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Roger Dickie ... Government environmentally unfriendly.

Government lying to us, says forester

28 Sep 2012

The Government is being accused of lying to New Zealanders over plans to encourage afforesation as a means of reducing greenhouse gas levels.

It's raining ERUs ...

7 Sep 2012

It was another night of contrasts; CERs and ERUs smashed and EUAs managing a small gain, OMFinancial reports.

Greg Combet ... more flexibility.

Australia to link with EU carbon market

31 Aug 2012

Australia will scrap its planned floor price for carbon emissions and will link directly with the European Union's emissions trading system by 2018, says Climate Change Minister Greg Combet.

Public split as ETS changes face scrutiny

24 Aug 2012

Changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme have gone into Parliament as a new poll shows that New Zealanders are evenly split over whether we should even have a price on carbon.

EXCLUSIVE: Carbon News readers can now get full climate report

24 Aug 2012

Subscribers to Carbon News now have access to the full report on research into New Zealanders' views on climate change.

More Americans go cool on global warming

6 Jul 2012

Americans' support for government action on global warming remains high but has dropped during the past two years, according to a new survey by Stanford University.

Gang behind carbon racket gets jail

22 Jun 2012

The gang behind a $60m scam in the European Union emissions market has been jailed for a total of 35 years by a judge in London.

Figures paint sad picture of the world

15 Jun 2012

A snapshot of our world paints a sorry picture on the eve of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro.

Banks need a shove to back green

18 May 2012

An Australian researcher is calling for tax breaks and other Government interventions to push banks towards lending on large-scale clean and renewable technologies.

EU airline cash could go to climate fund

18 May 2012

European Union nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries to deal with global warming, the bloc's climate chief said this week.

Greg Combet ... we'll look after you.

She'll be right, Combet tells public

11 May 2012

The Australian Government says it is committed to supporting jobs and households through putting a price on carbon.

Stop and think about the tax

27 Apr 2012

As we head in to May surrender time, OMFinancial is urging all ETS participants who are about to pass units to their points of obligation or to the Government to pause and consider the amount of tax you are effectively about to pay.

It's a game-changer, says Aquaflow

20 Apr 2012

Kiwi clean energy company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation believes it is poised to make refining next generation biofuels a commercial reality in New Zealand and in overseas projects within three years.

We can't go on like this, says think tank

13 Apr 2012

Over the past 50 years, the world's middle and upper classes have more than doubled their consumption levels, and an additional 1 to 2 billion people globally aspire to join the consumer class, the Worldwatch Institute says in its latest report.

Greens predict urban sprawl, congestion

13 Apr 2012

The Productivity Commission's main recommendations for affordable housing will create sprawling, congested, and less productive cities, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says

Time for emitters to move

30 Mar 2012

While spot NZUs maintain a healthy premium over spot CERs and ERUs, we have seen the premium of NZU forwards narrow over CER forwards.

Europe tells China to start own ETS

23 Mar 2012

The European Union has hinted that it hopes to avoid levying its controversial carbon-emissions tax on flights from China, if Beijing introduces its own carbon-trading scheme to cover aviation.

Shipping shapes as next target of EU

9 Mar 2012

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) could soon find itself butting heads with Brussels over how best to tackle emissions from international shipping, analysts say.

Australian election poses ETS problems

2 Mar 2012

A big event in the future of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme will be the introduction of the Australian carbon tax flexible pricing period in 2015, Carbon Market Solutions says.

Countries group to fight airlines action

24 Feb 2012

Officials from 29 countries have met in Moscow to try to put pressure on the European Union to abandon a law which requires international airlines to pay for carbon emissions.

Europe's airline rules stir controversy

24 Feb 2012

Carbon Market Solutions says that the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme has now included aviation in its emissions reduction sectors in a move fraught with controversy and disagreement.

European market has attack of nerves

24 Feb 2012

European carbon is nervous, OMFinancial reports.

Tasman ETS links will have impact here

17 Feb 2012

Australian’s Carbon Pricing Mechanism will enter its flexible pricing stage in 2015. Carbon Market Solutions looks at the likely impact on carbon prices in New Zealand.

China orders airlines not to pay

10 Feb 2012

China has banned domestic airlines from participating in the European Union's emissions trading scheme and from using the scheme to increase fares or add other fees.

Airlines look at buying into our ETS

20 Jan 2012

The implementation of a carbon tax on airlines flying into Europe is thought to be prompting some to consider opting in to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.

China looks at benefits of carbon tax

20 Jan 2012

China is considering levying a carbon tax within the next three years to tighten its regulations on polluting industries and put the economy on a greener path.

Black carbon moves could save millions

2 Dec 2011

More than two million lives can be saved each year by implementing measures to reduce black carbon, methane and ozone emissions, says a new report.

