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Emissions trading will increase Aussie grazing costs

16 Jan 2009

Emissions trading could increase the production costs for livestock by 18 per cent by 2030 if farmers have to offset methane emissions from their cattle and sheep, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE).

National will have to do better than announce old policy , says Anderton

16 Jan 2009

The National Party is to be congratulated for finally recognising the importance of climate change mitigation for farmers, but it’s a bit cheeky to act as if it has a new fund of money, Opposition agriculture spokesman Jim Anderton says.

Confused forest owners keep planting plans on hold

19 Dec 2008

The Government’s announcement that it will not now suspend the emissions trading scheme will not get forest owners planting again, they say.

ETS select committee opens for business

19 Dec 2008

Submissions on the review of the emissions trading scheme are now open.

John Key

No suspension of ETS - what the PM said

19 Dec 2008

On Wednesday, Prime Minister John Key told Parliament that the Government would not now suspend the emissions trading scheme.

Shipowners seek rewards for cutting emissions

19 Dec 2008

The New Zealand shipping industry wants rewards built into the emissions trading scheme for companies that cut greenhouse gas emissions from their fleets.

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19 Dec 2008

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Japan’s voluntary emissions scheme attracts 500 firms

19 Dec 2008

More than 500 businesses have now joined Japan’s two-months-old voluntary emissions trading scheme, the government has announced.

The new slavery - some say it's time to face up to the curse of oil

19 Dec 2008

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sees dependence on oil as the modern version of slavery.

PM indicates ETS law will not be suspended during review

18 Dec 2008

The Prime Minister has indicated the ETs law will not be suspended during the select committee review.

Aquaflow eyes world-first algae biofuel flight

16 Dec 2008

The world's first test-flight using Aquaflow's algae-based biofuel blend could be just months away - and it might be in New Zealand.

Peter Dunne ... no grandstanders.

Dunne to bar time-wasters from ETS review hearings

16 Dec 2008

Groups wanting to relitigate the science of climate change or to grandstand on the issue are likely to find themselves shut out from appearing before the select committee reviewing the emissions trading scheme.

Michael Shirley ... NZ has leadership role to play.

NZ should be backing geothermal brains, says expert

16 Dec 2008

The skills of New Zealand scientists and engineers in the area of geothermal energy could make a real difference to global climate change, says Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) regional manager Michael Shirley.

Ministry extends time for carbon-reporting comments

16 Dec 2008

The deadline for commenting on rules governing the way in which New Zealand’s largest industrial emitters of greenhouse gases report their carbon levels has been extended.

Gerry Brownlee ... action under urgency.

Brownlee urgently wipes thermal ban and biofuel requirement

16 Dec 2008

Laws requiring oil companies to sell biofuel and banning the building of new non-baseload thermal power stations are expected to be gone by the end of the week.

National will have an ETS, says Brownlee

12 Dec 2008

National will bring in an emissions trading scheme, says Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee.

Tim Groser ... we will participate constructively.

Critics slam NZ attitude at Poznan climate talks

12 Dec 2008

New Zealand is making a name for itself at the UN climate change summit in Poznan – for all the wrong reasons.

David Carter ... assurances to forest owners.

Forest owners 'positive' after meeting new minister

12 Dec 2008

The forestry sector is waiting to see how its new minister converts his understanding of issues facing the industry into action.

Hone Harawira ... best and only way.

Harawira tries again to link treaty and ETS

12 Dec 2008

The Maori Party is again trying to get the impact on Treaty of Waitangi settlements included in the emissions trading scheme.

Poznan pressure groups blast Australia

12 Dec 2008

Environmental groups have blasted Australia as the single biggest disappointment at climate change talks in Poland, saying it was "Groundhog Day" with the Rudd Government acting like the Howard government.

ETS review committee announced

9 Dec 2008

The ETS review is shaping as a bun-fight, with Rodney Hide, David Carter and Jeanette Fitzsimons all on the committee that will do the work.

