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Wellington and its town belts .. worth hundreds of thousands a year in emission credit revenue?

Wellington City decides on carbon credit revenue plan from town belts, forests

21 Apr 2008

Wellington City is looking to earn large annual revenues from emission credits by turning its town belts and forests into carbon sinks.

CERs deal to help offset Bell Gully emissions, firm not entering trading market

21 Apr 2008

The first-ever Certified Emissions Reduction units (CERs) to be transferred between two countries are bringing law firm Bell Gully closer to its goal of carbon neutrality.

Parker: Industry protection under ETS being considered

21 Apr 2008

Designing an emissions trading scheme which effectively reduces greenhouse gas emissions while being fair to industry is an important matter which requires careful consideration, Climate Change Minister David Parker says.

Labour’s credibility on climate change dies with latest figures

21 Apr 2008

Figures showing yet another increase in New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are a fatal blow to the credibility of Labour’s climate change record, says National’s Climate Change spokesperson, Nick Smith.

David Parker ... farming, more vehicles, higher poer demand drive emissions rise

NZ emissions up .5 million tonnes in 2006

21 Apr 2008

The latest annual greenhouse gas inventory report shows New Zealand’s emissions rose less than 1% between 2005 and 2006.

No proposal for congestion charging in Wellington

21 Apr 2008

Greater Wellington Regional Council has absolutely no proposal for congestion charging, Chair Fran Wilde said today.

A USCAP meeting last year expresses concern over emissionsl, numbers down 1.1% in 2006

US emissions down 1% year-on year, rising lower than economic growth over 16 years

21 Apr 2008

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall US emissions during 2006 decreased by 1.1 percent from the previous year.

Cost of climate change without ETS "politically unsustainable."

World ETS expert: global trading needed or ETS unsustainable

21 Apr 2008

The costs of combating climate change are much lower than they might seem, because there are real business opportunities wherever you look, according to Henry Derwent, President and CEO International Emissions Trading Association (IETA).

Secretary of State Rice ... long term answer in WTO trade measures

THE FOOD CRISIS: Long term challenges says Rice

21 Apr 2008

By Merle D. Kellerhals, Jr., Staff Writer,USINFO. Washington - President Bush is seeking an additional $350 million from Congress to provide immediate emergency food assistance, but the current food crisis has long-term global challenges, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

Genesis' Huntly ep# gas fired station ... now another for Rodney?

Genesis to build new $420m thermal plant unless regulations say not to

18 Apr 2008

The absence of legal definitions of base-load and peaking power supply is behind Genesis Energy’s seeking resource consent for a new thermal power station north of Auckland, the Government’s planned 10-year ban not withstanding.

Bush .. described as "a little desperate"

Bush whacked over climate change goals statement

18 Apr 2008

President Bush’s announcement of a new goal of stopping the growth in GHG emissions has met with a range of reaction, from being described as his “ last gasp?” by Sky News - to simply a statement which will “be soon forgotten”.

JD Power .. another celeb driving a BMW hydrogen product car for three weeks

Auto industry authority: hydrogen fuel may be viable

18 Apr 2008

BMW says that the influential J.D. "Dave" Power III, founder of J.D. Power and Associates and board member of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., is the latest high-visibility eco-friendly ambassador to receive keys to a BMW Hydrogen 7 - the first hydrogen-powered luxury sedan.

ANALYSIS: World food problem: Business as usual not an option

18 Apr 2008

By Lester R. Brown - A fast-unfolding food shortage is engulfing the entire world, driving food prices to record highs.

Conservation Minister to meet Australian colleagues

18 Apr 2008

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick today travels to Australia to participate in ministerial council meetings and discuss ways that New Zealand and Australian governments will face environmental challenges.

Biofuels target of protests in UK

18 Apr 2008

London - There have been demonstrations in London and groups across the UK also protested against the introduction of mandatory biofuel blending.

President Bush and US Interior Minister Dirk Kempthorn new climate change principles announcement today

Bush sets 2025 as year for nil US emissions growth

17 Apr 2008

US President George Bush this morning announced a new national climate change goal – to stop the growth of US greenhouse has emissions by 2025.

