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ANALYSIS: The NZIER and friends' poll slip is showing

11 Jul 2008

A close-call election result is probably not what the NZIER and its major emitter study funders would have most liked in the results of their June TNS Conversa poll.

Roundtable: NZIER survey confirms ETS proposals lack support

11 Jul 2008

“The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research survey confirms what the Business Roundtable has been saying: that the government has failed to make a robust case to the public that further action against climate change is in New Zealand’s interests, and that without public support any action is likely to be politically unsustainable”, Roger Kerr, executive director of the New Zealand Business Roundtable said.

Tasman mill at Kawerau ... the worst case is that Norske Skog walks away.

Paper giant might fold and flee if NZ emissions scheme 'hostile'

8 Jul 2008

International paper giant Norske Skog might quit New Zealand if it is confronted by what it regards as a hostile emissions regime, sources say.

David Rhodes ... clearly harvested wood products have a role.

Forest owners urge NZ to follow Garnaut carbon storage action

8 Jul 2008

Australia’s emissions trading scheme is likely to recognise carbon stored in wood products – something New Zealand’s own forest industry would like to see on the table for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

Garnaut review releases draft report

8 Jul 2008

Australians are facing risks of damaging climate change. Without strong and early action by Australia and all major economies we are likely to face severe and costly impacts on Australia’s prosperity and enjoyment of life, according to the Garnaut Climate Change Review’s Draft Report, released on Friday.

Dutch report: best response to increase the number of emission-abating countries

Did the ETS really cause big business to leak?: the Dutch evidence

8 Jul 2008

Everywhere emissions trading is being considered, heavy emitters are saying they will relocate to countries without a price on carbon.

India shapes up as second-biggest emitter, says report

8 Jul 2008

India, with a rising demand for crude oil and coal, is likely to overtake the US as the second-largest emitter of carbon from energy use by 2050 after China, a new study says.

Fraser Clark ... NZ must invest in transmission capacity.

Wind-generated electricity blows past 2007 figures

4 Jul 2008

The contribution of wind energy to New Zealand’s electricity supply has increased significantly, figures released yesterday by the Ministry of Economic Development show.

ANALYSIS: The Labour-National negotiation that should be under way

4 Jul 2008

National and Labour are not far apart on the adjustments needed to make the emissions trading bill acceptable to both and restore multi-party support for the measure.

Bill English ... flushes out single-isse deal talks response from Peters

No horse trading on other issues in Govt - NZ First ETS negotiations

4 Jul 2008

Winston Peters has revealed his negotiating position over the emissions trading bill does not involve any other issue.

Aussies ... what's up, sport?

What’s it all about, mate, ask bewildered Aussies

4 Jul 2008

Australia takes a big step into the brave new world of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions with the release today of Professor Ross Garnaut’s draft report for the Rudd government on carbon trading.

Andrew Little ... Government must show leadership.

Get on with it, unions tell business and politicians

1 Jul 2008

Unions are climbing into the emissions trading debate, using two of their heavy-weights to send a clear message to business and political leaders that it’s time to pass the bill.

Nick Smith ... questions.

Questions over SOE-funding of ETS reports

1 Jul 2008

Three State-owned enterprises are in the political spotlight for funding reports being used on either side of the lobby campaign on the Government’s emissions trading scheme.

Ban Ki-moon ... ambitious targets must be set.

UN chief uses Kyoto to call for new climate change agreement by end of 2009

1 Jul 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday that the world must galvanise its will and reach a new agreement on measures to fight climate change by the end of 2009.

Tony Blair ... 2020 a pretty tall order

Blair calls for 'short steps' to climate change

1 Jul 2008

Governments trying to hammer out a post-Kyoto deal on climate change should not become “fixated on precise targets” but concentrate on practical short-term steps towards halving emissions by 2050, says former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

Send ETS back to select committee, says Roy

1 Jul 2008

ACT New Zealand Deputy Leader Heather Roy today put her support behind those businesses and individuals pressuring the Government to put the brakes on the Emissions Trading Scheme - a major piece of legislation with wide-ranging effects that should not be rammed through before the election.

Tokyo bourse carbon-permit trade hinges on Japan plan

27 Jun 2008

The introduction of carbon permits trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange will hinge on a government plan for compulsory emission curbs, Atsushi Saito, the president of the world's second-largest bourse, said yesterday.

Sustainable New Zealand: Rhetoric or Reality?

27 Jun 2008

Hurry up’ report based on generalised assumptions

24 Jun 2008

A report claiming big investment gains from quickly passing emissions trading legislation is based on generalised assumptions and some questionable logic, says Business NZ.