Smith: we want consensus on climate change

9 Dec 2008

Climate Change Minister Nick Smith says he wants New Zealand to build a broader consensus on how to make progress on climate-change issues.

Chauvel: Hide failed to show for the last select committee

9 Dec 2008

Labour says that Act Party leader Rodney Hide has some gall pushing a new select committee inquiry into the emissions trading scheme when he hardly showed up for the last one.

Peter Dunne ... the science is established.

Dunne at the helm: We need an ETS quickly

9 Dec 2008

New Zealand needs a robust emissions trading scheme in place as quickly as possible to reassure businesses and shore-up our international credibility, says the man who will chair the ETS review.

Vicki Buck ... reducing emissions is the imperative.

Buck: Forget ETS review, we're nearly out of time

9 Dec 2008

A New Zealander named in Britain as one of the 50 people most able to prevent the continued destruction of the world says that New Zealand doesn’t have the luxury of “forgetting” about climate change while it reviews its legislative direction.

Wairarapa pine planters mourn loss of ETS millions

9 Dec 2008

Wairarapa’s long-established pine forests would have generated the best part of $5 million for their owners if the emissions trading scheme had gone ahead, says carbon trader Greenair.

Nick Smith ... yes, I'll talk.

At last, forest owners get a date with the minister

9 Dec 2008

Representatives from the forestry industry will finally have an opportunity to put their concerns over delays to the emissions trading scheme to the new Minister for Climate Change Issues, Nick Smith, in person this week.

Nicolas Sarkozy ... failed to win support.

Brussels talks will decide EU stance on climate change

9 Dec 2008

French president Nicolas Sarkozy met central and eastern European leaders in Gdansk at the weekend but failed to persuade them to accept crucial elements of the package – notably auctioning permits for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the Irish Times reported.

Emissions scheme 'sound', but Treasury issues warning

5 Dec 2008

Treasury says that the emissions trading scheme is sound, and warns that giving “generous treatment” to emitters would simply transfer the costs to taxpayers.

Wait for trading road to clear, foresters told

5 Dec 2008

Forest owners are being advised to wait out the current period of emissions trading uncertainty amid calls for the carbon trading sector to be regulated.

Marthinus van Schalkwyk ... countries need to put figures on the table.

Pressure mounts on Rudd to cut emissions by 25%

5 Dec 2008

Developing countries are intensifying the pressure on Australia and other wealthy nations to promise to cut greenhouse emissions by at least 25 per cent by 2020 at talks in Poland this month.

UK airport tax 'reprisal' for NZ stand on food miles

5 Dec 2008

Britain’s $240-a-head airport surcharge scheme amounts to a reprisal against New Zealand's stance on the food miles issue, some industry sources believe.

Charlie Pedersen ... disappointed he didn't get support.

ETS review could damage farming, says Pedersen

2 Dec 2008

Former farming leader Charlie Pedersen, who championed the need for agriculture to be in the New Zealand emissions trading scheme even though he felt isolated and unsupported, is warning that the farming sector could be damaged by the review of the climate change and the ETS.

Foresters fear trading advice is a waste of time

2 Dec 2008

The forestry industry fears that the wrong kind of advice is stepping in to fill the vacuum left by the new government as forest owners struggle to come to terms with what New Zealand’s potential emissions trading turn-around might mean.

Jon Tanner ... serious implications for trade.

We're risking our clean reputation, says organics chief

2 Dec 2008

New Zealand risks scoring a “spectacular own-goal” if it backs away from its proactive stance on climate change, a leading agricultural lobbyist says.

District council factors in 10% cost of ETS

2 Dec 2008

Stratford District Council will factor in a 10 per cent increase in operating costs from 2011 to cover the increased transport and reporting costs under the current ETS, and “perhaps” a 5 per cent increase in its farm operating budget from 2013.

Anxious EMA wants to meet ministers on ETS review

28 Nov 2008

The Employers and Manufacturers' Association is seeking urgent meetings with government ministers to express concern that a review of the emissions trading scheme might include questioning whether human-induced climate change is real.

