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How is the draft Emissions Reduction Plan supposed to work?

5 Aug 2024

COMMENT: In its new climate plan, the coalition government seems to be setting New Zealand up to withdraw from the world carbon market before 2035, argues economist Geoff Bertram.

Carbon futures offer new opportunity for forest owners

1 Aug 2024

By Liz Kivi | The first few days of trade for Australian and New Zealand carbon futures contracts on the Australian Securities Exchange got off to a slow start since launching on Monday.

Significant risk Aotearoa will not meet climate targets: Climate Commission

31 Jul 2024

There is a significant risk that New Zealand will not meet future emissions reductions targets, according to a new report from the Climate Change Commission.

Trans-Tasman ministers talk climate and finance

31 Jul 2024

Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts were in Brisbane yesterday discussing climate and finance with their Australian counterparts.

Commtrade makes spot price unavailable

25 Jul 2024

By Liz Kivi | Jarden’s digital carbon trading platform, Commtrade, has locked market watchers and the general public out of viewing its last traded spot price, just as the government said it wanted to improve market transparency.

Agricultural emissions down

25 Jul 2024

New Zealand's emissions were down in the March quarter, 8% lower than their peak in March 2019, partly due to a decrease in agricultural emissions.

Carbon market ‘underwhelmed’ by govt climate plan

24 Jul 2024

The carbon market barely blinked last week when the coalition government released its major climate policy, the second emissions reduction plan, which is intended to chart a path to reach climate targets to 2030.

Media round-up

19 Jul 2024

In our weekly round-up of climate coverage in local media: how the government's climate plan does less with more; experts say the plan puts NZ's reputation at risk; and why getting the ETS right will be critical to investment.

New plan might see climate change minister in court

18 Jul 2024

Lawyers for Climate Action say there are “significant concerns” about whether the government’s new climate plan will achieve its climate targets, and could be in breach of the Climate Change Response Act.

Foresters say govt planting forecasts are wrong

18 Jul 2024

Foresters say the government's planting forecasts in its new climate plan are wrong, with the actual planted areas likely to be about half the government’s projections in 2024, according to the New Zealand Institute of Forestry.

Govt releases emissions reduction plan

17 Jul 2024

Climate change minister Simon Watts has released the second emissions reduction plan for consultation, with proposed changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme including aligning ETS units with emissions budgets and reviewing the free industrial allocation of units.

ACT submits bill to stop regional councils considering climate impacts

15 Jul 2024

ACT MP Mark Cameron has lodged a new member’s bill to stop regional councils from considering climate change impacts in consenting decisions.

Climate strategy contradictory - or step in the right direction?

11 Jul 2024

A climate policy expert and IPCC lead author is concerned that progress on climate will be lost if the government doesn’t overhaul the Emissions Trading Scheme and introduce other complementary policies to reduce emissions.

Digital token launched to encourage sustainable mahi

5 Jul 2024

By Jeremy Rose | Te Kautuku is a 930ha Māori land block on the far East Coast. Its natural ecosystems range from lowland forests to duneland, with wetlands and river systems connecting directly to the Pacific Ocean.

Carbon credit ‘stockpile’ down by 25 million units

4 Jul 2024

The NZU ‘stockpile’ has shrunk by 24.5 million NZUs, with emitters surrendering their units ahead of the May 31 deadline removing a hefty chunk of the surplus, according to the latest government figures.

Wait for the emissions reduction plan: Watts

20 Jun 2024

By Liz Kivi | The failure of yesterday’s carbon auction doesn’t mean the Emissions Trading Scheme isn’t working, according to climate change minister Simon Watts.

Govt cans controversial forestry ETS charges for this year

17 Jun 2024

Foresters have welcomed the government’s announcement that it is cancelling forestry ETS annual services charges for 2023-24.

Govt 'not even pretending to try' to reduce transport emissions: former MOT chief science advisor

11 Jun 2024

By Liz Kivi | The former chief science advisor for the Ministry of Transport says the current government isn’t even pretending to try to reduce carbon emissions from transport.