David Parker ... saying nothing about negotiations.

Pressure builds as minor parties decide where to stand on ETS

24 Jun 2008

The emissions trading bill is top of the agenda for most minor political party caucus meetings today as pressure builds to get the scheme passed before the election.

Biofuels Manufacturers Association chairman Dickon Posnett

No local biofuel under proposed law - manufacturers

24 Jun 2008

Local production of biofuels will be halted by changes to the Biofuels Bill, which came back into Parliament yesterday, say manufacturers.

London smog ... not our fault, say Britons.

Poll shock: Most Britons doubt cause of climate change

24 Jun 2008

Climate change campaigners are shocked by the results of a poll which shows that the majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans.

NZDEUR weaker on back of low international interest

23 Jun 2008

The carbon market drifted today and volume was extremely light - overall the market lacked direction in spite of a strong oil market and firmer electricity prices, broker OM Financial reports.

EU on target, but long-term emissions hopes look doubtful

20 Jun 2008

The European Union is on track to hit its short- term target for reducing emissions of the gases which create global warming, officials in Brussels said yesterday.

Climate change fuelling conflict, increased refugees, says UN

20 Jun 2008

Climate change is expected to drive increasing numbers of people from their homes as more conflicts are fuelled by water scarcity and a lack of food, says the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

Waste bill gives economic incentives

20 Jun 2008

New waste legislation will offer economic incentives and rewards to businesses and councils who do their bit for waste reduction, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard told Parliament during the second reading of the Waste Minimisation Bill on Wednesday.

Call to Suspend Motorway Projects

20 Jun 2008

Should oil prices reach $US150 a barrel, the Auckland based transport lobby group is recommending that all uncommitted motorway projects be placed on hold, and funds diverted to increasing the capacity of transport modes that aren't reliant on cheap oil.

Environment Commissioner supports amended ETS bill

18 Jun 2008

New Zealand must implement an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), says Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. “It’s the most efficient way for New Zealand to adjust to a carbon-constrained future.”

Heavy emitters: ETS bill changes not sufficient

18 Jun 2008

The Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill has not been changed sufficiently to allay concerns that industry will struggle to stay profitable in New Zealand, according to the Greenhouse Policy Coalition, which represents large industry across a range of sectors.

ETS amendments tinkering around the edges for forestry sector

17 Jun 2008

Forest owners will take little comfort from proposed amendments to the Climate Change (Emissions Tradings and Renewable Preference) Bill which were reported back from the finance and expenditure committee yesterday.

ETS back in Parliament

16 Jun 2008

The emissions trading scheme is back before Parliament, with new proposals to widen the allocation of free credits and to allow lower-emitters into the scheme.

Nick Smith ... details need to be worked through to provide confidence it will work

National's full minitory report on ETS bill

16 Jun 2008

National has released its miniority report on the ETS bill.

New Zealand policy makers will be reassured by UE scheme review .. ETs "won't wreck the economy"

Telling report appears on EU scheme on eve of NZ ETS bill debate

13 Jun 2008

The EU emissions trading scheme works “surprisingly well” and has little or no negative impact on the overall European economy, a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan management School study shows.

Hide .. personal carbon tax policy "ain't going to happen".

No carbon invoices, says Hyde

13 Jun 2008

Act Party leader Rodney Hyde is ruling out a policy of individual invoices for a carbon flat-tax.

Forestry owners: Ministers claim of liabilities warning not true

13 Jun 2008

Claims by forestry minister Jim Anderton on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report yesterday that land owners were warned five years ago of potential deforestation liabilities are not correct, the New Zealand Forest Owners Association said yesterday.

Fewer trees unless govt changes policies

13 Jun 2008

Major flaws in New Zealand’s land-use policies will become more obvious as the world food crisis grows, says the NZ Forest Owners Association.

"Outrage" at AWE burning 17 million cu ft of natural gas daily at Taranaki

13 Jun 2008

An Auckland Central canddiate says he is outraged that an Australian firm is burning off New Zealand's precious natural gas resources at a time of unprecedented petroleum costs and energy shortages

Heavy emitters' bull on the loose.. no way to win friends and crucial votes for delaying ETS

Heavy emitters' bull turned loose in Maori Party's china shop

12 Jun 2008

The heavy emitters' organisation yesterday launched a public attack on the Maori Party in a move which might indicate it has given up on getting the party's support to delay the ETS bill.

