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IDEAcarbon rates Joint Implementation projects

30 Sep 2008

The Carbon Rating Agency, a dedicated ratings subsidiary of IDEAcarbon, has released the first set of ratings for Joint Implementation (JI) projects under JI guidelines.

Hydrogen has been caught up in the coal debate .. or lack of.

Hydrogen economy tumbles down the NZ wish-list

26 Sep 2008

A government-sponsored research project into a hydrogen economy for New Zealand shows signs of having been sandbagged by political parties' moves to suppress debate on coal.

Plastic pallets ... lighter, safer, more durable.

Pallet-maker puts the heat on plastic bags

26 Sep 2008

A Christchurch company has developed a heat process that converts consumer plastics into industrial freight pallets.

California pollution.

US states, Canadian provinces announce emissions pact

26 Sep 2008

Seven US states and four Canadian provinces have announced recommendations for the design of a regional market-based cap-and-trade programme.

Al Gore ... we're losing the climate change fight.

Clean coal is like healthy cigarettes, says Gore

26 Sep 2008

Former US vice-president Al Gore has urged the world to stop burning coal and says the idea of clean coal is “a lie,” likening it to the concept of “healthy cigarettes.”

New York pollution.

US eastern states start obligatory carbon trading

26 Sep 2008

Ten northeast US states today will take part in the nation's first mandatory carbon auction, one of a series of quarterly auctions that in time will reduce the region's power-plant emissions, linked to global warming.

Hilary Benn ... a million new jobs.

UK emissions bill about to become law, says minister

26 Sep 2008

The Climate Change Bill introduced by Britain's ruling Labour Party is about to become law, British Secretary of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn said yesterday.

Chevy Volt ... running on enthusiasm.

America unwise to pin its hopes on the Chevy Volt

26 Sep 2008

America’s bid for a share of the burgeoning car-of-the-future market has come with the birth of the Chevy Volt electric vehicle. Will it save the world? Not likely, says Fortune magazine senior editor Alex Taylor:

Local ethanol production could ensure NZ farming sustainability

26 Sep 2008

New Zealand farming communities could be growing alcohol based fuels without impacting on the global food supply whilst at the same time benefitting the local environment, says American sustainable farming expert David Blume.

Electricity Commission making some progress toward environmental goals, says PCE

26 Sep 2008

Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, has commended the Electricity Commission for its work on improving electricity efficiency and integrating wind generation into the grid.

Bryan Gundersen ... heavy emitters aware of risks.

Heavy emitters told climate change issues ripe for litigation

23 Sep 2008

It is only a matter of time before a class action is brought against heavy emitters in New Zealand over damage caused by climate change, says Kensington Swan partner Bryan Gundersen.

Australian carbon credit price doubles as emissions scheme looms

23 Sep 2008

The price of credits in the Australian carbon market has more than doubled over the past 12 months.

Barbara Pearson

Our ETS action outstrips nuclear stand, says international expert

19 Sep 2008

New Zealand’s “brave” emissions trading scheme is as significant on the world stage as our 1980s stand against nuclear energy, and could lead to the formation of an Asia/Pacific carbon-trading bloc, says an international climate-change consultant.

Crest appeal one of four over tidal power scheme

19 Sep 2008

Four appeals have been lodged against the Northland Regional Council's decision to grant resource consents for New Zealand's first tidal energy project – including one from the developer itself.

Australian Government warned not to dig a bigger economic hole with heavy emitter assistance

Be careful of giving heavy emitters more, Australia told

19 Sep 2008

Australia’s government has been told heavy emitters’ claims for assistance to cushion the impact of that country’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme are “highly contestable".

UK scheme unlikely to reduce carbon on target, says new study

19 Sep 2008

The UK’s Carbon Reduction Commitment, slated for launch in April 2010, is unlikely to cut carbon emissions before 2013, according to a new report from an independent business research firm.

FUTURE AMERICA: What the candidates say about emissions and climate change

19 Sep 2008

U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain say that if they are elected in November, they will fight global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020, using methods that include a cap-and-trade system.

Cambodia pioneering carbon trading cooperative

19 Sep 2008

With the global carbon trade booming, environmental projects in developing countries have joined forces to finance their poverty reduction efforts by selling carbon credits collectively.

Bryan Gunderson

FORUM: Is the door open for a carbon tax?

19 Sep 2008

Kensington Swan energy specialist Bryan Gunderson looks at the impacts of Australia adopting a carbon tax.