Ann Smith ... real issue is lack of knowledge.

Why you should know your carbon footprint

28 Nov 2008

Taxes aren’t a barrier to operating profitably in a carbon economy, but a lack of knowledge is, says Landcare Research’s carboNZero technical manager Ann Smith.

UK moves send a strong signal to NZ exporters to cut carbon

28 Nov 2008

The UK Government's move to reform air passenger duty from two to four distance bands, increasing the cost of flying to New Zealand, is just the start of actions New Zealanders will see from throughout the world in a bid to lower emissions.

ETS on hold results in some “carbon traders” promoting VCS to New Zealand exotic forest owners.

28 Nov 2008

Parties are trying to promote the voluntary carbon standard (VCS) www.v-c-s.org now the ETS is under review, says the Environmental Intermediaries & Trading Group Limited.

Forest owners to confront new minister with facts

25 Nov 2008

Forest owners expect to meet the new Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith later this week to tell him what National and Act’s agreement to review and potentially scrap the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is costing the industry.

Bryan Gundersen ... modified ETS likely outcome.

Don't panic, emissions expert tells NZUs sellers

25 Nov 2008

There are still opportunities for foresters looking to sell NZUs, says Kensington Swan partner Bryan Gundersen.

Oil companies hail move to look at carbon tax

25 Nov 2008

Oil and gas companies are applauding National's moves to revisit carbon tax and to overhaul the Resource Management Act, and say they are confident of a better working relationship with the new government than with the old one.

Rodney Hide ... ETS not his to hijack.

Listener criticises government's ETS move

25 Nov 2008

The new government's decision to completely review the emissions trading scheme "beggars belief", says the Listener.

British climate change bill shows how it can be done

25 Nov 2008

New Zealand lawmakers might be unable to agree on how to tackle climate change, but an extraordinary show of cross-party unity by their British counterparts is about to make that country the first in the world to have legally binding emissions reductions targets.

John Key ... international cooperation needed on climate change.

Key joins APEC leaders in call to fight climate change

25 Nov 2008

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, whose new government has suspended the country’s emissions trading scheme, is among Asia-Pacific leaders who have collectively called for a comprehensive effort to address climate change through international cooperation.

We're now a joke in Europe, says carbon trader

21 Nov 2008

Delaying the emissions trading scheme is costing New Zealand the chance to be the major Asian carbon market hub, says a leading New Zealand trader.

Hold on to your carbon credits, experts advise

21 Nov 2008

New Zealanders shouldn’t buy or sell carbon credits until the Government’s plans for the emissions trading scheme are clear, says a prominent law firm.

Julia Hoare ... we're moving into a carbon-constrained world.

NZ businesses told: Get used to it, carbon rules

21 Nov 2008

New Zealand business will have to account for its carbon – regardless of whether it is through an emissions trading scheme or a carbon tax, says PricewaterhouseCooper partner and sustainability specialist Julia Hoare.

Protests follow UK’s first carbon permits auction

21 Nov 2008

The UK government is facing protests from various quarters after it said that the proceeds of the sale of carbon permits would not necessarily be used to tackle climate change issues.

Adaptation
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Riwaka Sandy Bay Road during recent flooding

'Back-to-basics' approach for councils ignores climate risk

Today 10:45am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | While ACT is standing local government candidates to oppose councils' attempts to manage emissions and ministers are calling for local authorities to 'get back to basics' - or even suggesting scrapping regional councils altogether - one expert says this narrative is putting communities at risk in the face of climate change.

Agriculture
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Extreme heatwaves may cause global decline in dairy production, scientists warn

Tue 8 Jul 2025

Israel-based study finds that by 2050 average daily milk production could be reduced by 4% as a result of worsening heat stress.

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

Tue 8 Jul 2025

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

Aviation
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Nations agree to tax premium flyers, private jets

2 Jul 2025

A group of countries, including France, Kenya, Spain and Barbados, pledged on June 30 to tax premium-class flying and private jets in a bid to raise funds for climate action and sustainable development.