Flaws in NZ ETS make international news

4 Jun 2024

Problems with the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme are making headlines globally.

Climate change minister faces up to some difficult questions

30 May 2024

By Liz Kivi | The climate change minister faced some awkward questions at the Carbon and Energy Professionals conference this week, against a backdrop of falling carbon prices.

Scion report on short rotation forestry met with scepticism

27 May 2024

A new report from Scion that says short rotation forestry holds the key to lowering fossil fuel use has been criticised by sustainable land use campaigners as well as an oil industry expert.

Environment commissioner calls for separate ETS for methane

23 May 2024

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has again called for forestry to be phased out of the Emissions Trading Scheme and is calling for a separate ETS for methane.

Govt blamed for low carbon price

22 May 2024

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price hit a ten-month low on the secondary market on Monday, with NZUs trading at about half the price of the commodity’s all-time high of $88.50 in November 2022.

ETS alone won’t decarbonise NZ: businesses representing 40% of country’s GDP

22 May 2024

The Sustainable Business Council and Climate Leaders Coalition say that depending on the ETS alone to reach net zero will cause significant harm to the economy.

ETS consultation: ‘signal versus noise’ suggests eventual price rise

21 May 2024

By Murray McClintock | COMMENT: Although changing prices makes a good soundbite, the key driver of ETS prices is unit supply and demand.

Carbon price sinks to lowest in ten months

20 May 2024

The carbon price is down nearly 11% since last week, as the market reacts negatively to a government consultation suggesting weaker ETS settings.

Concern over job losses at Scion

17 May 2024

Foresters are “deeply apprehensive” over potential redundancies of scientists at Scion, with a proposed 30 jobs losses - about 10% the forestry crown research institute’s workforce.

Jury out on how ETS consultation will impact carbon market

16 May 2024

The government’s latest consultation on Emissions Trading Scheme settings will be difficult for the market to translate into clear positive or negative signals - with uncertainty remaining around forestry, according to an expert.

ETS consultation suggests lower prices for NZUs

15 May 2024

A new consultation document from the Ministry for the Environment suggests lowering the auction floor price for the Emissions Trading Scheme, as well as lowering the trigger price for the cost containment reserve.

NZ must avoid environmental mistakes of the past: new book

14 May 2024

A new book about the Environmental Defence Society is full of salient lessons for today, including why the government’s proposed Fast-track Approvals Bill shouldn’t override environmental protections, according to its author.

Enough fiddling: The ETS needs to be allowed to do its job

10 May 2024

By Andrew Cushen | OPINION: While it isn’t perfect, the Emissions Trading Scheme is the only tool in our climate response that is working at the scale we need to meet the challenge in front of us. Turning this off or restricting it will impact us all environmentally, socially, and economically.

East coast residents might destroy forests if land use changes don’t go far enough

8 May 2024

Tairāwhiti residents are furious that pine plantation owners are pushing back against rule changes to protect catchments from the impacts of harvest slash and sediment, and are calling for a halt to new forestry plantings.

Govt looking at policy to restrict forestry in the ETS: Watts

7 May 2024

By Liz Kivi | The government is looking at complementary policies around land use to restrict forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme, rather than making changes directly to the scheme.

OECD calls for review of how forestry is treated under ETS

7 May 2024

By Jeremy Rose | The OECD says the government should review the ETS with a focus on the treatment of carbon removals through afforestation.

NZU stockpile grows to 169 million in last quarter

3 May 2024

The NZU stockpile is up about 9 million tonnes, according to the latest quarterly update from the Environmental Protection Authority.

Contract awarded to recloak Coronet Forest

1 May 2024

Media release | The contract to deliver an aspirational vision to “recloak” Coronet Forest with native planting has been awarded to Te Tapu o Tāne and e3Scientific Limited.

Carbon market ‘rational’: Shaw

30 Apr 2024

Former climate change minister James Shaw says the low carbon price is the market acting rationally to current policy settings and what is likely to come in the future.