Smith ... Government should reveal its advice on revenue from ETS

Smith: Government should be ‘up front’ over ETS costs and impacts, criticises 20 day media ban

17 Apr 2008

Opposition climate change spokesperson Nick Smith is urging the Government to come clean and tell the public exactly what advice it has about how much money the Government will make from the auctioning of permits under the proposed emissions trading scheme.

Cullen ... does he know about a 20 day reply ban?

Ministerial press secretaries impose up to 20 day information ban on Carbon News

17 Apr 2008

Two Ministerial press secretaries have said they will restrict the flow of information to Carbon News.

David Parker: will he say what the Government will do with ETS windfall?

The questions we have asked Minister Parker

17 Apr 2008

Here are the questions Carbon News has asked Climate Change Minister David Parker.

Defence building in "War and Peace" centre disappoints

State landlords must go green

17 Apr 2008

Go Green or flag away your state tenants. The massive over-building of state office accommodation in Wellington is designed to ensure that public servants from 2010 onward will toil only in green buildings.

Inquiry into special pleading for big EU emitters

EU officials investigate competitiveness issues arising from ETS plan

17 Apr 2008

European Union (EU) officials from the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) in the past few days have initiated a program to identify which energy-intensive industries might need protection as a result of the EU's recently proposed tougher greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions controls.

Nelson voluntary offset trader launching in Australia, UK

17 Apr 2008

Offset the Rest, a New Zealand organisation that sells voluntary offset carbon credits, plans to launch into the UK and Australia next month.

Senator Joe Lieberman .. indepedence and trust gets cap and trade bill up front

ANALYSIS: High hopes for the Lieberman-Warner ETS bill in the US

17 Apr 2008

By Emily Farnwort. - The °Climate Group recently held its first North American members meeting with attendance from over 50 leading businesses, states and cities. The conversation was centered on action from the US on climate change. It was a far-ranging and optimistic conversation with a striking focus on the need for leadership and a robust carbon market.

Citroen's C4 Picaso

Who's the Green Car Maker of the Year?

17 Apr 2008

Citroën has been named as the Green Car Maker of the Year and its award-winning people mover, the Citroën C4 Picasso, has been named for the second year running as the Diesel People Mover of the Year in the annual 'What Diesel Car?' awards.

Treasury information "now the select committee's" at Parliament..

EXCLUSIVE: Treasury responds on ETS windfall, but defers to select committeee

16 Apr 2008

The Treasury reckons it’s easy as anything to work out how much the Government will make in windfall revenues selling carbon credits, but it still shrinks from putting a figure on it.

Atiamuri on the Waikato .. consent renewal highlights RMA issues

Labour’s energy strategy in tatters, Brownlee says

16 Apr 2008

The prospect of power cuts this winter in the context of the 10-year ban on new thermal power stations shows the Government’s energy strategy is in tatters, National Party energy spokesperson Gerry Brownlee told Carbon News last night.

Sydney NSW .. emissions up 8% on 2007

First weekly GHG calculator shows NSW emissions up

16 Apr 2008

The world’s first weekly greenhouse indicator has revealed that greenhouse emissions from energy in NSW and Victoria have risen for the first quarter in 2008.

Nick Smith ... question elicit $21.4 billion revenue revelation

FINALLY IT IS OUT: Emissions trading windfall estimate now tops $21b

15 Apr 2008

Further evidence of massive revenues - as much as $21.4 billion - accruing to the Government from trading carbon permits after 2013 emerged at the select committee hearing into the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill in Auckland yesterday.

Investment houses want companies to reveal climate change exposures

Lobby builds to force companies to declare climate change exposure

15 Apr 2008

Spurred on by the example of the continuing reticence of finance houses over sub prime exposure, a group of institutional investors - including London’ s F&C Management which has holdings in New Zealand - is lobbying the US Securities and Exchange Commission to insist that companies disclose their exposure to climate change.

MP predicts bail out on bio fuel imports

MP: Parachutes coming out on bio fuel imports

15 Apr 2008

Special correspondent.- Members of Parliament on all sides of the fence are seeing the political fishhooks in the government’s desire to import biofuels.