ETS picture becoming clearer for forest owners

16 Sep 2008

The forestry sector will know precisely how to participate in the emissions trading scheme when the forestry stakeholder reference group meets with MAF at the end of the month.

Brian Tolley ... system tested by Landcorp.

Entrepreneur finds use for dairy effluent

16 Sep 2008

Electricity industry entrepreneur Brian Tolley says that his BioGenCool system that turns dairy effluent into electricity and fertiliser is the only way to cope with New Zealand’s biggest agricultural pollutant.

Lehman Brothers ... closure will be felt on carbon market.

Failed Lehman Brothers closes carbon desk

16 Sep 2008

The collapse of United States investment bank Lehman Brothers has led to the closure of its carbon desk.

Kiwi boffin says he can turn tyres into fuel

16 Sep 2008

A New Zealander has developed a compact and mobile refinery appliance that he says can derive automotive fuel from the nation’s dumped tyres.

Kaipara hapu lodges appeal against Crest tidal project

16 Sep 2008

Northern Kaipara tribal group Te Uri o Hau has appealed the Northland Regional Council’s recommendation that Crest Energy be given resource consent for its Kaipara Harbour tidal energy project.

Contact wins consent for Taupo geothermal station

16 Sep 2008

Contact Energy has been granted resource consent for a 220 megawatt Te Mihi geothermal power station near Taupo.

Kate Hampton ... agriculture must play a central role.

Grab the opportunities, UK expert tells our farmers

16 Sep 2008

Significant opportunities will emerge for New Zealand and Australian agriculture to benefit from moves to address climate change, according to a leading international expert in the field.

The Philippines ... a smoggy day in old Manila town.

Carbon trading band-aid solution, report tells Philippines

16 Sep 2008

The Philippines has been told it must not over rely on the carbon credits scheme in pursuing clean energy projects because the scheme is a short-term approach to the problem.

Magnetic Island ... centre for smart lifestyling.

Garrett launches ‘solar suburb’ on Barrier Reef island

16 Sep 2008

The $32 million Solar City in Townsville will help the local community to save energy, save money and reduce carbon pollution, according to Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett.

Carbon courses aim to help small businesses

12 Sep 2008

A trial programme to help small and medium-sized businesses to cut their energy consumption is under way in Auckland.

Peter Garrett ... short and medium term tinkering with New Zealand's new ETS not desirable

Garrett: Don't tinker with your new ETS law

12 Sep 2008

Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett has warned New Zealand not to “go tinkering” with its new emissions trading law.

Industry group tries to scrap EU emissions scheme

12 Sep 2008

The European Parliament’s industry committee is trying to ditch the EU emissions trading scheme and to boycott 2020 climate targets, environmental groups said following a vote overnight on how the carbon market should operate after 2012.

Public strongly behind EU policies on climate change

12 Sep 2008

Europeans are highly concerned about climate change and clearly are willing to take action against it.

Greenhouse gas emissions: What others are doing

12 Sep 2008

Companies and governments, including New Zealand, are turning to emissions trading as a weapon to fight climate change, in a carbon market worth $64 billion last year.

REACTION: Greenhouse Policy Coalition - Emissions trading scheme is flawed

12 Sep 2008

The passage of the most ambitious emissions trading scheme in the world will come at a high cost to the New Zealand economy, according to the Greenhouse Policy Coalition, representing the energy-intensive sector.

REACTION: Greens: ETS a first step, time for some big strides now

12 Sep 2008

The passing of the Emissions Trading Scheme is the first small step towards getting New Zealand’s carbon emissions under control – there is still much work to be done, the Green Party says.

Rudd’s carbon scheme leaves early movers exposed

12 Sep 2008

The Australian Federal Government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) has cast considerable uncertainty over the voluntary carbon market, leaving early movers on carbon reduction exposed, according to a submission on the government’s Green Paper by international professional services company GHD.

LETTER: Crests' Poutu power project

12 Sep 2008

Noting the Northland Regional Council decision to allow the Crest Energy tidal power scheme at Poutu, on the Kaipara Harbour.

New world of emissions - what happens and when

11 Sep 2008

The mandatory reporting period for pre-1990 forests starts this year, with ETS obligations and entitlements accruing all year, and a surrender date of December 31 next year.

Peter Neilsen ... more needs to be done.