NZ to cooperate with Philippines on international climate target, pledges $41 million climate finance to Southeast Asia

23 Apr 2024

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand has made its first tentative step towards forging an international agreement to meet its United Nations climate target by buying offshore offsetting.

Emissions down for 2022

18 Apr 2024

Aotearoa New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions fell by 4% in 2022, according to new figures.

Highly productive land decreasing as agricultural land use intensifies, carbon forestry set to increase

17 Apr 2024

The latest environmental report outlines the pressure on land and soil from changes in use and invasive species.

Lack of policy direction to blame for low carbon price?

11 Apr 2024

The carbon price continued its post-auction slump, with weak demand seeing the secondary market trading well below the auction floor.

Net zero emissions target may need strengthening: Climate Change Commission

9 Apr 2024

By Jeremy Rose | New Zealand’s current Net Zero 2050 emissions reduction target may need to be strengthened, the Climate Change Commission says in a discussion document released yesterday.

New forestry fees unfairly impact Māori

4 Apr 2024

By Liz Kivi | Recently implemented fees for forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme are having a disproportionate impact on Māori, and the government didn’t consult adequately on the changes, according to the National Māori Forestry Association.

Half of Tairāwhiti at risk of erosion - new data

28 Mar 2024

An estimated 182 million tonnes of eroded soil entered New Zealand's rivers in 2022, according to new research.

Global carbon market expert to speak at Christchurch conference

28 Mar 2024

The chair of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (ICVCM), Annette Nazareth, will give a keynote speech at the Carbon and Energy Professionals Conference in Christchurch in May.

Minister maps out RMA reform

26 Mar 2024

The government is planning several ‘quick fixes’ to the Resource Management Act before a full reform which it intends to complete in this term of Parliament.

Carbon price nosedives following auction

21 Mar 2024

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has dropped to its lowest since July last year, following yesterday’s partial auction clearance.

First ETS auction of the year partially clears

20 Mar 2024

Today’s Emissions Trading Scheme auction has partially cleared.

Carbon price scraping the auction floor just ahead of Wednesday's auction

18 Mar 2024

The carbon price is at its lowest in nearly six months, with poor investor sentiment just ahead of the first auction of the year on Wednesday.

Tepid market response to Commission’s advice - auction less than a week away

14 Mar 2024

By Liz Kivi | The Climate Change Commission’s call to drastically reduce Emissions Trading Scheme auction volumes has barely caused a blip on the secondary market - suggesting participants don’t think the government will follow the advice.

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Govt backs faster uptake of on-farm emissions tools with $51m fund

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government is investing up to $51 million over three years to help accelerate the uptake of on-farm emissions reduction technologies, with a new AgriZeroNZ initiative aimed at getting proven tools into the hands of farmers sooner.

Agriculture
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Green Party Co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

Call for wider investigation into private back-channel emails in PM’s office

Tue 9 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Green Party is calling for a full investigation into the use of private email in the Prime Minister's Office, as the scandal following a missing Fonterra and Z Energy climate policy briefing document drags on.

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

20 Mar 2026

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

Aviation
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Airline CEOs warn EU plan to expand carbon costs will raise fares

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Europe's ‌biggest airlines have urged the European Union not to extend its Emissions Trading System to cover international flights, warning the move would raise ticket prices, a letter seen by Reuters showed.

Biodiversity
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Federated Farmers President Wayne Langford

Fed Farmers' election wish-list includes stopping whole-farm conversions to carbon forestry

Tue 9 Jun 2026

Federated Farmers has launched a five-point plan for the next government, setting out what it says should be a major focus for political parties heading into the November election.

Biofuels
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Huntly Power Station

Huntly biomass option no cheap fix, Genesis tells MPs

28 May 2026

Genesis Energy says biomass can be burned in Huntly's Rankine units, but current costs put it in roughly the same price range as imported LNG and extra Rankine capacity would be expensive and could take years.

Carbon Credits
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the Government would not "send billions of dollars offshore"

Treasury says 2030 climate target could cost $5 billion

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Treasury is predicting it could cost between $4.4 and $5 billion to buy the offshore mitigation needed to meet New Zealand’s 84-96 million tonne emissions reduction shortfall for its 2030 target under the Paris Agreement.

