two weeks.

The 'official' report on economic impacts of NZ's ETS

27 Mar 2008

As report after report emerges from business-group funded studies on the likely impacts of New Zealand's emissions trading scheme, Carbon news provides a full copy of the Infometric's impact report, commissioned by Treasury's Emissions Trading Group .

Greenpeace protesters unfurl a banner on the Hellenic Sea bulk carrier.. protests have cost Solid Energy tens of millions

Environmental protests knock millions off Solid Energy's bottom line

26 Mar 2008

In a prescient remark, given Greenpeace’s blockage of the bulk coal carrier Hellenic Sea in Lyttelton a few hours later, Solid Energy chairman John Palmer has warned that customer uncertainty over the ETS is “raising the risk profile for the long-term security of Solid Energy’s domestic coal supply business.”

Solid Energy'sCoal Seam gas project in the Waikato ..steps toward a cleaner coal future

Government needs to define clean coal future

26 Mar 2008

The Greenpeace action at Lyttelton last night will put further pressure on the Government to define the role of coal within the ETS and the wider battle against climate change. By far New Zealand’s biggest known energy resource is the 11 billion tonnes of low-grade lignite coal scattered through a dozen easily-accessible fields in Otago and Southland.

Vested interest snakes yet to appear on Australia's ETS

Three pillars to Wong’s emissions policy

26 Mar 2008

The three pillars of reducing emissions, adapting to unavoidable climate change and helping shape a global solution are at the heart of Australia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) policies, Australian Federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong has told Carbon News.

The petrol pump .. out on is own after the Australian ETS is settled?

Now it’s petrol giving the Aussies cold feet

26 Mar 2008

Never mind that the participation of agriculture and forestry in the Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS) looks like being left to the respective industries to decide, land transport may be allowed off the hook too.

First Green Exchange trade features 1000 CERs in 25 futures contracts

26 Mar 2008

Vitol SA, one of the world's largest energy trading firms, and an affiliate of RNK Capital LLC, a private energy and environmental markets investment firm, says the firms have completed the first-ever trade on The Green Exchange™.

Stockton .. returning to full production amind strong export coal prices

Half year loss but Solid Energy forecasts profitability for full year

26 Mar 2008

Energy producer, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, has produced a net loss after tax of $2.7 million for the half year ended 31 December 2007.

Mark Storey .. NZ market will start in deficit

Kiwi ETS start-up market so small - traders will go international immediately

25 Mar 2008

New Zealand’s carbon trading volume and price will not be affected by the domestic market when the country’s emissions trading system officially opens later this year.

Australian coal .. transitional assistance, but no free credits like NZ

Garnaut bucks Wong’s exclusion of agriculture: wants all permits auctioned

25 Mar 2008

Agriculture and forestry should be included in the Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS) despite Climate Change Minister Penny Wong’s preference for their exclusion, the Australian Federal Government’s principal climate change advisor, Professor Ross Garnaut says.

Jim Anderton .. 45 emission reduction projects backed

Millions pour into ag emission reduction research projects

25 Mar 2008

Research into the mitigation of agricultural emissions is the biggest beneficiary of the first $5m allocated by the Government under its Plan of Action for Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change.

Heather Ridout ... phase in 25% company tax before the ETS starts

Cut company tax to 25%, Aussies plead

25 Mar 2008

A 5% cut in the company tax rate is being demanded by lobbyist Australian Industry Group (AIG) to cushion business from the financial impact of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) that Kevin Rudd’s Australian Labor Government intends implementing in 2010.

FULL VERSION: Discussion paper on the Australian Emissions Trading Scheme

25 Mar 2008

The Garnaut Climate Change Review has released its ETS discussion paper, which looks at which industries should be included in Australia's ETS, and issues like recycling revenue from the sale of emission permits.