REACTION: Good work on ETS, now get on with it, says business council

11 Sep 2008

Business leaders are welcoming the passage of emissions trading law as an essential step for New Zealand to preserve its exporting and tourism future.

Bunny McDiarmid ... time to stop squabbling.

REACTION: Thank god that's over, now back to the climate, says Greenpeace

11 Sep 2008

Greenpeace is calling on political parties to outline their future plans for tackling climate change, now the emissions trading scheme has been passed into law.

Dr Peter Read

FORUM: Biochar holds many of the answers for climate change

11 Sep 2008

Biochar technology is an environmental triple-whammy, so why is it under attack? By Dr Peter Read.

NZ scientists unrecognised for work behind the scenes

9 Sep 2008

Political parties are so anxious to play down some energy issues that valuable work by the government’s own energy and scientific agencies is receiving little recognition

Teddy Goldsmith

Ecology group wants NZ ban on Brazilian biofuel

9 Sep 2008

The Pacific Institute of Resource Management - the New Zealand watchdog sponsored by Ecologist founder Teddy Goldsmith - is challenging the EECA’s claim that biofuels from Brazil are even remotely sustainable.

China launches large-scale renewable energy plan

9 Sep 2008

China has released an ambitious plan to develop renewable energy to cut its surging carbon dioxide emissions.

World's first carbon capture pilot fires up clean-coal advocates

9 Sep 2008

The world's first complete demonstration of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will begin next week at a coal-fired power station in Germany.

Japan eyes home greenhouse gas savings in emission trading system

9 Sep 2008

The Japanese government is considering including greenhouse gas emissions from homes, farms and public facilities in the carbon emission trading system scheduled to launch on a trial basis next month.

Carbon forum helps Africa profit from greenhouse gas offset scheme

9 Sep 2008

Three days of deal-making and networking has wrapped up at the United Nations-backed Africa Carbon Forum in Senegal, aimed at improving the continent’s standing in the global carbon marketplace.

More details needed in National’s Environment Policy

9 Sep 2008

The National Party needs to give more details on what it proposes to do on climate change, the emission trading regime, the Resource Management Act and the Department of Conservation, the Environment and Conservation Organisations says.

Energy expert welcomes investment guidelines

9 Sep 2008

The release of new draft guidelines around New Zealand investment in projects under the Kyoto Project has been welcomed by an energy sector expert.

Minister praises train drivers for saving fuel

9 Sep 2008

Energy Minister Hon David Parker has congratulated KiwRail train drivers for the savings they have achieved relating to the company’s KiwiRail’s Fuel Saver scheme.

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Govt unveils National Adaptation Framework

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Minister of Climate Change Simon Watts has revealed the first actions under New Zealand’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets out the Government's approach to the rising risks from natural hazards such as floods and storms.

Agriculture
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All carrot, no stick for farmers on methane

Fri 17 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | COMMENT: The abandonment of methane emissions pricing and the adoption of a weaker target is effectively the last nail in the coffin of the historic cross-parliamentary consensus embedded in the Zero Carbon Act 2019.

Airlines
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NZ needs to be part of a regional SAF strategy: Z, Air NZ

9 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand needs to be part of a regional strategic approach to sourcing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with domestic production less the aim than ensuring access to the fuel from one of a number of strategically positioned bio-refineries around the world.

Aviation
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Air NZ inks deal for its first internationally verified carbon credits

9 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Air New Zealand has committed to buying 8000 tonnes of carbon removals by 2030, in partnership with local native forest investment platform My Native Forest.

Biodiversity
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NZ not 'holding the line' on wilding pine management – experts

Wed 15 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand is no longer “holding the line” against invasive threats, with the country’s scale, remoteness and rugged terrain making control costly and complex, one expert has said ahead of this week's Wilding Pines Conference.

Biofuels
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Researchers say sealing old oil wells with bio-oil from crop waste is a dual carbon-removal solution

19 Sep 2025

A new analysis shows that oil made from corn husks, wood chips, and other waste could plug greenhouse gas-belching abandoned oil wells while sequestering carbon for about $152 per ton.

Carbon Credits
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Broker predicts all this year’s carbon auctions will fail

10 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Marex New Zealand is forecasting that the government will sell no ‘pollution permits’ at the NZU auctions this year, with a significant gap continuing between secondary market prices and this year’s $68 auction floor price.

Carbon News world
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UN agency says CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilisation and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather.

Carbon prices
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Will govt’s light touch approach lead to higher carbon prices?