Sir David ... from university to government, now UBS

UBS picks up Sir David King

15 Apr 2008

UBS announced yesterday the appointment of Sir David King as a Senior Scientific Advisor to the group and its clients, advising on all scientific matters with particular emphasis in global climate change.

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.

Cash will pour into US coffers from proposed Lieberman-Warner emissions trading bill

US Government ETS revenue windfall $1.13 trillion: new official estimate

14 Apr 2008

US officials have just released a new report estimating emission trading there will increase Government revenues by about $1.21 trillion over the 2009-2018 period.

Helen Clark ... "it can't be busines as usual"

Clark: Jury out on opponents' support for ETS, climate change policies

14 Apr 2008

In her speech to the Labour Congress at the weekend, Prime Minister Helen Clark defended her Government’s research and development funding, aimed at the pastoral and food sectors - and laid down a challenge to her political opponents to back the ETS legislation now before Parliament.

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).

Forestry summit - Rotorua - July 22, 2008

14 Apr 2008

Improving the competitiveness of forestry’s supply chain is no longer an option – it’s absolutely essential, says Jon Dey, director of Resin Forest Engineering Research – a new company set up to focus on practical forest engineering projects in New Zealand.

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.

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.

ASX .. "that's competition" says TZ1 chief

Australian exchange reveals it will compete with TZ1

11 Apr 2008

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) had thrown down the gauntlet to its New Zealand counterpart’s launch later this year of its TZ1 carbon exchange.

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.

MfE publishes key guide to emissions measurement and reporting

11 Apr 2008

The all important new Government guide on what factors to use in calculating emissions has just been released.

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.

Oslo ... emission neutral by 2030

So just how does a country go 'carbon neutral'?

10 Apr 2008

The New Zealand Government says it aspires to be carbon neutral but has yet to say exactly how and by when.

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.

Mexico gets World Bank’s first climate change loan

10 Apr 2008

Washington -- The World Bank Board of Directors yesterday endorsed its first climate change lending operation, for Mexico, worth US$501.25 million.

A child is treated for maleria .. 150,000 climate-change deaths already each year

WHO's stern warning on climate change impacts: 'hundreds of millions' to die

10 Apr 2008

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the health of hundreds of millions of people may be put at risk by the effects of global climate change.

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.

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Govt unveils long-awaited voluntary carbon market guidance

Fri 15 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has released long-awaited guidance for New Zealand’s voluntary carbon and nature markets, as questions continue for the sector despite ministers signalling support for its growth.

Agriculture
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Media round-up

Fri 15 May 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The government's move to change climate law removes a key protection for NZ citizens, farmers should be paid to use methane-busting tools, and it's one step forward, three steps back on environment policy.

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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Europe has 'maybe six weeks of jet fuel left', energy boss warns

20 Apr 2026

Stocks would reach a tipping point in June if Europe was unable to replace at least half of its imports from the Middle East, the organisation said in a report this week.

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

Fri 15 May 2026

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

Biofuels
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Drax Power Plant, United Kingdom

Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds

21 Apr 2026

Research casts doubt on plans by the UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source.

Carbon Credits
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Carbon News updates forward curve

Wed 13 May 2026

Carbon News has updated its ten-year NZU forward curve, following a recent rise in spot market prices, with NZUs rallying from about $34 in January to nearly $54 in early May.

Carbon News world
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UN members prepare for pivotal vote on landmark ICJ climate justice ruling

Fri 15 May 2026

If the resolution is passed, governments will recognise their legal responsibility to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon prices
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Drop in ETS forestry registrations

5 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | ETS forestry registrations have dropped off this year, with the new mandatory emissions return period, new land-use rules, and carbon price volatility all meaning participants aren’t rushing to register forestry in the emissions trading scheme.

Coal
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Gas tanks at Te Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour

GIDI-style help cheaper than LNG: MBIE

11 May 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | Officials advised ministers last July that the lowest-cost way to free up gas for use during dry winters was to assist industrial gas users to switch to electricity.

Comment
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Waihora Forest, Gisborne – land currently for sale.

Tairāwhiti deserves better than weakened forestry rules

5 May 2026

OPINION: The government's proposed amendments to forestry standards, released yesterday, ignore the hard lessons learned in our region and ignore the voices that have fought hardest to protect it, writes Manu Caddie.