China key to future of carbon trading

2 Dec 2011

This week the climate summit began in Durban to discuss the future of the Kyoto Protocol.

Julia Gillard ... major milestone.

Gillard warns businesses to behave

11 Nov 2011

Australian businesses have been warned against trying to profiteer from the carbon tax passed into law on Tuesday.

Where Labour and Greens stand on carbon trading

11 Nov 2011

Carbon Market Solutions casts an eye over the carbon-trading policies of Labour and the Greens:

Key carbon tax vote next week

4 Nov 2011

The Australian government's carbon tax is likely to pass the parliament early next week after an agreement between Labor and the Greens.

Investors sniff out NZ forest fortunes

14 Oct 2011

New Zealand should expect intense interest in our carbon-sequestering forests from Australian investors, especially if the two countries’ emissions trading schemes are linked, says a company involved in carbon forestry on both sides of the Tasman.

Greg Combet ... Australia on right path.

Historic moment as carbon tax gets a yes

14 Oct 2011

In what the Gillard Government is calling "a historic moment”, the Australian House of Representatives has passed clean energy legislation which will give the country a price on carbon.

Abbott will eat his words, says CMS

14 Oct 2011

The Australian emissions trading scheme legislation was passed through that country’s Federal Parliament this week, and is expected to begin being passed into law by the Senate next month.

Kennedy Graham ... answers, please.

Greens demand subsidy answers

30 Sep 2011

The Government is being accused of subsidising the fossil fuel industry while at the same time campaigning internationally for an end to fossil fuel-industry subsidies.

Why Asia-Pacific needs green revolution

23 Sep 2011

Countries in Asia and the Pacific have been urged to embark on a green industrial revolution that takes advantage of improvements in resource efficiency.

Australian carbon bills go to House

16 Sep 2011

The Gillard Government has introduced a package of bills to the House of Representatives which it says will allow Australia to seize the economic and job opportunities that will come as the world tackles climate change and shifts to a clean energy future.

Craig Thomson ... no charges.

Key carbon tax MP escapes charges

9 Sep 2011

The chances of Australia’s carbon tax going ahead improved yesterday when police announced they would not charge a Labor MP with fraud.

Buildings will go green under $35m fund

2 Sep 2011

The Australian Government has announced $35.2 million in funding to green-up 90 buildings across the nation.

David Caygill...no surprises in Australian scheme.

Major changes unlikely, says ETS review head

1 Aug 2011

The Emissions Trading Scheme review panel is unlikely to change its recommendations substantially in light of Australia’s carbon pricing moves.

One-for-two deal must stay, says coalition

29 Jul 2011

The Greenhouse Policy Coalition is warning that New Zealanders will face higher prices for fuel and electricity if the Government removes the one-for-two obligation in the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Australian carbon bills on the move

29 Jul 2011

Australians have until August 22 to comment on legislation to bring in a price on carbon.

What's in the Australian carbon tax for New Zealand?

22 Jul 2011

Carbon Market Solutions director Wayne King takes a close look at the latest carbon reduction scheme proposed for Australia:

Ralph Sims ... Aussies exciting.

Are we keeping up, asks energy expert

15 Jul 2011

The argument by some New Zealand businesses and farmers that NZ should not be a leader in climate change mitigation is beginning to wear thin, says an expert on renewable energy.

Australia makes carbon moves easy for householders

15 Jul 2011

The Australian Government has outlined an easy way for households to understand the assistance provided for the cost of living impacts of the carbon price announced at the weekend.

Why it's better to sell NZUs at home

15 Jul 2011

Carbon Market Solutions says it has had a number of clients asking if they are able sell NZUs overseas.

Greg Combet ... modest impact.

Australia set to reveal incomplete carbon plan

8 Jul 2011

The Australian Government will unveil its carbon pricing scheme on Sunday, even though it says the plan is unfinished.

ETS review looks at rewards for farmers

24 Jun 2011

The panel reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme says that it has considered measures that reward farmers with carbon credits for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Ann Pickard ... behavioural change needed.

Emissions trading is best, says Shell chief

17 Jun 2011

Emissions trading schemes are a better way of tackling carbon pollution than government subsidies of renewable energy projects, says a senior Shell executive.

James Hansen ... some nation must tell the truth.

Climate fighter has a big job for NZ

10 Jun 2011

Scientist and climate change campaigner Dr James Hansen says that New Zealand could be the country he has been looking for to "stand up and tell the truth" - that our addiction to fossil fuels can be cured only by an honest, rising price on carbon.

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.

Science
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Turning squashed bugs into climate change data

Today 11:45am

Media release: University of Auckland | What if the insects you hit with your car could contribute to research on climate change?

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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