Carbon News world
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Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy

Thu 11 Jun 2026

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.

Carbon prices
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No bidders again: NZ carbon auction extends losing streak

Tue 9 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams |New Zealand's carbon auction has failed for the sixth consecutive time, with no bidders emerging for the 2.6 million NZUs on offer as secondary market prices remain well below the Government's $71 auction floor price.

Coal
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Importing LNG would raise costs and emissions: it’s a terrible decision for New Zealand

Tue 9 Jun 2026

COMMENT: Today’s announcement from the Government is political smoke and mirrors, with electricity users’ wallets still set to bear the brunt of the proposed LNG facility, writes Christina Hood.

Comment
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Dr Manbo He, Professor of Finance at University Canada West and Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Finance at Griffith Business School

NZ’s sustainable finance credibility gap

5 Jun 2026

By Manbo He | COMMENT: New Zealand has built serious sustainable finance infrastructure - but risks failing to attract the global capital that infrastructure was designed for, because it lacks the practitioner capability to operate it credibly.

Construction
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Andrew Eagles, NZGBC chief executive (centre) launched the manifesto last week

Green building council calls for clean energy policies

18 May 2026

The New Zealand Green Building Council has released its 2026 election manifesto calling for policies to reduce energy waste in buildings, lower household and business energy costs, and improve New Zealand’s energy security.

COP
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Parliament Buildings, Budapest

What Magyar’s defeat of Orbán in Hungary means for climate and energy

21 Apr 2026

Hungary has played a disproportionate role in EU climate and energy policy in recent years, by repeatedly vetoing climate action and by delaying the phaseout of Russian fossil-fuel imports.

Emissions trading
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‘A shame’: experts on decision to send Govt carbon auctions offshore

Wed 10 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Carbon market experts are questioning whether the Government has made the right decision in sending its auctions of carbon 'pollution permits' worth billions of dollars offshore.

Energy
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LNG imports might not be needed for 'dry year' security: redacted report

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Oli Lewis | The need for imported liquefied natural gas to provide security of supply in a dry year is low, according to newly released modelling, with some scenarios featuring higher levels of renewable generation requiring no gas imports at all.

Extinction
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WWF-New Zealand chief executive Kayla Kingdon-Bebb

Environmental groups call for ETS reform

20 Feb 2026

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

Extreme weather
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Once-in-a-century floods routine as sea levels rise due to climate change

Thu 11 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | A coastal flood expected to occur just once every 100 years is now hitting Wellington about twice a year, according to new international research that scientists say offers clear evidence of how climate change is already reshaping New Zealand's coastline.

Fishing
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EDS urges MPs to scrap the Fisheries Amendment Bill

5 May 2026

Media release | The Environmental Defence Society today lodged a substantive submission on the Fisheries Amendment Bill.

Fossil fuels
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Liebreich: Electrify first, insure second

Thu 11 Jun 2026

New Zealand is having an argument about gas while the rest of the world is building an electric future. That, in essence, is the challenge Michael Liebreich left behind after a visit to Wellington last week.

Gas
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Meridian nears Pūkaki approval despite energy security warning

Tue 9 Jun 2026

Meridian Energy is close to winning fast-track approval to draw Lake Pūkaki deeper than normally allowed, despite the Energy Minister warning the move could weaken New Zealand’s dry-year electricity security and saying he does not support the application in its current form.

Geothermal
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Resources Minister Shane Jones at Marsden Point last week

Cabinet green-lights $55M super-critical geothermal drilling programme

Tue 9 Jun 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Cabinet has agreed to release the $55 million unspent of the $60m secured by Resources Minister Shane Jones to drill up to 5 kilometres deep into super-critical geothermal heat under the Taupō volcanic zone.

Green finance
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Oxfam calls on Govt to renew climate finance commitments

Mon 8 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government's failure to renew international climate finance commitments has left Pacific nations short at least $100 million a year, with Oxfam Aotearoa linking the funding gap to New Zealand's weakened Emissions Trading Scheme.