Construction
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Latest emissions inventory: ‘Something has gone very wrong’

16 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2024 decreased by just 0.1% compared to 2023, in what an expert says is a “terrible result”, compared to faster progress in previous years.

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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Conservation land open for voluntary carbon market schemes

Tue 12 May 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | The government is to open up the Crown-owned conservation estate to private investment in voluntary carbon market projects.

Energy
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Mercury eyes $1b geothermal expansion near Taupō

Fri 15 May 2026

Mercury is planning the next phase of its geothermal expansion near Taupō, with two proposed projects carrying a potential investment of up to $1 billion and enough new renewable generation to power an additional 125,000 homes.

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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Labour climate spokesperson Deborah Russell with Fonterra group director, global external affairs, Simon Tucker, Fonterra director of sustainability Charlotte Rutherford, and Fonterra director Alison Watters.

Labour condemns Govt plan to stop climate litigation

Fri 15 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Labour Party has slammed the Government’s move to block climate lawsuits against big emitters but won’t say if they would repeal the legislation if elected in November.

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.

Forestry
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Govt presses ahead with forestry rule changes despite opposition

Thu 14 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government is pushing ahead with changes to commercial forestry rules despite most submitters opposing the proposals, with critics warning the reforms will weaken councils’ ability to manage erosion and forestry slash risks in vulnerable regions such as Tairāwhiti.

Fossil fuels
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Fourth petroleum permit application enters competitive process

Fri 15 May 2026

Media release: New Zealand Government | The fourth petroleum exploration permit application since the removal of the exploration ban late last year has entered the open market competitive process, an encouraging signal of renewed confidence in investing in the country’s sector, Resources Minister Shane Jones says.

Gas
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Methanexit: writing on the wall for NZ’s biggest gas user

6 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | New Zealand’s biggest fossil gas user, Methanex, is expected to stop production by the end of this year, with the company confirming its Motunui methanol operation won’t survive Māui gas field’s closure.

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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New funding for low methane farming uptake

29 Apr 2026

By Pattrick Smellie | The government will co-fund projects under an Early Adoption Accelerator scheme announced today to accelerate the uptake of low emissions farming technologies emerging from the AgriZero public-private partnership.

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

Fri 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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‘Formidable’ El Niño expected this winter

29 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Meteorologists are anticipating a significant El Niño influence on weather patterns across the country from winter onwards, with predicted lower rainfall for some areas and heavier rain for others likely to impact multiple sectors of the economy as well as the carbon market.

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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Media round-up

24 Apr 2026

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: What is the real cost of storm-hit infrastructure? Urgency is needed over climate adaptation funding; and a community conservation group has won a legal victory against multinational mining company OceanaGold.

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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Move to block lawsuits could strengthen climate case against Govt

Thu 14 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Government’s plan to block climate lawsuits – while potentially fatal for one groundbreaking climate case – could actually bolster claims in another live climate case underway against the Government.

LNG
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Tehran will never cede control of Strait of Hormuz, senior Iranian politician tells BBC

21 Apr 2026

"Never." That's when a senior Iranian lawmaker says they'll be ready to give up their control of the Strait of Hormuz.

Low carbon
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Govt missing tricks to save fuel in crisis

30 Apr 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government is being urged to shift its response to the fuel crisis away from short-term relief and towards measures that reduce demand, with public health experts warning it is missing an opportunity to boost energy security and lower household costs.

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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‘Triple whammy of climate chaos’: Why Antarctica's sea ice collapse is no longer a mystery

11 May 2026

Scientists have finally identified the ‘triple whammy’ behind Antarctica’s dramatic collapse, shedding new light on the chain reaction that has pushed its sea ice to record lows.

Mining
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Coal mine challenge reaches Aus High Court

Wed 13 May 2026

What climate change impacts should a planning authority have to take into account when assessing a mining project?

NZ ETS
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Australian operator to run NZ ETS auctions

11 May 2026

The Government has appointed an Australian company to run its Emissions Trading Scheme auctions, taking over from NZX, which has operated the ETS auctions since they began in 2021.