New report: 2009 turning point for EU ETS, urges quick Phase 3 commitment

12 Jun 2008

Amendments to the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) proposed by the European Commission are a big step forward and should be adopted into EU legislation by the spring of 2009.

InterCity stalls its "carbon neutral" effort till after the election

10 Jun 2008

InterCity’s plan to be New Zealand’s first carbon neutral tourism and national transport company is on hold while it waits for the outcome of the election.

Scoping work under way to enhance register for start of ETS

10 Jun 2008

The public service is waiting for the ETS bill to become law before appointing people to key new roles administering emissions trading.

Silver linings in the green cloud .. Germany developed a massive new energy industry

FORUM: Despite global warming gloom, every cloud has a green lining

10 Jun 2008

By Paul Harper. - Current economic and political mindsets need to change in the face of future environmental challenges, according to the head of the United Nations environmental programme.

Gates at Lake Taupo ... hydro lake levels low, aggravated by drought

$40m electricity price subsidy revealed, new geothermal on early

9 Jun 2008

Cabinet will today consider a range of measures to manage the impact of the drought and low hydro lakes on the electricity system – and a price-cushioning $40 million Government subsidy on power produced at the standby Whirinaki plant has been revealed.

FleetSmart ... more two litre vehicles in demand

'Green’ car choices moving fleet market, though some execs still want the V6

9 Jun 2008

The public sector is leading the way in a definite shift towards fleets with lower carbon emissions, says FleetSmart’s business development manager, Christopher Young.

National prepared to gut emissions trading scheme

9 Jun 2008

National has once again proved it’s slippery on climate change, and will tell audiences whatever they think they want to hear, according to Climate Change Issues Minister David Parker.

Dunne and Greens in sniper attacks over tactics and principles

United Future - Green sniping breaks out as Dunne continues his dance on ETS

9 Jun 2008

The Greens and United Future are sniping at each other as Peter Dunne continues his equivocal behaviour over the proposed emissions trading scheme.

Barbara Boxer, co-sponsor: "..a milestone in the fight against global waming"

US cap and trade bill dies in the Senate

9 Jun 2008

A bill which would have introduced a cap and trade scheme in the US, died in the Senate with a 48 to 36 vote against allowing amendments to be read.

National "trying to catch a fish with a teaspoon"?

9 Jun 2008

Green Party Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has answered John Key's call to lower the OCR to counter high oil prices by saying that is like trying to catch a fish with a teaspoon.

Garnaut says excluding petrol from Australian ETS "unwise"

6 Jun 2008

The economist advising the Australian Government on how to deal with climate change, Ross Garnaut, has suggested it would be unwise to exclude petrol from any emissions trading scheme.

A strong climate policy will drive a healthy economy... 14 million to benefit in US?

Memo NZIER: Millions of workers will benefit from strong climate change action

6 Jun 2008

While the secretly funded study on the NZ ETS by the NZIER ignored job creation outcomes arising from climate change action, a new report in the US says millions of workers will benefit.

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Award-winning American investigative climate journalist Amy Westervelt

New courses focus on climate action, activism and creating vision

Fri 12 Sep 2025

Media release | Dark Times Academy’s final lineup of courses for 2025, launching in mid-September, will focus on taking action on climate, learning about practical activism, and creating visions for the future.

Agriculture
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Carbon price steady after failed quarterly auction

Tue 16 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The carbon price has continued to trade in its familiar moribund range in the high $50s following last week’s failed quarterly auction, with ample supply still trading on the secondary market at about $10 below this year’s $68 auction floor.

Airlines
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NZ needs to be part of a regional SAF strategy: Z, Air NZ

9 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | New Zealand needs to be part of a regional strategic approach to sourcing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with domestic production less the aim than ensuring access to the fuel from one of a number of strategically positioned bio-refineries around the world.

Aviation
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Lord Adair Turner

'Non-negotiable' – EU carbon pricing to hit Kiwi exporters, expert warns

Thu 11 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | High carbon exports will inevitably face a high carbon tax at the EU border, possibly in the next five years, and high methane agricultural products might not be exempt, an international expert told a local audience yesterday.

Biodiversity
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UK foreign aid for nature hits £800m record due to cash for carbon credits

Tue 16 Sep 2025

The UK’s climate-aid spending on “nature protection and restoration” reached record levels of nearly £800m last year, according to government figures obtained by Carbon Brief.

Biofuels
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Air NZ declares surprisingly low SAF prices

3 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Air New Zealand is able to source sustainable aviation fuel at between 1.5 and 2.5 times the price of conventional fossil fuels used for flying, all sourced from the US.

