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Marsden eyes emissions savings

18 May 2012

New technology to be installed at the Marsden Point oil refinery will save it hundreds of thousands of dollars a year worth of greenhouse gas emissions.

Low lake levels affect gas emissions

18 May 2012

The low water level of most of New Zealand hydro-generation lakes will affect the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Switched-on insurer turns over new Leaf

18 May 2012

Sovereign is the first company in New Zealand to purchase the world’s first mass-produced, fully electric, zero-emission vehicle; the Nissan Leaf.

Oceans still a mystery, say scientists

18 May 2012

New Zealand doesn’t know what impact mining, marine power and biodiscovery could have on its oceans, scientists say.

Banks need a shove to back green

18 May 2012

An Australian researcher is calling for tax breaks and other Government interventions to push banks towards lending on large-scale clean and renewable technologies.

EU airline cash could go to climate fund

18 May 2012

European Union nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries to deal with global warming, the bloc's climate chief said this week.

Europe ETS to spare some industries

18 May 2012

The European Commission has drawn up a draft list of 14 industrial sectors that will be eligible for special state aid to compensate for the increased cost of electricity due to the European Emission Trading Scheme.

Asia-Pacific must respond to survive

18 May 2012

The Asia-Pacific region must continue to grow economically to lift millions of people out of poverty, but it must also respond to climate change to survive, the UN Development Programme says in a new report.

Drug makers given green option

18 May 2012

Discoveries made during PhD studies by Victoria University graduate Dr Emma Dangerfield could revolutionise the pharmaceutical industry by allowing drugs to be made in a more environmentally friendly way.

Warm homes green economics at work

18 May 2012

The Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart home insulation scheme is a good example of smart, green economics at work, the Green Party says.

ETS changing forestry, says minister

11 May 2012

The Emissions Trading Scheme is shifting New Zealand towards renewable energy and investment in forestry, the Government says.

Greg Combet ... we'll look after you.

She'll be right, Combet tells public

11 May 2012

The Australian Government says it is committed to supporting jobs and households through putting a price on carbon.

Get moving, Ban tells Rio nations

11 May 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged countries to make progress in their negotiations of the outcome document for the Rio+20 conference next month.

Island nations commit to new fuels

11 May 2012

Twenty small island developing nations meeting in Barbados have announced new actions to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty.

Empire State Building to light up ... Kiwi-style

11 May 2012

The Empire State Building is following the lead of Auckland's Sky Tower and going LED.

John Key ... shares in filthy fiver.

Key must quit coal connection, says campaigner

4 May 2012

Prime Minister John Key is under fire for being a shareholder in the worst of the "filthy five" banks named as the major funders of coal mining.

Report lists banks as coal’s ‘Filthy Five’

4 May 2012

The largest banks in the United States, including Bank of America, have been listed in a new report’s “Filthy Five” as major financiers of the coal industry.

Koreans say yes to emissions trading

4 May 2012

South Korea has approved a national emissions trading scheme to tackle its growing greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate drives security fears in Arctic

4 May 2012

Ways must be found to head off potential conflicts in the Arctic as climate change reshapes the geopolitics of the area, says a new report.

Australia revises carbon offset scheme

4 May 2012

A revised National Carbon Offset Scheme has just been released, allowing Australian businesses to offset their products with pollution reduction under the Government's Carbon Farming Initiative.

Senior scientists talk innovation access

4 May 2012

Chief executives of nine of the world’s leading applied research agencies are meeting in Sydney to improve access by the developing world to science and innovation.

Miner to make hydo-electricity

4 May 2012

Solid Energy has received resource consents for a hydro-electricity generation scheme using water from its Stockton Mine in Buller.

Vicki Treadell ... dairying won't do it.

Britain tempts NZ over marine power

27 Apr 2012

Britain is challenging New Zealand to join it in a $200-million-a-year marine power industry.

Talks urge film-makers to spread the word

27 Apr 2012

Film-makers have been urged to use the power of story-telling and documentaries to help to bring sustainability issues to life in a compelling manner.

Towns learn how landfill can make money

27 Apr 2012

The Australian Government has teamed up with the Australian Local Government Association to explain how landfill can be used to reduce pollution and earn carbon credits.

Obama warms to climate change action

27 Apr 2012

United States President Barack Obama has recently voiced his intention to address climate change issues during the up-coming election cycle, after criticism from environmentalists who have been disappointed with his lack of attention on the subject, Carbon Market Solutions says.

Slow-down in European market

27 Apr 2012

CER prices have been relatively range-bound over the past couple of weeks, Westpac reports.

Coal survey unfair, says protest group

20 Apr 2012

Solid Energy is being accused of using dubious research to get results showing that New Zealanders support coal mining.

It's a game-changer, says Aquaflow

20 Apr 2012

Kiwi clean energy company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation believes it is poised to make refining next generation biofuels a commercial reality in New Zealand and in overseas projects within three years.

Southern gym goes green

20 Apr 2012

New Zealand’s first green gym opens in Christchurch today.

