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The US emissions map

CO2 emission mapping of continental US

15 Apr 2008

A new map service is offering more than 100 times the detail of previous inventories of carbon dioxide being emitted in the continental United States.

Auckland’s first five-star environmentally sustainable building

15 Apr 2008

Auckland City Council's City Development Committee has approved the construction of a ventilated weather screen façade on the BNZ building at 80 Queen Street.

Surpise MAF report: emision reduction measures will boost dairy incomes 30% under ETS

EXCLUSIVE: 'Surprise' MAF report shows some farms will profit from ETS

14 Apr 2008

Already well-off dairy farmers could get a 30 per cent profit boost from the ETS, according to an apparently prematurely released Government report.

Todd Energy exploration .. on-going domestic market for gas threatened by thermal  power ban

Thermal ban ‘will kill oil exploration’ – Todd

14 Apr 2008

Oil exploration off the Taranaki coast will be killed by the Government’s proposed 10-year ban on new thermal power stations, the chief executive of Todd Energy, Richard Tweedie, told Carbon News.

John Key .. finding an audience of convern over allegedly "re-badged" money

National scents votes in $700m R and D "pork barrel"

14 Apr 2008

Opposition leader John Key is surprised the amount of traction he is getting from his outright condemnation of the government’s $700 million research announced for agriculture.

Seddonville ... Mohikinui River hydro project focus of objection

Forest and Bird supports request to call in Mokihinui consent

14 Apr 2008

Forest & Bird supports the request by West Coast councils for the Environment Minister to “call in” Meridian’s resource consent application to build a hydro dam on the Mokihinui River.

New CER exchange powered by credis from 332 CDM projects, with 550 moe in pipeline

Major new Indian NCDEX exchange enjoys enthusiastic first day trading

14 Apr 2008

More than 200,000 CERs, worth INR 200 mln, were traded on the new NCDEX exchange (Friday NZ time).

No need for NZ to drag feet on biofuels

14 Apr 2008

New Zealand shouldn’t delay bringing in biofuel sales obligations and miss out on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels says a major potential investor.

Sustainability program .. examples of households creating one bag of rubbish in 6 months

Downloadable eco advice aims at 63% who want to help

14 Apr 2008

A new eco advice booklet is available off the internet from today to help the 91 per cent of New Zealanders who have said they want to know more about how they can protect the environment, says Environment Minister Trevor Mallard.

Cullen .. his office and Treasury deny information at hand on ETS windfall

EXCLUSIVE: $18b windfall for NZ government from ETS

11 Apr 2008

CARBON NEWS INQUIRY - The New Zealand Government’s coffers will be boosted by $18b in windfall revenues from sales of carbon credits between 2013 and 2024, according to privileged information obtained by Carbon News.

Glenbrook .. profit hit by $60m a year at $30mt carbon price

ETS will hit steel mill profits by $60m a year - $1 billion investment deferred

11 Apr 2008

MPs have been told a $1 billion decision to invest in New Zealand’s Glenbrook steel mill depends on the shape of the final emissions trading legislation, and the new regime might also lead to the mill’s closure.

EXCLUSIVE: Cook Strait tidal test turbine gains resource consent

11 Apr 2008

A New Zealand marine energy industry has come a step closer with the granting yesterday of resource consent for a tidal flow turbine in Cook Strait.

Welington airport and lines companies included in new bill

New price control and investment law for utilities

11 Apr 2008

Infrastructure businesses like electricity lines companies and airports will gain improved incentives to innovate and invest while giving consumers protection from excessive prices and poor quality, under a Bill amending the Commerce Act introduced to Parliament yesterday.

Wayne Norrie ... buying an existing forest doesn't do much extra for emissions

Carbon neutrality? What about 400% electricity use cut instead?

11 Apr 2008

Wayne Norrie, chief executive of data centre outsourcing company Revera, says he’s totally frustrated by a less-than-holistic picture about carbon neutrality.

Wind farm 10km off the Dutch coast ... NZ research aims for sites further offshore

Auckland University aims for floating turbine breakthrough

11 Apr 2008

A University of Auckland engineering doctoral student has received a $75,000 thee-year government scholarship to study the feasibility of floating wind turbines.