3 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Carbon market watchers are hoping the government’s plan for the electricity sector will eventually lead to higher carbon prices, with the secondary market still trading sideways for the longest time in its history.

Coal
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The Government will decide by December whether to go ahead with an LNG import facility.

Electricity to remain in ETS

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has rejected Frontier Economics' recommendation that electricity should be removed from the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Comment
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The merchants of doubt are back

3 Sep 2025

OPINION: If you don’t follow climate policy closely, you might not know that the Trump administration is launching an effort to overturn one of the most fundamental pillars of American climate policy.

Construction
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Electric Arc Furnace in action at North Star BlueScope

Milestone for NZ Steel electrification

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | NZ Steel has passed an installation milestone for its new electric arc furnace, which will reduce emissions from the Glenbrook steel mill site by as much as one megatonne (1Mt) a year.

COP
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An Indigenous activist during demonstrations at the COP28 opening in Dubai, 2023.

UN limits staff at COP30 climate summit over accommodation concerns

19 Sep 2025

High hotel prices for Brazil's COP30 climate summit in November have prompted the United Nations to urge its staff to limit attendance, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

Extinction
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Nest of Asian (paper) wasp

From nuisance to crisis: New report on pest wasps In Aotearoa

24 Sep 2025

Media release: Moths and Butterflies NZ Trust | Just published is the Final Report of the Pest Wasps Survey carried out by the Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust (MBNZT) offering a comprehensive look at New Zealanders’ awareness, experiences, and attitudes toward wasps and the growing ecological, health, and social issues associated with them.

Extreme weather
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Difficult trade-offs ahead for climate adaptation

Fri 17 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While climate impacts are already here, bringing the urgent need to accelerate effective adaptation now, the Government's newly minted adaptation framework still leaves important questions unanswered about who will pay.

Fishing
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NZ marine heatwaves could double in intensity under high-emissions pathway

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New projections show marine heatwaves will grow more intense around the North Island and more frequent around the South Island as the climate warms – raising risks for fisheries, aquaculture, coastal ecosystems and tourism.

Forestry
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World falling far behind deforestation goals with farms and fires driving loss, report says

Wed 15 Oct 2025

The report said the world permanently lost 8.1 million hectares (20 million acres) of forest, an area about the size of England, in 2024 alone.

Gas
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‘Damp squib’ – Govt energy plan slammed for locking in fossil fuels

2 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Critics across business, climate groups and the opposition say the Government’s electricity reforms duck structural change, double down on LNG and gas, and offer little relief for soaring power prices – warning of an “expensive white elephant", deeper energy poverty and a missed chance to scale renewables.

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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Nicholas Stern

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist

Wed 15 Oct 2025

Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the 21st century, while growth fuelled by fossil fuels is futile because the damage it causes ends in self-destruction, the economist Nicholas Stern has said.

Greenhouse Effect
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Climate Change Minister Simon Watts (front right) alongside Agriculture Minister Todd McLay announcing the controversial new methane target on Sunday.

Where’s Watts? Climate Minister no-show at climate conference

Thu 16 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Opposition parties have slammed the Climate Change Minister’s failure to front up to a major international conference in Christchurch, saying it shows that climate adaptation is a low priority for the National Party.

Greenwashing
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Eraring power station is a black coal-fired power station on the shores of Lake Macquarie, southeast of Newcastle, NSW

Climate credibility gap widening for Aussie firms

1 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Australian public companies’ climate change commitments are in retreat, reflecting difficulty in achieving stated targets and increased fossil use, but not because of any pressure to make less effort, according to a study of major companies’ ESG reporting.

Hydro power
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Coal imports up 650%

12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.

Hydrogen
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

29 Jul 2025

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

Insurance
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Dr Sasha Maher (University of Auckland, Business School)

Study warns climate leadership falling short in NZ

1 Oct 2025

Media release - Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland | Research suggests New Zealand’s climate leadership is falling short, with current adaptation efforts focused on property and cost-cutting rather than protecting communities.

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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Judge dismisses suit by young climate activists against Trump’s pro-fossil fuel policies

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Plaintiffs had ‘overwhelming evidence’ of climate crisis but a court injunction would be ‘unworkable’, ruling says.

Low carbon
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Lord Adair Turner

'Non-negotiable' – EU carbon pricing to hit Kiwi exporters, expert warns

11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | High carbon exports will inevitably face a high carbon tax at the EU border, possibly in the next five years, and high methane agricultural products might not be exempt, an international expert told a local audience yesterday.

