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Giant blades snatch energy from the air

9 Feb 2016

Science can now make energy by building immense wind turbine blades and filtering carbon from the air, but the challenge is commercial viability.

How human impacts fuel weather extremes

9 Feb 2016

Researchers show that floods and droughts often happen at least in part because of human-induced influences on the climate, and not just from natural causes.

Many Brits can't be bothered, survey shows

9 Feb 2016

Half the people worried about climate change are not willing to make any changes to their lives to prevent it, a new study suggests.

Emma Herd

Why post-Paris businesses must get moving

2 Feb 2016

Emissions Trading Scheme measures protecting industries from the full impact of carbon pricing have had their day, says an organisation representing a trillion dollars worth of investments.

Sick seas paint picture of how our future could be

2 Feb 2016

For billions of years, life on Earth remained relatively simple. Only single-celled organisms that could live with little or no oxygen were able to survive in the seas.

How planning helps these farmers to beat the climate

2 Feb 2016

South Africa’s Western Cape plays an important role in the agricultural economy, but is particularly vulnerable to a changing climate.

Ancient plankton give up secrets to science

2 Feb 2016

Scientists have for the first time determined how and when more than 2000 species of ancient marine plankton became extinct, and a potential indicator for which current species might be vulnerable to rapid climate change.

Sydney makes a plan to win the climate war

25 Jan 2016

Sydney has announced a series of measures to help the city to cope with soaring temperatures, worsening storms and rising sea levels.

Carbon capture technology needs urgent help

25 Jan 2016

Call for governments to give financial backing for technology that could help to save the world from overheating by preventing CO2 escaping into the atmosphere

The last time it was this hot hippos lived in Britain

25 Jan 2016

It’s official: 2015 was the warmest year on record. But those global temperature records only date back to 1850 and become increasingly uncertain the further back you go.

Out-of-touch traffic modelling drives policy madness

25 Jan 2016

According to all the data, urban car use has peaked, but official traffic modelling forecasts a remarkable reversal.

Donald Trump

America's politics of climate unlikely to change

18 Jan 2016

In an American lection year, with two parties dug in on opposite sides of the climate issue, perhaps only extreme weather will roil the debate.

Bhutan's King Jigme Singye Wangchuck ... contentment comes first

The current economic system is looking pretty tired

18 Jan 2016

It’s increasingly clear that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way humans run the world. There are many contradictions experienced daily that prove this: the widening social gaps between rich and poor, the paradox of obesity next to starvation, and the ongoing destruction of the planet for short-term private profit.

UK must balance food farming impacts

18 Jan 2016

The UK could reduce its emissions by converting farmland to absorb more carbon dioxide − but risks increasing climate change effects abroad.

Treaty emerges from battle of the verbs

15 Dec 2015

Under the Paris Agreement there should be no net addition of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere sometime in the second half of this century.

James Hansen

Hansen: Why global ‘carbon fee’ system will work

7 Dec 2015

Former NASA climate scientist James Hansen has called for a global “carbon fee” in which fossil fuels are taxed when they are produced or imported, rather than when they are consumed.

Corporate sustainability won’t solve climate change

7 Dec 2015

In the run-up to the COP21 international climate summit in Paris, business leaders worldwide have shown substantial support for action on greenhouse gases.

Energy game-changers look to future

7 Dec 2015

Innovative new research into clean energy technology shows there are viable alternatives to fossil fuels – provided there is enough political will and investment.

Can eating less meat really tackle climate change?

30 Nov 2015

With the food system accounting for up to a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, anything that reduces its impact will make a big difference to the climate.

Just what is solar thermal electricity, anyway?

30 Nov 2015

A large solar thermal electricity plant will soon begin operating near Ouarzazate, Morocco, which will reportedly bring energy to a million people when fully complete.

Dr Jim Salinger

How climate change has taken a turn for the worse

23 Nov 2015

The world is now in abrupt climate change, says a New Zealander who was one of the first scientists in the world to talk about human-induced climate change.

The Big Apple puts bite on all corporations

23 Nov 2015

In a move that is potentially transformative, the New York attorney general is investigating Exxon for financial fraud.

How to ensure nations stick to Paris commitments

23 Nov 2015

New Zealand is proposing in Paris a climate agreement that is not legally binding. PETER NEWELL, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex, explains why legally binding agreements don't work.