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

Today 10:45am

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

Biofuels
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Sustainability claims questioned as renewable diesel surges

14 May 2025

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

Carbon Credits
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Emissions Trading Scheme needs deep reform - commissioner

Today 10:45am

The government’s attempt to limit forestry conversions on rural land is unlikely to lead to meaningful change, according to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

Carbon News world
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How Mamdani connects climate policy to his affordability agenda as he runs for New York mayor

Today 10:45am

Many of the democratic socialist’s policies aim to slash carbon emissions and boost environmental justice.

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

Today 10:45am

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

Coal
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Megan Woods

Climate backtracking could impact trade relationships: Labour

Wed 9 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | Labour Party Energy spokesperson Megan Woods says the government needs to be upfront about how its energy policies will impact trade relationships, following revelations New Zealand was warned by other governments that backtracking on climate policies jeopardised its membership of an international alliance.

Comment
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Credit: International Institute for Sustainable Development

A credible UN carbon market needs rules that count – we’ve just set them

11 Jun 2025

COMMENT: The broad standards for a more ambitious market are now in place. But without a steady flow of investment, this progress will remain largely on paper.

Construction
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Common low-grade clay strengthens low-carbon concrete

5 Jun 2025

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

COP
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Cuts to climate finance put exports in jeopardy: Lawyers

23 May 2025

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

Emissions trading
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Carbon price grinds higher - where to from now?

30 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to grind slowly higher since this month’s failed auction, with prices at their highest since March, although still languishing well below this year’s auction floor price.

Energy
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UN Human Rights Council fails to call out fossil fuels after decision cuts mention

Today 10:45am

A proposal by the Marshall Islands and Colombia calling for a transition away from fossil fuels at the UN Human Rights Council failed to make it into the council’s declaration on climate change and human rights issued on Tuesday.

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

Wed 9 Jul 2025

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

Extreme weather
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Urbanization is intensifying India’s summer heat and rain

Today 10:45am

When 28-year-old Sonelal Prasad left home on the morning of June 16 for his job at a construction site in Mumbai—the financial capital of India—he didn’t know he’d be digging his own grave.

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

24 Jun 2025

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

Forestry
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EU countries seek more cuts to deforestation rules

Wed 9 Jul 2025

From December, the world-first deforestation law will require operators placing goods including soy, beef and palm oil, onto the EU market to provide proof their products did not cause deforestation.

Gas
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NZ quits Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance

25 Jun 2025

By Liz Kivi | The New Zealand government has quietly withdrawn from an ambitious coalition to phase out fossil fuels, with a $200 million publicly-funded subsidy for new gas fields the latest policy in conflict with that goal.

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

Watts talks big on energy reform, but barriers persist

29 May 2025

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

Green finance
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Net-zero much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of unmitigated climate change far more severe.

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

Today 10:45am

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

Greenwashing
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Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public

Today 10:45am

The climate crisis is more urgent than ever, so why is there a disconnect between stated policies and actual practices?

Hydro power
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Methanex closure comes early this year

14 May 2025

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

Hydrogen
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Electric firebricks: decarbonising high-temperature industrial heat

13 Jun 2025

By Ian Mason | A new technology could offer a more cost-effective solution than hydrogen to decarbonise one ‘hard-to-abate’ sector of New Zealand’s economy, as well as having ample potential for demand response as the electricity grid becomes more renewable.

Insurance
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‘Significant gaps’ in proposed approach to climate adaptation

Thu 10 Jul 2025

A new report into climate adaptation doesn’t suggest how development in high-risk areas should be avoided - an issue that needs urgent action with thousands of homes still being built in hazardous areas, according to the Environmental Defence Society.