Carbon Credits
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Depositphotos

No bidders front to carbon auction - again

10 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | Today’s quarterly carbon auction was a non-event yet again, making it the third consecutive auction this year with no bidders, with the secondary market price still limping along at nearly 20% below the auction floor.

Carbon News world
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Phill Hooper told the Greypower Ashburton audience that "spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on emission monitoring and reduction for the Ashburton District Council is a waste of money.

Ashburton councillor opposes climate strategy he voted for

Today 11:00am

Jonathan Leask, Local Democracy Reporter | Incumbent Ashburton councillor Phill Hooper says he doesn’t want to waste money on a climate change strategy, despite voting for the policy a few weeks ago.

Carbon prices
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'Atrocious' and 'bizarre': experts slam Act Party's climate policy

3 Sep 2025

By Liz Kivi | The Act Party is promising to challenge New Zealand’s Paris Agreement climate target, while the coalition Government’s other minor partner, NZ First, also says it wants to reevaluate the country’s commitment to the international treaty.

Coal
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Industry struggles with double-digit power price hikes

Mon 15 Sep 2025

As power prices surge by double-digit amounts for the second year in a row, industrial users can’t keep absorbing cost increases, the Major Electricity Users’ Group says.

Comment
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The merchants of doubt are back

3 Sep 2025

OPINION: If you don’t follow climate policy closely, you might not know that the Trump administration is launching an effort to overturn one of the most fundamental pillars of American climate policy.

Construction
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Electric Arc Furnace in action at North Star BlueScope

Milestone for NZ Steel electrification

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | NZ Steel has passed an installation milestone for its new electric arc furnace, which will reduce emissions from the Glenbrook steel mill site by as much as one megatonne (1Mt) a year.

COP
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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.”

Emissions trading
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts speaking to media.

Watts not considering removing electricity from ETS

Tue 16 Sep 2025

Energy and Climate Change Minister, Simon Watts, says he is “not currently considering” removing electricity generation from the Emissions Trading Scheme, as proposed by NZ First Minister Shane Jones.

Energy
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Energy Minister Simon Watts

Gentailers told to behave as ministers weigh Frontier review

Today 11:00am

The chief executives of Contact, Meridian, Mercury and Genesis met Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts on Thursday for their regular monthly session.

Extinction
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Declining sea-ice is altering Antarctic food webs

Thu 11 Sep 2025

A new study shows a significant change in Antarctic phytoplankton over time that could cascade through the marine food web and affect the ocean’s capacity as a carbon sink.

Extreme weather
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Science cuts will hold back climate research

Today 11:00am

By Liz Kivi | A crisis in government-backed science funding is worsening, with dire implications for climate research in New Zealand, according to experts from the scientific community.

Fishing
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Marginal drop in last year's regional emissions

27 Aug 2025

Regional greenhouse gas emissions were down slightly last year, with a fall in gas supply leading to a big drop in Taranaki, but more coal burnt leading to higher emissions in Waikato, according to new figures from Stats NZ

Forestry
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Indigenous forest 'islands' could help transition exotic plantations to native bush

Thu 11 Sep 2025

Native forest 'islands' within exotic plantations might be the key to transitioning plantations from exotic to Indigenous, according to new research.

Gas
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Decline in global oil and gas field output accelerating, IEA says

Today 11:00am

The decline in output from mature global oil and gas fields is accelerating amid greater reliance on shale and deep offshore resources.

Geothermal
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Geothermal power station near Taupō

A modest geothermal strategy

31 Jul 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The Government has unveiled a far more modest geothermal energy strategy than its primary backer, Resources Minister Shane Jones, had sought.

Green finance
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Why mega-polluters have little to fear from the European Central Bank and its new climate policy

Fri 12 Sep 2025

The European Central Bank plans to raise borrowing costs for climate offenders – but a new FTM analysis shows that big polluters such as Shell will barely feel it.

Greenwashing
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Media round-up

5 Sep 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: The great methane debate; law change scuppers legal challenge to irrigation scheme consent; and what are the energy and climate implications of the $7.5 billion Amazon Web Services data centre deal?

Hydro power
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Coal imports up 650%

Fri 12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams and Liz Kivi | Coal imports are up 650% as generators stockpile the most polluting fossil fuel ahead of next winter.

Hydrogen
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

29 Jul 2025

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

Insurance
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Simon Watts has promised better access to hazard data for homeowners

Media round-up

29 Aug 2025

In our round-up of climate coverage in local media: Changes to road user charges will increase New Zealand's emissions; Climate Change Minister Simon Watts promises better access to hazard data for homeowners; and Kiwis borrow over $1 billion in ‘green loans’ for heat pumps and electric cars.