Greenhouse Effect
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Antarctic surface melt set to increase dramatically this century, new study finds

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Media release – Victoria University | New research shows surface melting across Antarctica is set to intensify and spread dramatically over the 21st century, with melt increasing by 10 times and the area affected growing by more than 10 percent by 2100 if global temperatures continue to rise.

Greenwashing
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Why ‘greenhushing’ signals deeper issues with NZ’s climate risk reporting regime

15 May 2026

By Hang Pham, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington | Most of us are familiar with the concept of greenwashing: organisations exaggerating or overstating their environmental credentials. But in New Zealand, there are signs the country’s climate disclosure regime may inadvertently be driving a very different trend: not saying much at all.

Hydro power
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Political debate at Electrify Queenstown

Hipkins pans LNG plan as ‘massive step backwards’

19 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | Labour leader Chris Hipkins has told a Queenstown audience that a Government he leads would not proceed with a planned LNG import terminal, if elected at November’s election.

Hydrogen
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Farmer spreading fertiliser

Victorian Hydrogen announces Southland urea fertiliser project using coal

22 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Australian-based Victorian Hydrogen has announced it is developing a new 1.5 million-tonne-a-year urea fertiliser operation in Southland, which it will apply for under fast-track legislation.

Insurance
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'Ad hoc, piecemeal, incomplete': NZ's approach to hazards not fit for purpose, says insurer

Wed 10 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's ability to manage natural hazard risks is failing to keep pace with the growing threat posed by floods, storms, earthquakes and climate change, according to a new report from IAG.

Kyoto
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Waitangi Treaty Grounds

Climate law change spanner in the works for Waitangi Tribunal Inquiry

19 Dec 2025

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

Litigation
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EU sues Ireland over failure to protect carbon-rich bogs

Mon 8 Jun 2026

The European Commission is taking Ireland to court over its failure to protect environmentally crucial boglands from commercial turf-cutters.

LNG
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Labour’s energy spokesperson, Megan Woods

Labour on overturning LNG: ‘we’d need to see the contract’

Tue 9 Jun 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | An incoming Labour government later this year would need “to look at the contract” before deciding whether it would be bound by the current government’s commitment to a user-pays funded liquefied natural gas terminal.

Low carbon
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Changes to emissions factors prompt caution over climate claims

4 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Organisations may need to revisit how they calculate and communicate their greenhouse gas emissions after the Ministry for the Environment released an updated version of its Measuring Emissions Guide, incorporating new emissions factors based on New Zealand's latest greenhouse gas inventory.

Market advice
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Climate risks could reshape business finances, new guidance warns

15 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New guidance warns climate change is set to fundamentally reshape financial outcomes for businesses, including difficult-to-model climate “tipping points” – irreversible changes such as ice sheet collapse or ocean circulation shifts – which threaten severe and sudden financial impacts.

Methane
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'Terrible result': Emissions barely budged in 2024

5 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions were virtually unchanged in 2024, falling by 0.03%, despite the economy shrinking by ten times that amount during the same period, according to new data.

Mining
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Lack of demand leads to Bathurst pausing coal mine expansion

2 Jun 2026

By Liz Kivi | Bathurst Resources has confirmed it is struggling to find a market for coal from its planned extension of the Rotowaro coal mine in North Waikato, and is putting the project on ‘pause’.

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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Alaskans reel from the loss of National Science Foundation ocean-monitoring instruments

Thu 11 Jun 2026

With its multi-billion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities, scientists say the federal government’s decision leaves Alaska flying blind.

Oil
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Environmental groups sue Trump administration over approval of new ultra deep-water drilling project

23 Apr 2026

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval last month of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico.

Paris Agreement
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Rod Carr, former chair of the Climate Change Commission

Seven ‘new approaches’ to avoid our Paris commitments: Carr

4 Jun 2026

Praying for “new approaches” to materialise to meet our international climate obligations isn’t a strategy, writes Rod Carr.