How we see ourselves in the year 2100

23 Nov 2015

Most books report on what has already happened. John O’Brien has written one that describes the future.

Business picking up the pace ahead of Paris summit

16 Nov 2015

Twelve Australian companies last week committed to strong measures to tackle climate change at the Australian Climate Leadership Summit in Sydney.

Go-it-alone action can break climate gridlock

9 Nov 2015

Researchers say the way to establish fair levels for everyone on global emissions reduction is for one of the major powers to stand up and set the benchmark.

Cash is key to success at Paris climate talks

9 Nov 2015

A former key figure in UN climate change policy-making says economists now see that development without destroying the environment is the only way forward.

Industrial waste could offset climate emissions

9 Nov 2015

More than a billion tonnes of potentially toxic, bleach-like waste is produced and piled in landfills every year, with often devastating effects. And yet most people haven’t even heard of these ‘alkaline wastes’.

Why we need a world agreement on agri emissions

2 Nov 2015

Pushing for a global agreement on agricultural emissions could benefit the climate and trade, says one of our leading climate scientists.

Winston Peters

Best not to mess with agriculture yet, says NZ First

2 Nov 2015

Agriculture should be left out of the Emissions Trading Scheme until other countries act on biological emissions, says New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.

Middle East heat

How to build a city fit for 50deg heatwaves

2 Nov 2015

The Persian Gulf is already one of the hottest parts of the world, but by the end of the century increasing heat combined with intense humidity will make the region too hot for habitation, according to research published in Nature Climate Change.

Solar can cut our bills and still be good for utilities

2 Nov 2015

The cost of solar energy continues to fall, so it is no surprise that more people are adopting solar.

Hurricanes wreak economic havoc as world warms

27 Oct 2015

Analysis of insurance data convinces environmental economists that climate change is pushing up the cost of dealing with the disastrous effects of extreme weather events.

Smog clogs Beijing

Big emitters shift burden to poorer nations

27 Oct 2015

Researchers say emissions reduction targets set by China, the US and Europe place harsh demands on the rest of the world, and could cast a pall over the Paris climate summit.

Wages set to fall unless warming is tackled

27 Oct 2015

Researchers say the economic costs of failing to take action on climate change will be much greater than previously thought – with average global incomes cut by almost a quarter.

A new era of migration ... and not just for people

19 Oct 2015

The world is watching as refugees flood into a Europe unprepared for the new arrivals.

Worried health workers call for climate action

12 Oct 2015

Tens of thousands of New Zealand health workers are calling for New Zealand to take urgent action on climate change, which they say is a critical health issue.

It's time for the hard work to begin

12 Oct 2015

Recent trips by President Obama highlight the costs of adapting – or responding – to climate change that we are paying today and will pay tomorrow.

Scientists push boundaries to find alternative energy

12 Oct 2015

From algae to alloys, ingenuity in the world’s laboratories is fuelling experiments to find new ways of providing viable sources of clean energy.

Nature’s own carbon capture and storage. Matthias Ripp

France has a soil plan – and it’s not just about wine

12 Oct 2015

French wine lovers have always taken their soil very seriously. But now the country’s government has introduced fresh reasons for the rest of the world to pay attention to their terroir.

Climate threatens Pacific with seesaw sea levels

5 Oct 2015

Scientists say coasts and communities in the Pacific region face more extreme weather hazards as climate change magnifies the devastating El Niño effect.

Safer battery could spark investment in renewables

5 Oct 2015

Researchers have developed a battery that uses a common food additive to enable abundant solar and wind power to be stored cheaply and safely in homes and offices.

Dried elephant grass ... good fuel

Elephant grass could offer viable alternative to coal

5 Oct 2015

By adapting a tropical grass to grow in the British climate, scientists hope to be able to replace coal in power stations with biofuel.

How low-tech farming can help African farmers

28 Sep 2015

Politicians and the Pope are not the only ones calling for action on climate change these days. Farmers are observing changes in rainfall, temperature and other patterns in weather that have spurred them into shifting their farming methods.

Let’s take the market out of conservation

21 Sep 2015

For years, scientists and environmentalists have debated the best ways to conserve and protect natural resources from pollution and over-exploitation.