Nelson firm cited among world top 30 offset service providers

11 Apr 2008

New Zealand company Offset the Rest is the only company in Asia Pacific to be named as one of the top 30 carbon offset providers in the world.

Kiwi renewable generators comparatively hard done by in terms of credit hand outs?

No European-like second phase windfall profits for NZ generators

10 Apr 2008

European electricity generators are in line for massive windfall profits of around $140 billion over the next four years, but their vastly more environment-friendly New Zealand counterparts can expect no such largesse.

David Parker ... "guidance" work well advanced

Local authorities to get message on renewables

10 Apr 2008

The Government is to crack the whip over territorial authorities to ensure they get behind Labour’s goal of having 90% of the country’s power generation capacity from renewable sources by 2025.

Windflow .. more work for its Christchurch team

Kiwi-based Windflow Technology does $12m plus turbine deal with Te Rere Hau

10 Apr 2008

Windflow Technology has received confirmation of an order for a further 16 Windflow 500 turbines.

Spread out the wind farms .. and generate 20%

US expert: No technical barrier to 20% wind power goal in NZ

10 Apr 2008

There are no fundamental technical barriers to the integration of 20% wind energy into the electrical system in New Zealand, according to a visiting US wind energy expert.

Petitions for new law on US airline GHG emissions

US concerned over EU airline emissions charge plan, starts probe into airline pollution

10 Apr 2008

The United States is expressing “serious concern” over EU proposals to impose emissions charges on airlines.

David Baldwin ... positioning Contact well for carbon trading

Contact No1 in electricity hedge market services

10 Apr 2008

New research has confirmed that Contact is rated number one in the delivery of electricity hedge market services.

Trouble in West Papua paradise for BP?

BP warned of political troubles in West Papua LNG project

10 Apr 2008

Human rights groups have warned UK-based supermajor BP that the $6 billion Tangguh liquefied natural gas project in West Papua, risks becoming embroiled in the province's volatile politics.

Dubai and Eco Securities developing major CDM emission reduction projects

10 Apr 2008

Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) and Nakheel, Dubai's premier development company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly identify and develop emissions reduction projects across the whole of Nakheel's operations.

Dunajtschik .. even future-proofing the carparks in case public transport takes over

Dunajtschik: The shy man behind the nation's newest, biggest green building

10 Apr 2008

Publicity-shy Mark Dunajtschik, an Austrian by birth, is now often considered the only individual in New Zealand who can cause a major new building to happen on the strength of a handshake

NZ expoerts will feel the cost if shipping including in EU ETS

PWC expert: Exporters to feel bite of any EU shipping emissions move

9 Apr 2008

The likely inclusion of shipping in the European Union (EU) emissions trading scheme (ETS) looks set to hit New Zealand exporters in the pocket – and international airline passengers could be next to shell out for their carbon footprint.

Tarrifs to proect big emitters, or more generous free emission credits?

No government plans for carbon import tariff – yet

9 Apr 2008

The Government has given an equivocal “No” to the possibility of imposing tariffs on imports from countries that don’t put a price on their greenhouse gas emissions.

Smith .. no bio fuels under National unless clear benefit to environment

Smith: Biofuels joins climate change debacles

9 Apr 2008

Biofuels is set to join the list of climate change policy debacles, with the Minister admitting sustainability standards will not be in place by 1 July, says National’s Climate Change spokesman, Nick Smith.

Dell announces 100% green power for 10,000-staff HQ

9 Apr 2008

One of The °Climate Group’s newest members, Dell, has announced that its headquarters campus in Round Rock, Texas - home to more than 10,000 Dell employees - will be powered with 100 per cent green power.

Fuel economy star ratings go on cars for sale

8 Apr 2008

Fuel economy star rating labels go on show on all new and most late model used cars from yesterday.

More wind means more power and price ssecurity say windfarmers

Windfarmers: More wind means security and reasonable price

8 Apr 2008

New Zealand must maximise use if its world class wind resource if it wants a secure and reasonabely priced electricity supply in future.