Mining
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naushad mohamed via Unsplash

Deep sea mining threatens sharks, rays and ghost sharks

6 Oct 2025

Mining the world’s deep seas for metals will likely threaten many species of sharks, rays and chimaeras (ghost sharks), according to researchers.

NZ ETS
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Govt promises ‘earlier action’ in response to Commission’s warning climate targets at risk

Fri 17 Oct 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government says it will “explore opportunities for earlier action” ahead of the third Emissions Reduction Plan, and has committed to looking at ways to stop the system of free carbon credits for industrial polluters from disincentivising industrial decarbonisation.

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

24 Jun 2025

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

Oceans
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Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Climate Change, speaking at the Adaptation Futures 2025 Conference in Christchurch on Monday.

‘Weird and sad’ – Tuvalu Climate Minister condemns NZ halving methane target

Wed 15 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | Dr Maina Talia, Tuvalu’s Minister for Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment, says he’s surprised at New Zealand’s decision to weaken its target for reducing methane emissions – and is planning to take up the issue with his counterpart Climate Minister Simon Watts this week.

Paris Agreement
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NZ’s biggest ever climate meeting kicks off

Tue 14 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The world's largest climate adaptation conference kicked off in Christchurch yesterday, with nearly 2000 attendees expected, making it potentially the biggest international climate meeting Aotearoa New Zealand will ever host.

Planetary boundaries
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Bottom trawling a triple threat to marine environments - new report

9 Oct 2025

Media release | Greenpeace is calling for urgent action to restrict bottom trawling after a new government report highlights the compounding effects this destructive fishing method has on climate change, habitat degradation and biodiversity loss.

Plastics
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Lobby group launches ‘blueprint’ for ocean management reform

18 Sep 2025

The Environmental Defence Society yesterday released its plan to tackle widespread ecological decline in our oceans.

Politics
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Councils need funding tools to address climate challenges – LGNZ

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Media release | Local Government New Zealand is welcoming the Government’s new National Adaptation Framework, while cautioning that councils will struggle to meet its new expectations without additional funding tools.

Protest
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Students repeat request for Victoria University to divest from fossil fuel investments

24 Sep 2025

Media release | A group of students campaigning for climate action at Victoria University of Wellington have dropped a banner protesting against the university’s lack of action on its 2014 commitment to divest from fossil fuels.

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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Record global renewable energy growth remains short of climate target, report says

Thu 16 Oct 2025

A new report finds that a record amount of global renewable energy capacity was added last year, but that still leaves countries “short of targets towards meeting a UN climate goal to triple capacity by 2030”.

Tax
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Solar households to get little-noticed tax break

23 Sep 2025

A provision in the government’s latest tax bill would exempt households from paying tax on income they earn by selling excess electricity back to the grid.

Technology
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Climate scientists and republican lawyers are taking aim at Big Tech’s emissions

Fri 17 Oct 2025

Technology companies have long been one of the biggest investors in clean energy, but new accounting rules could upend that.

The House
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Resources Minister Shane Jones

Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs

31 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government is expected to repeal the oil and gas ban today, with a last-minute amendment handing discretionary power to two ministers over the controversial issue of decommissioning.

Transport
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For Australia to get moving on electric vehicles, we must ban petrol and diesel cars by 2035

Fri 17 Oct 2025

COMMENT: If nothing is done, transport is projected to be Australia’s largest emissions source by 2030.

Waste
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The Repair Cafe opens on 17 October.

Fix it, don't ditch it: University of Auckland hosts first Repair Cafe

9 Oct 2025

Media release - Auckland University | The University's first-ever Repair Cafe is bringing students and staff together to give broken items a new lease on life, while promoting a culture of repair and reuse.

Water
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Farmers face heightened solvency risks as climate changes: research

10 Oct 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Increasingly volatile weather patterns, higher insurance costs driven by climate change risk and global financial volatility represent risks to New Zealand farmers’ capacity to service debt and remain solvent, according to new research by Christchurch-based research firm Kōmanawa Solutions.

Wildfires
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‘Con,’ ‘scam,’ ‘hoax’: Trump’s UN speech on climate

24 Sep 2025

The president used a large chunk of his hour-long speech to world leaders to condemn climate science and clean energy policies.

Wind energy
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Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

24 Sep 2025

The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.

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