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Alasdair Thompson ... delaying the ETS should not delay policy development

EMA applauds plan to "pause" ETS

21 May 2008

The Employers and Manufacturers Association Northern supports the need for New Zealand to have a robust policy to combat man-made contributions to greenhouse gases.

Regulating greenhouse gases will generate a lot of money -- who should get it?

19 May 2008

A US climate-change bill that has widespread support as it heads to the Senate floor will create an estimated $150 billion of new assets in the first year it takes effect.

John Key ... ETS presents him with major challenge to show real leadership

ETS will trim Kyoto bill $909 million, pushes Key further out on policy tightrope

16 May 2008

The emissions trading scheme will avoid a 15 to 50 million tonne rise in emissions between 2008 and 2012, Climate Change Issues Minister David Parker has told Parliament, in what appears to a ground preparing statement ahead of National leader John Key’s ETS policy announcement this Sunday.

US shows huge jump in wind installations

16 May 2008

More than 1400MW of new wind energy capacity, costing $3 billion, was installed in the US in the first quarter of 2008 – up from just 124MW in the same period of 2007, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

Water emerges as climate change priority in Australia

15 May 2008

The importance of water to Australia is signalled by water security efforts getting a significant share of funds in the $2.3 billion climate change vote in the Rudd Government’ first budget.

John McCain

McCain outlines plan to confront climate change

14 May 2008

Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting Senator John McCain says America needs a market-based cap and trade system to curb greenhouse gas emissions, mobilise innovative technologies, and strengthen the economy.

Spain dishes out $90m to help poor African countries

14 May 2008

Spain plans to help five poor African countries fight hunger and climate change under a $US90 million scheme to help the continent whose people flood to Spain in their tens of thousands each year.

Andrew Little

Rio Tinto joins 'capital strike' game, says union leader

13 May 2008

Rio Tinto’s threat to close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is the latest move in a “capital strike” campaign by heavy greenhouse-gas emitters to get their own way over the emissions trading scheme, says EPMU national secretary Andrew Little.

Business decision makers back emissions trading

13 May 2008

Six out of 10 business people agree with the Government’s policy to introduce an emissions trading scheme.

Aussie Budget tipped to deliver massive boost in climate change spending

13 May 2008

Australian Treaurer Wayne Swan will unveil a $2.3 billion climate-change programme in today's budget, the biggest investment of its kind.

The Business Roundtable writes

13 May 2008

References to the Business Roundtable in your editorial of April 29, 2008 were drawn to my attention.

Nick Smith

Nats deny any ETS deal with Government

12 May 2008

National is denying reports that it is gearing up to do a deal with Labour over the emission trading scheme, and the Government isn’t commenting.

John Key ... considers delay leadership

Can National really make the tough calls on climate change?

12 May 2008

ANALYSIS – National may be showing it really doesn’t want to act on climate change.

New poll: Kiwis like ETS delays but want heavy emitters to pay now

9 May 2008

New Zealanders approve of the Government’s billion-dollar decision to delay bringing transport into the emissions trading scheme – but think that heavy emitters should be facing the cost of their emissions now.

Don Elder

Government disputes $80b 'carbon tax' windfall claim

9 May 2008

The Government is disputing a suggestion by Solid Energy chief Don Elder that it could stand to make $80 billion from New Zealand’s emissions trading scheme.

ANALYSIS: Will Don Elder today spell out his dream for New Zealand?

9 May 2008

What did Don Elder hope to achieve by assuming a carbon price of $200 per tonne and almost nil-emissions reduction – to produce a result showing the Government could make a surplus of up to $80 billion from its emissions trading scheme?

Brits clash with Europe over carbon permit revenue

9 May 2008

The British Government is on course for an embarrassing showdown with the European Union, business groups and environmental charities after refusing to guarantee that billions of pounds of revenue it stands to earn from carbon-permit trading will be spent on combating climate change.