Holcim ... wants NZ business access to billions in Russian emissions credits

Holcim wants access to "hot-air" AAUs

7 Apr 2008

Big-emitting private companies, no less than the Government, should be allowed to source hot-air Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) from eastern Europe to meet their emissions trading scheme (ETS) liabilities, according to the energy and climate change group manager for cement manufacturer Holcim, Michael Rynne.

ShapeNZ ... find votoers for all parties except ACT back a new coal and gas power plant ban for the next decade

All but ACT voters back 10 year ban on new thermal generation

7 Apr 2008

New polling due out this morning shows 58% of New Zealanders back the Government’s proposed ban on building new baseload thermal power plants during the next 10 years.

Nuclear power.. needed alongside renewables

Minister: There's a place for nuclear

7 Apr 2008

The UK’s Trade Minister says he knows New Zealand is a nuclear free society – “and I don’t want to interfere in your affairs” – but Britain sees a balanced approach to future energy sources, including nuclear, as the right solution.

Lord Jones ... major opportunities for NZ - UK collaboration

UK Trade Minister: tariffs threat could gain momentum if market doesn’t work

7 Apr 2008

Britain’s Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Digby Jones, has told business executives in Auckland that if the market has not got carbon priced right by 2012, the calls to impose border taxes on goods from countries not paying for emissions could gain momentum.

Concrete roads .. a better deal long term?

Cement lobby launches major campaign to replace bitumen on roads

7 Apr 2008

Cement interests are launching a concerted campaign to have the nations roads laid in concrete instead of bitumen.

Study confirms 50% CO2 reduction from use of home-grown biodiesel

7 Apr 2008

High-quality biodiesel from oilseed rape, grown and produced in the South Island by Biodiesel New Zealand, is sustainable, emitting around 50% less carbon dioxide over its life cycle than mineral diesel.

India .. CERtrading to start this week .. CDM projects to yeild 400 million CERS in four years

NCDEX –launching developing world's first CER trading platform

7 Apr 2008

National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd, of India, will launch a futures contract for Certified Emission Reduction (CERs) on April 10.

Government agencies reveal size of their footprint

7 Apr 2008

The Government's34 core agencies have a 159,000 tonne carbon footprint

Peter Griffiths .. let's acknowledge and address the gaps later

Carbon News discovers "book-and-claim" scheme answer to bio-fuels impasse

4 Apr 2008

A Dutch-style book-and-claim scheme might be the best way through the bio-fuels impasse in the emissions trading scheme (ETS) debate, according to both Bio-fuels Manufacturers Association chairman Dickon Posnett and the New Zealand chief executive of British Petroleum (BP), Peter Griffiths.

Fitzsimmons.. a simple standard will meet Green's three "bottom line" conditions

Simple standard will deliver net bio-fuel gains - Fitzsimons

4 Apr 2008

A single sustainability standard written into the emissions trading scheme (ETS) legislation would ensure bio-fuels sourced from overseas represented a net benefit to the environment, Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said.

Mallard ... another national policy statement on renwables coming

Mallard foreshadows easier planning path for renewables, attacks polluters

4 Apr 2008

The Government is developing a National Policy Statement on Renewable Electricity Generation.

David Baldwin .. on expert group

Expert group to promote electric vehicles and biofuels

4 Apr 2008

A group of experts on transport fuels, renewable electricity and vehicle technologies will help New Zealand take a step closer towards becoming a sustainable nation, says Energy Minister David Parker.

Electric cars a lemon says Dog and Lemon

‘Green’ car conference a sham – expert

4 Apr 2008

New Zealanders shouldn’t be fooled by quick fixes to the current energy crisis, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide.

Jan Wright .. delivers a heavy blow to bio fuel bill

Parliamentary Commissioner: Biofuel Bill should not proceed

4 Apr 2008

The Biofuel Bill currently before Parliament should not proceed in its current form, says Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright.