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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In Latin America, the energy transition stirs a rise in human rights lawsuits

Tue 8 Jul 2025

A new report shows that more than half of the 95 energy transition-related lawsuits recorded globally since 2009 took place in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Low carbon
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Clear-sighted view to trade-offs crucial to reimagining our relationship with the land

Mon 7 Jul 2025

By Nick Swallow | COMMENT: New Zealand could see a 70% drop in the value of dairy land if we pursue our emissions targets for agriculture, according to a new report.

Mining
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Unlocking economic growth on conservation land

Wed 9 Jul 2025

Media release - New Zealand Government | A targeted effort to reduce the backlog of applications for use of conservation land is accelerating economic growth without compromising conservation values, says Conservation Minister Tama Potaka.

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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The change in Southern Ocean structure can drive a release in carbon to the atmosphere

Change in Southern Ocean structure could have climate implications

Mon 7 Jul 2025

Media release – Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM-CSIC) | Satellite data processing algorithms developed by ICM-CSIC have played a crucial role in detecting this significant shift in the Southern Hemisphere, which could accelerate the effects of climate change.

Paris Agreement
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Mayor Nick Smith and chief executive Nigel Philpott had reservations about the target.

Nelson adopts ambitious target to slash emissions

Tue 8 Jul 2025

By Max Frethey, Local Democracy Reporter | After some of the most passionate debate seen in the chamber this triennium, Nelson City Council has adopted the more ambitious of two community greenhouse gas targets.

Planetary boundaries
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Former Climate Commission Chair Dr Rod Carr

Markets aren't going to save us – Carr

Wed 9 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Consumerism is reaching its ecological and economic limits, and only systemic change - not market tweaks - can steer us away from climate catastrophe, according to former Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr.

Plastics
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The microplastics found on a Waikato beach

Microplastics found in sand on dozens of NZ beaches

4 Jun 2025

Scientists have extracted microplastics from the sand of 22 beaches from the Far North to Banks Peninsula.

Politics
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North Canterbury locals get say over huge solar farm

Thu 10 Jul 2025

By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter | North Canterbury residents are being encouraged to have their say on a proposed 180 hectare solar farm on a property near their village.

Protest
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UK: Thousands lobby MPs to demand climate action

Thu 10 Jul 2025

More than 5,000 people from across the UK arrived in Westminster on Wednesday to meet their MPs and demand urgent climate action to protect their communities.

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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Clean energy's political test looms now that Trump bill is law

Thu 10 Jul 2025

The US 2026 midterms will test clean energy's uncertain political salience as advocates attempt to tether it to economic matters that voters prioritise.

Science
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Flaring burns off excess methane in oil and gas fields, preventing the potent greenhouse gas from accumulating.

MethaneSAT loss ‘a tragedy’

3 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The disappearance of a methane-tracking satellite, which was backed by $29 million of government funding, is a tragic loss according to one astrophysicist, who is calling for a review to understand how New Zealand blew past multiple red flags about its operation.

Tax
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Green budget 'ludicrous la-la land' – govt

15 May 2025

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said the budget was "clown show economics" and an "absolute circus".

Technology
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Basis co-founders Danny Purcell and Julyan Collett

Kiwi ‘smart panel’ startup aiming to reduce energy bills and emissions

4 Jul 2025

NZ start-up Basis this week launched an ‘intelligent’ panel to replace traditional electrical switchboards in homes, which it says can save the average home $1,200 NZD annually on bills and lead to lower emissions.

The House
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United Nations carbon market rules agreed but concerns remain

25 Nov 2024

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

Transport
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Fast, sustained phase-out of fossil fuels: best-performing countries in coal and transport sectors

Thu 10 Jul 2025

By Robert McLachlan | It’s true that climate change is getting worse – it will continue to get worse until emissions fall to near zero. But is action on phasing out fossil fuels really stalling?

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

5 Jun 2025

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

Water
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NZ urgently needs to change approach to flood management - experts

2 Jul 2025

Experts say climate change is squarely to blame for flooding in Nelson - but isn’t getting the media attention it deserves - and the country urgently needs to change its approach to flood management in the face of climate change.

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

13 Jun 2025

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

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

29 May 2025

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

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