A 'clean and green' sign outside a coal-burning power station near Kolkata.

India in disarray over strategy on global warming

21 Sep 2015

Researchers in India say its action on climate change is suffering because, unlike China, it has not developed the institutions needed to co-ordinate policy.

Smart modelling to help with aquifer management

7 Sep 2015

Smart modelling techniques will provide the horsepower behind a range of new methods to improve the management of New Zealand’s aquifers.

Scientists to probe ocean acidification

7 Sep 2015

NIWA scientists are carrying out a major research project to determine how New Zealand’s marine ecosystems are faring under climate change.

The green-tech future is a flawed vision of sustainability

31 Aug 2015

What does your vision of a sustainable future look like? Some people imagine a scenario whereby technology solves the world’s most pressing environmental problems.

Hurricane Katrina: what have we learned?

31 Aug 2015

Two academic papers inspired a media firestorm, polarising popular opinion and scientists, on whether global warming was in some way responsible for Hurricane Katrina.

Adaptation
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An Indigenous activist during demonstrations at the COP28 opening in Dubai, 2023.

UN limits staff at COP30 climate summit over accommodation concerns

Today 11:45am

High hotel prices for Brazil's COP30 climate summit in November have prompted the United Nations to urge its staff to limit attendance, while government delegations are still scrambling to find rooms within their budgets.

Agriculture
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Govt passes law to limit farm-to-forest conversions

Today 11:45am

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Government has passed legislation intended to limit farm-to-forest conversions in the Emissions Trading Scheme, with ministers saying the changes “restore balance,” while opponents call it a band-aid that risks climate targets.

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

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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Researchers say sealing old oil wells with bio-oil from crop waste is a dual carbon-removal solution

Today 11:45am

A new analysis shows that oil made from corn husks, wood chips, and other waste could plug greenhouse gas-belching abandoned oil wells while sequestering carbon for about $152 per ton.

Carbon Credits
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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.

Carbon News world
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EU set to miss UN deadline for new target under Paris climate accord

Today 11:45am

The delay is intended to allow countries more time to agree to an ambitious goal.

Carbon prices
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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.

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

Wed 17 Sep 2025

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

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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Lobby group launches ‘blueprint’ for ocean management reform

Thu 18 Sep 2025

The Environmental Defence Society yesterday released its plan to tackle widespread ecological decline in our oceans.

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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Australia leapfrogs NZ on climate ambition

Today 11:45am

By Liz Kivi | Lawyers for Climate Action say Australia’s new 2035 climate target should be a wake-up call for ‘clean, green’ New Zealand.

Gas
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Wildervank Station at the Groningen gas field.

Exxon and Shell sue the Netherlands in secret tribunals for closing Europe’s biggest gas field

Today 11:45am

Following billions in profits and over a thousand gas extraction-related earthquakes, the oil and gas giants filed claims against the Dutch state in four separate investor-state disputes concerning compensation for home damages and the permanent closure of the Groningen gas field.

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

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.

Greenhouse Effect
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Science cuts will hold back climate research

Wed 17 Sep 2025

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.

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%

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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Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they’re challenging Trump’s orders

Thu 18 Sep 2025

Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are trying to convince a federal judge to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels.

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

Wed 17 Sep 2025

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

Wed 17 Sep 2025

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

Paris Agreement
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Australia's 2035 climate targets on path to net zero judged by the experts

Today 11:45am

After much anticipation, Australia has set its new climate targets: a reduction of 62 to 70 per cent within the next 10 years.

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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Can certificates solve NZ's heavy vehicle emissions problem?

Thu 18 Sep 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Sustainable Business Council has launched a new framework for a national system to cut freight emissions.

Politics
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Climate change collaboration and competition law

Thu 18 Sep 2025

By Pattrick Smellie | The revamped competition law regime needs to be able to take into account the benefits of companies that collaborate for action on climate change, says the panel that reviewed both the Commerce Commission and the Commerce Act.

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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One city’s race to ‘solarise everything we possibly can’

Thu 18 Sep 2025

Bordeaux is quickly transforming itself into France’s top solar-powered city, banking on innovations like transparent panels that preserve its historic architecture.

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

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.

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?

12 Sep 2025

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

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