Measure your own emissions .. no set rules

Self-assessment the Kiwi ETS maxim

20 Mar 2008

A CARBON NEWS INQUIRY SERIES - By Hugh de Lacy: Don’t wait around for the Government to impose overseas standards on carbon assessment and verification: self-assessment is the core theme in the New Zealand emissions trading scheme (ETS), according to Dave Brash, general manager of the Treasury’s Emissions Trading Group.

BNZ Chief Economist Tony Alexander .."we need to get up and running as soon as possible"

BNZ’s Alexander on NZ ETS: “We’ve got to pull finger”

20 Mar 2008

New Zealand needs to “pull its finger out” on an emissions trading scheme (ETS) before it’s overtaken by Australia, or the Europeans start using theirs as a trade barrier.

American ETS cost estimates parallel New Zealand’s

20 Mar 2008

New Zealand seems to be pretty much on the button when it comes to forecasting the costs of its emissions trading scheme (ETS), to judge from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) guesstimate of the United States model.

$2-$# billion a year for 25 years - and New Zealand has sustainable forestry bio mass energy

"Energy Forests" could meet all future NZ transport and heat needs

20 Mar 2008

Purpose-grown energy forests if planted today could meet all of New Zealand's future transport fuel and heat energy needs, without threatening the country's important agricultural industry, according to a study completed by Crown Research Institute, Scion.

.. no flip flops on the path to the most significant" reform since the '80s?

Official timetable for introducing Australia's ETS

20 Mar 2008

Here is the official timetable for developing and introducing Australia's greenhouse gas cap and trade scheme.

The full bill: Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference)

20 Mar 2008

As a service to subscribers, Carbon News provides a full copy of the Climate Change (emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill

Hansard debate record on the first reading of the NZ ETS bill

20 Mar 2008

As a service to subscribers, the Hansard report on the introduction of the bill proposing to introduce emissions trading in new Zealand, and ban new non-baseload thermal generation for 10 years can be viewed here (http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/d/f/2/48HansD_20071212_00000817-Climate-Change-Emissions-Trading-and-Renewable.htm)

ETS briefing: the digest provided to MPs

20 Mar 2008

As a service to subscribers, Carbon news attaches (../../attachments/docs/bill-digest-1587climatechangeemissionstrading1.pdf) the Digest briefing provided to MPs on the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill.

Cullen .. sharemarket losses would pale against unmitigated climate change

No swerving from ETS – Cullen

19 Mar 2008

Finance Minister Dr Michael Cullen's office says he is adamant the global economic downturn will not deflect the Government from its decision to introduce an emissions trading scheme (ETS) this year.

British Columbia Finance Minister Carole Taylor.. personal carbon tax credits .. she hopes will be spent on lowering home emissions

Could Clark deliver a personal climate change tax credit?

19 Mar 2008

Could the Clark Government come up with a one-off cash Climate Action Dividend in this year’s Budget, to offset higher costs people will face to pay for its climate change measures?

ETS will cut US emissions 56% by 2050, cut GDP1%

MAJOR NEW EPA REPORT: Emissions trading will cut emissions 56%, won't damage economy

19 Mar 2008

A United States' Environmental Protection Agency's report into the impact of the front-running Senate bill - introduce an emissions trading - says it will cut GDP by 1% only by 2030 - but see emissions fall 56% by 2050.

Net deforestation 19,000 ha, not 13,000ha forecast

Deforestation in 2007 exceeds Anderton’s expectations

19 Mar 2008

The rush to change land use before the forestry industry came under the emissions trading scheme (ETS) resulted in far more trees being cut down and not replaced than the Government expected.

Smith: Chainsaw massacre continues unabated

19 Mar 2008

Figures released on deforestation are nothing short of an environmental disaster, says National's Climate Change spokesman, Dr Nick Smith.

Big immediate 60%+ nitrous oxide emissions cut possible for dairy farming

Nitrification inhibitors critical to clean dairying

19 Mar 2008

If every one of the country’s 5000-odd dairy farmers were to spray their pastures with Ravensdown’s Eco-N, nitrous oxide emissions from all of New Zealand’s pastoral farming would be cut to below 1990 levels, the company says.