Changes to Kyoto last straw for forest owners

8 May 2008

Recent changes to the government's emission trading scheme mean forestry will be the only sector in the NZ economy meeting its Kyoto obligations until 2011, says the Nz Forest Owners Association in a statement.

Worried companies coming clean on carbon

8 May 2008

Thousands of companies supplying some of the world's largest corporations know climate regulations are coming and are agreeing to measure their emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases.

EPA experts cast doubts on greenhouse gas emissions trading

8 May 2008

The principal plans Congress is considering to combat global warming may not work as intended, according to an open letter from US Environmental Protection Agency specialists posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Greenpeace: Don't subsidise polluting industries

8 May 2008

Don't subsidise polluting industries at the expense of ordinary New Zealanders and the planet.

Government confused over transport – Sustainable Energy Forum

8 May 2008

The Government doesn’t know which way to jump on transport, says Tim Jones, convenor of the Sustainable Energy Forum.

Political considerations driving the wrong choices

Pandering, polluting, unprincipled – and popular

7 May 2008

ANALYSIS – The Government yesterday gave control over New Zealand’s transport fuel emissions to the offshore oil markets.

Dutch mull over specific greenhouse gases for taxation

7 May 2008

The Netherlands is mulling over whether to build into its new controversial environment tax a specific levy linked to climate-changing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions.

Food exporters need help measuring carbon footprint

6 May 2008

The poster-guys of New Zealand’s carbon-neutral scene, Marlborough’s Grove Mill winery, say that Government support is needed if New Zealand exporters are to be ready to counteract growing Northern Hemisphere perceptions that buying our food is bad for the climate.

Nation’s biggest newspaper comes out for Forum advice on emissions trading scheme

5 May 2008

ANALYSIS: The New Zealand Herald today came out in support for the emissions trading scheme course advocated in advice to the Government last week by the powerful Climate Change Leadership Forum.

NZIER sets cat among political pigeons

1 May 2008

Two days after being revealed exclusively by Carbon News, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research’s (NZIER’s) report into the costs of the Government’s planned emissions trading scheme (ETS) is sending shock-waves through Parliament.

Parker: Emissions trading 'effective and affordable'

1 May 2008

A summary of economic modelling shows emissions trading is an effective approach to reducing New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in the long term, Climate Change Minister David Parker says.

Political realities mean emissions scheme phase in slower than desirable

1 May 2008

The political reality of having all sectors included in an emissions trading scheme means some major emitters will start paying for their greenhouse gas emissions later than is desirable in a perfect world.

Now a home which can feed the national grid

1 May 2008

A Wellington family is expected to enjoy a 75% fall on its annual power use because of energy efficient design and installation of a solar system which also has the potential to feed into the national grid.

Stephen Tindall .. real leadership while others forecast the "death of the economy"

ANALYSIS: At last commonsense leadership on the ETS is heard above vested interest

29 Apr 2008

Did we last night see an agreed whole-of-New Zealand view emerge on the emissions trading scheme?

Climate Change Leadership Forum backs emissions trading scheme

29 Apr 2008

The Climate Change Leadership Forum, including 34 business and other sector leaders, has issued 10 key points of policy advice made so far to the Government and Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS).

Quebec - eyeing a regional carbon-credit trading market.

Quebec sets cuts and signs up for carbon credit market

23 Apr 2008

Quebec has said it wants to cut its greenhouse gas emissions between 1.5 percent and six percent below 1990 levels by 2012, as it announced it would become an eastern member of a coalition of western US states and Canadian provinces eyeing a regional carbon-credit trading market.

KPMG: Tax consequences of being “green”

22 Apr 2008

When a famous frog sang, “it’s not easy being green …” he could have been referring to the consequences of being green for New Zealand businesses. As far as the IRD is concerned, it’s not going to get any easier.