Planetary boundaries
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A real ‘intergenerational equity’ budget would address Australia’s unceasing environmental decline

15 May 2026

Labor has unveiled a budget designed to tackle intergenerational equity in Australia through bold tax reform.

Plastics
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Six NZ climate solutions up for 2026 Earthshot prize

21 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Six New Zealand climate and sustainability initiatives have been nominated for the 2026 Earthshot Prize, with the shortlist showcasing Kiwi-led solutions tackling emissions, plastic waste and ocean restoration.

Protest
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Northern Thai residents march for action on polluted rivers. ‘This is an emergency’

Tue 9 Jun 2026

More than 600 residents of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai provinces embarked May 31 on a roughly 68-kilometer, six-day ‘peace walk’ to demand the Thai government take action on the river pollution crisis that has seen Thai rivers polluted with heavy metals.

Rare earth minerals
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Why China's critical minerals strategy leaves the US behind

Mon 8 Jun 2026

The United States cannot realistically recreate that dominance overnight even if the political will existed.

Regulation
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Sustainable finance taxonomy for energy sector – consultation

Mon 8 Jun 2026

The Centre for Sustainable Finance is consulting on the sustainable finance taxonomy’s draft energy sector criteria.

Renewable energy
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NZ’s largest rooftop solar switched on at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Thu 11 Jun 2026

Media release | Sunergise, New Zealand’s leading commercial solar company, has switched on the country’s largest-ever rooftop solar installation at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s East Tāmaki campus in Auckland.

Resource management
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Cruise ship in Milford Sound

‘Landmark’ conservation reform bill – boost or bust for nature?

8 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government has announced an overhaul of the country’s conservation system, which environmental organisation Forest & Bird says will undo the work of many generations of Kiwis to protect public conservation land.

Science
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Researchers say this new Trump rule could destroy American science as we know it. They’re fighting back

Mon 8 Jun 2026

Scientists across multiple disciplines are sounding the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded and allowing political appointees to decide whether to approve scientific grants.

Solar
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Lodestone launches virtual rooftop solar scheme

Wed 10 Jun 2026

A new virtual solar scheme launching in Hawke's Bay aims to make locally generated renewable electricity accessible to households and businesses that cannot install rooftop panels on their own properties.

Tax
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Associate Professor Ru Hong

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

20 Mar 2026

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

Technology
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EU wants households to cut peak time energy use as demand from industry and AI soars

5 Jun 2026

A new law will aim to use artificial intelligence to boost efficient use of power as electricity demand threatens to overwhelm Europe’s grids.

The House
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Pacific climate response in question as NZ finance remains unclear

19 Dec 2025

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

Transport
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Labour pledges unlimited public transport for $20 a week

Wed 10 Jun 2026

The Labour Party is promising to cap weekly public transport fares at $20 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, if elected in November.

United Nations
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Bonn Bulletin: Tackling climate crisis is “hardest” challenge ever, Stiell says

Tue 9 Jun 2026

The June Climate Meetings open with a reminder to delegates of the tough but ever-clearer imperative of shifting away from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Waste
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Project linking food waste to cutting methane emissions gets underway

27 May 2026

Media release | Kai Commitment is leading a New Zealand-first project to help understand the connection between food waste and methane emissions and identify effective interventions.

Water
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8,000 people were left without water supply in the coastal town of Whitstable, Kent

Record-breaking heat and dry spring leave parts of England without water

2 Jun 2026

Thousands of households in southeast England were left without water or facing low pressure during a record-breaking heatwave this week, ‌as high demand followed a dry spring to expose the failings in Britain's ageing infrastructure.

Wildfires
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Increase in wildfire-driven ozone linked to premature deaths across the U.S.

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Smog linked to wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., playing a role in more than 300 additional premature deaths every year since 2013, researchers say.

Wind energy
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Waikato launches vision for energy transition bringing $4.5 billion investment to the region

Mon 8 Jun 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Waikato Regional Council has released a strategy aiming to position the region at the centre of New Zealand's energy transition, with plans to boost energy security, cut emissions and unlock billions of dollars in economic opportunities by 2050.

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