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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Apple Watch not a 'CO2-neutral product,' German court finds

28 Aug 2025

Apple can no longer advertise its Apple Watch as a "CO2-neutral product" in Germany, following a court ruling on Tuesday that upheld a complaint from environmentalists, finding that the U.S. tech company had misled consumers.

Low carbon
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Forest carbon stores massive blind spot - study

4 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Aotearoa New Zealand’s planted forests hold significant deep soil organic carbon — with over half of it stored below 30 cm, and much of it over 1,000 years old.

Mining
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Govt tweaks offshore energy bill with 'declared areas' model

Today 11:00am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government is making changes to the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill to address offshore wind developers' concerns about competing for space with other industries.

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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A steady ocean pattern just failed for the first time ever observed

Today 11:00am

The failure of the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling system has left scientists wondering what happens next.

Paris Agreement
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Kathryn Ryan and Energy and Climate Change Minister Simon Watts at yesterday's Climate Change and Business Conference

Watts full-throated in National’s support for Paris

10 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | Climate Change Minister Simon Watts came to this week’s Climate Change and Business Conference with nothing to announce.

Planetary boundaries
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Govt resilience plan 'dangerous fantasy' - thinktank

29 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | An independent thinktank, whose members include former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer and multiple academics, is warning that the government’s long-term resilience strategy ignores physical and energy realities and exposes Kiwi households and businesses to systemic failure.

Plastics
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‘Plastic Cup’ competitions are cleaning up rivers in Hungary

1 Sep 2025

Afloat on DIY boats, teams of volunteers have removed over 450 tons of plastic waste from the Danube and its tributaries.

Policy development
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Invites-only fast-track for seabed mine slammed as 'rushed, awful'

Fri 12 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With the wider public shut out of submissions, critics including Te Pāti Māori, Kiwis Against Seabed Mining and Greenpeace say the process strips away robust scrutiny and risks setting a dangerous precedent.

Protest
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Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

8 Sep 2025

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate.

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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Solar and battery systems to boost resilience at Tasman community facilities

Tue 16 Sep 2025

Media release: Tasman District Council | Ten community facilities across Tasman District will soon be equipped with solar panels and battery storage, following confirmation of co-funding from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

Science
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The ozone hole continues to recover thanks to international action

Today 11:00am

Media release: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) | The Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing and the ozone hole in 2024 was smaller than in recent years, according to a new report.

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

17 Jul 2025

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

Technology
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Ara Ake backs 13 projects to unlock NZ’s energy flexibility

Thu 11 Sep 2025

Media release | Ara Ake has approved over $600,000 in funding from the National Flex Discovery Fund for 13 flexibility service providers (FSPs).

The House
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Resources Minister Shane Jones

Last minute change to oil and gas legislation over cleanup costs

31 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government is expected to repeal the oil and gas ban today, with a last-minute amendment handing discretionary power to two ministers over the controversial issue of decommissioning.

Transport
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Most EU carmakers on track to meet emission targets: study

10 Sep 2025

Almost all European carmakers are on track to meet EU emission targets after winning a reprieve this year as electric vehicles (EV) sales pick up, a study showed.

United Nations
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Hotter, longer, more frequent: NZ’s escalating heat risk

26 Aug 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Heat extremes in New Zealand will intensify faster than previously thought, according to a new study.

Waste
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Patrick Moynahan, CEO of Echo Tech

Echo Tech secures growth investment to tackle NZ's e-waste crisis

Mon 15 Sep 2025

Media release | Echo Tech Limited, New Zealand’s leading provider of e-waste recycling and IT asset recovery services, is proud to announce a strategic investment from growth equity firm Altered Capital.

Water
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Meridian Energy water level guage at Lake Tekapo

La Niña set to prolong NZ hydro shortfall

9 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | With La Niña favouring a drier-than-normal spring across much of the South Island, hydro lakes are unlikely to recover without substantial rain and late snowmelt – keeping national storage levels below average.

Wildfires
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Record UK wildfires have burned an area twice the size of Glasgow in 2025

12 Aug 2025

Wildfires have scorched more than 40,000 hectares of land so far this year across the UK – an area more than twice the size of the Scottish city of Glasgow.

Wind energy
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Which countries are scaling solar and wind the fastest?

Fri 12 Sep 2025

The leaderboard is quite different depending on what metric you look at.

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