Labour’s credibility on climate change dies with latest figures

21 Apr 2008

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

Inquiry into special pleading for big EU emitters

EU officials investigate competitiveness issues arising from ETS plan

17 Apr 2008

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

Tony Nowell ... sector needs to meet and beat its targets

Government working on eco claim system, Mallard may look at new accord on packaging

16 Apr 2008

Environment Minister Trevor says the government is on a system to verify eco-claims being made on all goods and services.

Surpise MAF report: emision reduction measures will boost dairy incomes 30% under ETS

EXCLUSIVE: 'Surprise' MAF report shows some farms will profit from ETS

14 Apr 2008

Already well-off dairy farmers could get a 30 per cent profit boost from the ETS, according to an apparently prematurely released Government report.

No need for NZ to drag feet on biofuels

14 Apr 2008

New Zealand shouldn’t delay bringing in biofuel sales obligations and miss out on cutting greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the use of fossil fuels says a major potential investor.

Cullen .. his office and Treasury deny information at hand on ETS windfall

EXCLUSIVE: $18b windfall for NZ government from ETS

11 Apr 2008

CARBON NEWS INQUIRY - The New Zealand Government’s coffers will be boosted by $18b in windfall revenues from sales of carbon credits between 2013 and 2024, according to privileged information obtained by Carbon News.

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

Australian exchange reveals it will compete with TZ1

11 Apr 2008

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

Tarrifs to proect big emitters, or more generous free emission credits?

No government plans for carbon import tariff – yet

9 Apr 2008

The Government has given an equivocal “No” to the possibility of imposing tariffs on imports from countries that don’t put a price on their greenhouse gas emissions.

Tanczos .. has multi party support for waste levy .. but will the millions be well spent?

The scrap is still on over who gets new $10m a year waste tax revenue

8 Apr 2008

The Waste Minimisation Bill, in the name of Green MP Nandor Tanczos, has been reported back from select committee with unanimous support. It will usher in a new tax raising $30 million a year, if passed

Lord Jones ... major opportunities for NZ - UK collaboration

UK Trade Minister: tariffs threat could gain momentum if market doesn’t work

7 Apr 2008

Britain’s Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Digby Jones, has told business executives in Auckland that if the market has not got carbon priced right by 2012, the calls to impose border taxes on goods from countries not paying for emissions could gain momentum.

Anderton .. climate change a motorway to higher value production

Climate change "motorway" to higher value production

4 Apr 2008

The effects of climate change are one of the greatest threats we face, Agriculture Minister Jim Adnerton has told the Large Herds Association conference at New Plymouth. If we handle it the right way, it will also be our motorway to higher value production.

US coal generated emissions

Report: Carbon tariffs on China could drive industry back to US

3 Apr 2008

Imposing carbon tariffs on China could drive some manufacturers back to North America, according to a new CIBC Coming Home.

Consultation on climate change measures continues

3 Apr 2008

Climate Change Minister David Parker has welcomed the start of the next round of public engagement on the Labour-led government's important climate change policy of emissions trading.

GHGPC: Emissions Trading - at what cost?

3 Apr 2008

In a presentation to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee hearing submissions on the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill, the Greenhouse Policy coalition, representing the energy intensive sector, had the following to say.

Ooops, no immediate tax-cut billions from selling emissions credits

No emissions trading revenue windfall for NZ

2 Apr 2008

Unlike Australia, there will be no multi-billion-dollar windfall to the New Zealand Government from selling carbon credits.

Tehcnical insolvency for Maori forest landownbers?

Insolvency threatens Maori forest owners

1 Apr 2008

Some Maori owners of pre-1990 forest land are going to become technically insolvent the day the Government’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) comes into effect, according to the secretary of a Maori incorporation.

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 ETS
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Carbon credits stockpile down: latest figures

Mon 7 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The number of NZUs held in private accounts, often called "the stockpile", dropped 11 million tonnes in the past year, according to the latest figures.

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.

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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