Airport hotel signs for the environment

20 Apr 2012

International hotel operator Accor has named the Auckland Airport Novotel as its first New Zealand hotel to sign up for the type of environmental goals set at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.

Insurer celebrates carbon first

20 Apr 2012

Life insurance company Sovereign is the first New Zealand recipient of a printed product that is certified carbon neutral under the new PAS 2050 life-cycle standard.

Mexico eyes carbon trading system

20 Apr 2012

Mexico has moved a step closer to passing legislation which will lead to a carbon trading system.

Business takes over energy centre

20 Apr 2012

The New Zealand Clean Energy Centre has been taken over by the Taupo business development organisation Enterprise Great Lake Taupo.

We can't go on like this, says think tank

13 Apr 2012

Over the past 50 years, the world's middle and upper classes have more than doubled their consumption levels, and an additional 1 to 2 billion people globally aspire to join the consumer class, the Worldwatch Institute says in its latest report.

Firm doubles sales of LED lights

13 Apr 2012

Sales of energy-efficient LED lights have doubled in the past year, says a New Zealand supplier.

Buy coal ... and fight climate change

13 Apr 2012

Environmental policy historically has been driven by a demand-side mindset - attempting to limit consumption of precious fossil fuels through pollution permits, taxation and multi-national climate change treaties.

Sha Zukang ... business leaders have the power.

UN in pre-Rio call for business action

13 Apr 2012

The business and industry sectors play a key role in leading countries toward sustainable development, says a top United Nations official.

City wins praise for fracking stand

13 Apr 2012

A unanimous vote by Christchurch City Council to declare the city a fracking-free zone is significant and shows momentum is building against a dangerous drilling technique, Green Party energy spokesperson Gareth Hughes says.

Agriculture might get 2018 reprieve

11 Apr 2012

Agriculture might be out of the Emissions Trading Scheme until 2018.

Uncertainty raises interest in NZUs

5 Apr 2012

Speculation about the future of international carbon credits in New Zealand is fuelling interest in local units.

Wind energy lobby predicts big things

5 Apr 2012

The Wind Energy Association is predicting a 600 per cent increase in wind generation in New Zealand by 2030, creating 1500 jobs in rural areas and producing more than $10 million a year in lease payments for farmers.

Greg Combet ... strong priority.

Australia and EU want ETS links

5 Apr 2012

The Australian Government and the European Union have confirmed their strong commitment to working towards linking their emissions trading schemes.

Why high-tech is vital in carbon economy

5 Apr 2012

The use of broadband in information and communication technology can help the world transition to a low-carbon economy and address the causes and effects of climate change, according to a new United Nations-backed report.

US aims to cut coal power emissions

5 Apr 2012

The United States is looking to cut emissions from coal-fired power stations.

Energy regulator reports for duty

5 Apr 2012

Australia has moved one step closer to a clean energy future with the Clean Energy Regulator starting operations.

EPA bombshell means big changes ahead

5 Apr 2012

Coal lobbyists are heading back to school in droves, and there's one phrase they're all learning... Ni hao, writes Keith Kohl

Southern project on track with award

5 Apr 2012

The Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track has been awarded the Enviro Gold Award by Qualmark, recognising its high standards in environmental practices.

Don't be a chimp this Easter, says zoo

5 Apr 2012

Auckland Zoo has entered the palm oil debate, urging New Zealanders not to buy Easter eggs made with chocolate.

Trader has high hopes for new platform

30 Mar 2012

OMFinancial launches an online carbon platform today which it says has the potential to become a regional market.

Adaptation
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‘Pathetic': experts slam govt’s approach to adaptation

Mon 20 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government has signalled it will step back from full property buyouts if assets are hit by climate disasters, a move adaptation experts say will condemn hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders to a “dismal” future.

Agriculture
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Methane pledge in question following NZ weakening targets

Mon 20 Oct 2025

By Liz Kivi New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge – and ultimately climate targets – at risk, according to an international expert.

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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EU plans support for countries affected by carbon border levy

Mon 20 Oct 2025

The European Union will offer development funding to countries affected by the bloc's carbon border tariff, the European Commission said on Thursday, as it attempts to soothe developing economies' concerns over the policy.

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.

Emissions trading
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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.

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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Scenes from the 2021 Canterbury floods in Ashburton. Flood defences across Mid and South Canterbury have received a $6.6 million boost in Government funding to speed up projects aimed at protecting homes, farmland, and infrastructure.

Govt pours millions into Canterbury flood defences

Mon 20 Oct 2025

By Jonathan Leask, Local Democracy Reporter | Canterbury’s flood defences are set for a major boost, with $21.5 million in Government co-funding to fast-track nine priority river protection projects.

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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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.

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.

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

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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Electricity Authority proposes doubling solar export limits to 10 kW

Mon 20 Oct 2025

The Electricity Authority is proposing a default 10kW export limit for small-scale generation, saying new inverter standards and voltage settings allow homes and businesses to feed more power into local networks without compromising safety.

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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Landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions in tatters after US pressure

Mon 20 Oct 2025

A landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after Saudi Arabia and the US succeeded in ending the talks.

United Nations
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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.

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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