Tony Hayward, Chief Executive, BP: low carbon technologies will be accepted when proven and cheap

CARBON NEWS FORUM: BP Chief Executive - Action needed now to smooth transition to low carbon economy

19 Mar 2008

"Across the world we're at an inflection point as far as the future energy mix is concerned. If we act now to develop sustainable regulatory and fiscal structures, we will be able to smooth the transition to a lower carbon economy of the future. If we wait, then that transition could be very difficult indeed" said BP chief executive Tony Hayward at the Third International Renewables Energy Conference.

Penny Wong .. may exclude forestry and agriculture and complicate the transtasman ETS link

Forestry, agriculture may not be in Aussie ETS

18 Mar 2008

Agriculture and forestry may be dumped in the too-hard basket by new Labor Government Climate Change Minister Penny Wong, who yesterday announced a timetable for Australia to launch an emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Registry launches April

TZ1 trading platform ready, registry launches April

18 Mar 2008

NZX carbon trading subsidiary chief executive Mark Franklin says TZ1’s market platform is ready to operate.

John Key.. balance environmental and economic interests in ETS design

Key backs ETS – with balance

18 Mar 2008

Opposition Leader John Key says his party supports the proposed New Zealand emissions trading system, describing it as “a good model, market-based, it works”. He also talked of further reforming the planning laws so renewable energy projects could proceed.

FRANKLIN SPECIAL INTERVIEW: US well down the climate track

18 Mar 2008

Climate change hold-out the United States might not rush to follow Australia into ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, but behind the scenes it’s moving quickly to legislate for something similar.

Votes stack up for foresters' bid to cut pre-1990 forests and offset plant elsewhere

Forestry offsetting gains "overwhelming" support

18 Mar 2008

The Flexible Land Use Alliance (FLUA) says it now has "overwhelming" support for a foresty offset scheme in both Parliament and the finance and expenditure select committee now that the National Party has got in behind it.

Peter Neilson... some want a price on carbon without affecting costs

Business leader says to trust prices to look after the environment

18 Mar 2008

Businesses should reinforce their belief in the power of markets to put a price on carbon and take care of the environment.

Government Kyoto forestry negotiating stance revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Government to plead for forest off-setting option

17 Mar 2008

The Government will plead with its Kyoto Protocol partners to introduce forest offsetting to the rules covering the second commitment period from 2012 to 2025, but its chances of success are remote, a well-placed source has told Carbon News.

Clean nuclear.. why not trade its credits here?

Business wants New Zealand to go nuclear on emission credits

17 Mar 2008

Businesses being required to enter New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme want to be able to trade nuclear-sourced emissions credits.

Seeby Woodhouse ... long term aim to generate own emission credits

EXCLUSIVE PROFILE: The young millionnaire behind Green Carbon

17 Mar 2008

By Hugh de Lacy - The trauma of an 11-year-old only child seeing his parents all but ruined by the 1987 sharemarket crash is what drove Seeby Woodhouse into a hugely successful entrepreneurial career.

Select committee chair Charles Chauvel .. June 10 deadline pressure

MPs on track to get emissions bill back to House June 10

17 Mar 2008

Parliamentary Finance and Expenditure select committee hearings on the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill get underway on April 2.

Calculate your deforestation liability

17 Mar 2008

The ValueADD Company has launched an online interactive calculator to determine carbon liabilities for de-foresting pre-1990 land. Some of the liabilities are significant.

New OTC contracts launched

17 Mar 2008

LCH.Clearnet and the London Energy Brokers’ Association (LEBA) on February 29 launched their OTC cleared Carbon EUA and CER contracts.

Adaptation
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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.

Carbon News world
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World leaders’ failure to act is pushing Earth past 1.5°C

Today 10:45am

Based on mounting evidence, some scientists now fear we’ve entered a new era of the climate emergency, characterized by accelerated warming and amplified disasters.

Carbon prices
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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.

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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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.

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.

United Nations
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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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