Smith .. bill flawed, heed the Environment Commissioner

Smith: End the mad rush on the bio fuels bill

4 Apr 2008

The Government must heed the message of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment that its biofuels bill is flawed and a risk to New Zealand’s clean, green brand, says National’s Environment spokesman, Dr Nick Smith.

Jeanette Fitzsimmons

Greens insist on biofuel sustainability standard

4 Apr 2008

The Green Party agrees with the Parliamentary Commissioner's advice that biofuels should not proceed in New Zealand unless they are sustainable, Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.

Peter Dunne ... time to slow down

Dunne: slam the brakes on biofuels

4 Apr 2008

UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne has joined the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in urging the Government and all parties to slow down and consider the real effects of the Biofuel Bill currently before Parliament.

Anderton .. climate change a motorway to higher value production

Climate change "motorway" to higher value production

4 Apr 2008

The effects of climate change are one of the greatest threats we face, Agriculture Minister Jim Adnerton has told the Large Herds Association conference at New Plymouth. If we handle it the right way, it will also be our motorway to higher value production.

Mallard speech: Sustainable development at a sustainable price

4 Apr 2008

Here is the full keynote speech of Environment Minister Trevor Mallard, presented yesteray to Planning Institute members conferencing in Greymouth.

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

Tue 29 Jul 2025

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

Agriculture
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Awarua-Waituna Wetlands

Does NZ need a national incentive scheme for wetlands?

Fri 25 Jul 2025

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

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

8 Jul 2025

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

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

18 Jul 2025

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

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

Tue 29 Jul 2025

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

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

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

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

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

22 Jul 2025

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

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

Wed 30 Jul 2025

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

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

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

Coal
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Multi-day protest continues at coal mine

Wed 30 Jul 2025

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

Comment
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Forestry can be a big plus for sheep and beef farmers – but there are caveats

22 Jul 2025

By Keith Woodford | OPINION: These are good times for sheep and beef farmers with record product prices for meat, which is precisely why now is the time for sheep and beef farmers to be looking again at farm forestry.

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

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

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

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

Emissions trading
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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

14 Jul 2025

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

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

9 Jul 2025

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

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

Wed 30 Jul 2025

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

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

24 Jun 2025

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

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

Wilding pines threaten Molesworth Station

Mon 28 Jul 2025

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

Gas
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

Tue 29 Jul 2025

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

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

Watts talks big on energy reform, but barriers persist

29 May 2025

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

Green finance
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SBTi releases Net Zero Standard for banks, investors

24 Jul 2025

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

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

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

Fri 25 Jul 2025

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

Greenwashing
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

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

17 Jul 2025

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

Hydro power
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Methanex closure comes early this year

14 May 2025

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

Hydrogen
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Taranaki mayors want hydrogen kick-start from Wellington

Mon 28 Jul 2025

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

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

23 Jul 2025

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

Kyoto
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Will NZ walk away from the Paris Agreement?

20 Dec 2024

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

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

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

Fri 25 Jul 2025

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

Low carbon
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All aboard for passenger rail in the golden triangle

Mon 28 Jul 2025

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

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

Fri 25 Jul 2025

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

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

24 Jun 2025

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

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

Tue 29 Jul 2025

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

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

NZ govt’s fossil fuel plans could break international law

24 Jul 2025

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

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

11 Jul 2025

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

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

Mon 28 Jul 2025

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

Policy development
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Media round-up

Fri 25 Jul 2025

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

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

Wed 30 Jul 2025

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

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

18 Jul 2025

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

Rare earth minerals
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New Zealand Minerals Council chief executive Josie Vidal

Straterra has a new name: the New Zealand Minerals Council

16 Apr 2025

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

Renewable energy
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EV sales fall, but it’s complicated

Tue 29 Jul 2025

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

Science
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Ocean heatwaves may signal climate tipping point

Fri 25 Jul 2025

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

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

17 Jul 2025

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

Technology
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Can robot taxis solve NZ's transport woes?

23 Jul 2025

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

The House
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United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 2024

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

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

5 Jun 2025

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

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

11 Jul 2025

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

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

13 Jun 2025

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

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

29 May 2025

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

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