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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Deep-sea mining risks biodiversity loss lasting decades, scientists warn

11 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The first comprehensive review of deep-sea mining research has found mining could cause ecological damage lasting decades and, in some ecosystems, irreversible biodiversity loss, with New Zealand experts warning the industry poses major risks to fragile ocean environments.

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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Opposition slams environment ministry merger

Wed 13 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Opposition MPs accused the Government of downgrading climate and environmental protections as legislation to abolish the Ministry for the Environment and merge it into a new mega-ministry passed its second reading in Parliament.

Planetary boundaries
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Commission urges Govt action on climate risks

7 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | Climate change currently poses major risks to our water infrastructure with “significant gaps” in readiness to manage risks and increasing hazards, according to the Climate Change Commission.

Plastics
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ESG funds include petrochemical companies, report finds

5 May 2026

Global banks have invested US$133bn into US petrochemical expansion, even as the industry is linked to climate change.

Protest
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Thousands protest in Germany urging faster shift to renewable energy, amid Iran war

20 Apr 2026

Thousands of people demonstrated across Germany on April 18, urging a faster shift to renewable energy and accusing conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition of putting the brakes on the transition.

Rare earth minerals
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Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

Green Party calls for national electrification plan

20 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Green Party is calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry using renewable energy, to reduce fossil fuel dependence in response to the Middle East crisis.

Regulation
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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.

Renewable energy
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Renewable energy hub planned for Scottish coal museum

Thu 14 May 2026

A former 19th Century coal mining 'super-pit' in Midlothian is to be turned into a renewable energy hub providing green electricity for the local community.

Resource management
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Awarua-Waituna Wetlands

Planned coal mine borders internationally significant wetland

30 Apr 2026

By Liz Kivi | Victorian Hydrogen, the company behind plans for a huge coal-to-urea project, has applied for a permit to explore for coal next to an internationally significant wetland in a sensitive catchment in Southland.

Science
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Combined climate extremes may prompt carbon budget rethink

Thu 14 May 2026

Media release: Springer Nature | Combined extreme climate events are likely to become more common in the future if carbon emissions continue to rise, a paper in Nature suggests.

Solar
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Africa secures major clean energy deals as France deepens investment push

Fri 15 May 2026

French and African leaders have announced more than $11 billion in renewable energy investments across Africa, underscoring the continent’s growing importance in the global push for cleaner energy and industrial development.

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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Why both trees and technology are important in the race to mitigate carbon emissions

4 May 2026

Different carbon‑removal approaches solve different problems, and pitting these technologies against each other could slow progress.

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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More red lights for cars might mean more green lights for sustainable transport

7 May 2026

Media release: Royal Society Open Science | Reducing the amount of green light time for cars at traffic lights could encourage commuters to switch to more sustainable transport.

United Nations
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UK halves Green Climate Fund contribution, as it spends more on security

Fri 15 May 2026

After promising £1.6 billion to the UN’s flagship climate fund in 2023, the UK government has now said it will only hand over half as much.

Waste
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NZ First moves to revive container return scheme

4 May 2026

By Shannon Morris-Williams | NZ First is aiming to launch a national container return scheme, which could recycle over a billion wasted containers each year, reviving a policy shelved by the previous Labour-led Government in 2023.

Water
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Steve Abel, Green Party resources spokesperson

Greens condemn planned coal mine next to protected wetland

4 May 2026

By Liz Kivi | The Green Party says a new plan for a coal mine and fertiliser plant next to an internationally significant wetland is “ecological vandalism and climate denial.”

Wildfires
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Why is Northern Ireland facing a growing threat from wildfires?

7 May 2026

Figures show that spring drought events are happening more often while there has been a sharp rise in "fire weather" - a mix of warmth, dryness, and wind that allows fires to ignite and spread rapidly. Experts warn this combination, along with climate change, is creating a longer and more volatile wildfire season.

Wind energy
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Bio-informed blade patterns exploit the principles of bird vision

Stripy wind turbines could save some birds

8 May 2026

Media release: Royal Society Interface | Preventing birds from colliding with wind turbine blades could be as simple as a few paint stripes, according to international researchers, who say this could help protect wildlife as renewable energy expands.

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