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NZ biodiesel market big enough for everyone, says Solid Energy

24 Jun 2008

Biodiesel produced from a variety of sources has every opportunity to find a market in New Zealand, says Andy Matheson, Solid Energy’s general manager for renewable energy.

Electric car ... the way to go, says UK.

Electric cars to play big part in UK renewable energy plans

24 Jun 2008

Electric cars could play a major role in the shift to environmentally friendly transport in Britain, the government will reveal this week

California cars ... going green.

Green labels will show California cars’ environmental impact

24 Jun 2008

All new cars sold in California after this year will be required to have labels that clearly inform consumers of the vehicle's environmental impact, according to a new regulation signed into law this week.

Sustainable biofuels likely to reduce fuel prices - Minister

24 Jun 2008

The introduction of a biofuels sales obligation will help New Zealand move away from our dependence on imported oil and is most likely to lessen, not increase, the cost of transport fuel, Energy Minister David Parker says.

Southland coal ... transport fuel potential.

Solid energy assessing coal-to-transport fuel scheme

20 Jun 2008

Solid Energy is in the assessment phase of a scheme to convert lignite into premium transport fuels.

Britomart railway station, Auckland

Auckland can cope with increased public transport use

20 Jun 2008

Auckland’s transport network is ready for a big swing to public transport as fuel prices continue to soar to new heights, says the Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA)’s communications manager, Sharon Hunter.

Major new climate change package adopted in Germany

20 Jun 2008

The German government has passed the second part of an ambitious package aiming at cutting the country's CO2 emissions by 40 per cent relative to 1990 levels by 2020.

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.

Pike River coal manages emissions and looks forward to price increases

20 Jun 2008

Pike River Coal is poised to take advantage of demand from Japan that will double the price of coking coal in the next year alone, says McDouall Stuart which acted as lead manager for Pike River Coal’s 2007 IPO and 2008 rights issue.

Future car ... powered by lithium-ion battery

Battery puzzler as plug-in hybrids join the car race

20 Jun 2008

The latest potential alternative to the traditional gasoline engine touted for the auto industry—plug-in hybrids and their lithium-ion batteries—may not change what most people drive anytime soon, says the Chicago Tribune.

Diesel power for Scenic

20 Jun 2008

Renault’s compact MPV (multi purpose vehicle), the Scenic, has been rationalised with the introduction of a 1.9 litre diesel variant with a four speed automatic transmission.

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.

Pollution at sea ... slow down and save.

Ships' captains to get the order: Slow ahead and save emission

17 Jun 2008

The captains of ships plying the world’s sea lanes are about to be given the message – slow down and save greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

InterCity... "the goal posts can't shift every three years"

ETS uncertainty deterring large InterCity investment

13 Jun 2008

InterCity is frustrated that New Zealand’s proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS) will act as a disincentive for it to reduce emissions and continue to operate a low emissions fleet.

Plea to lighten up on the car industry

13 Jun 2008

Cars are being unfairly picked on in the debate over greenhouse-gas emissions, says a leading player in the luxury car market.

"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.

Commodore .. slipping to number two in sales behind Corolla

Vehicle valuer: Medium and large cars become an asset liability

11 Jun 2008

Having just experienced the greatest one day jump in world oil prices, there is more pressure than ever on asset values for medium and especially large cars when they are sold into the second hand vehicle market.

BP .. its stations being used in world first personal carbon credit trade scheme

First personal carbon trading scheme launches

11 Jun 2008

The world's first real time personal carbin trading scheme has launched.

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.

Nano ... no $5000 new car for Kiwis

World's cheapest car ruled out of NZ market

10 Jun 2008

Tata Motors’ Nano car retailing at US$2500 (about NZ$5000) will not be safe enough to enter the New Zealand market, according to the Ministry of Transport.

IEA shows way to sustained economic growth based on clean energy

10 Jun 2008

Tokyo -The world faces the daunting combination of surging energy demand, rising greenhouse gas emissions and tightening resources.

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.

BANZ CEO Brian Cox

Air NZ biofuel move will boost domestic demand, says BANZ

9 Jun 2008

The Bioenergy Association says Air New Zealand’s decision to test a biofuel for its planes will stimulate demand in New Zealand for biofuels in general - even if the national carrier is looking off-shore for its fuel.

Maker stands by Ecotube claims

9 Jun 2008

Ecotube-maker Bios Fuel says that the Consumers’ Institute didn’t test the exhaust-pipe device before panning it.

Will the Ace Rental trial prove the EcoTube another answer to emissions problems?

Ace Rentals trialing clean-fuel device already subject to ConsumerNZ doubts

6 Jun 2008

One of the country's car rental firms announced yesterday it is trialing a device which is says is new and cuts nitrous oxide and particulate exhaust emissions. However, it did not say the Consumers Institute has already tested it and “doesn’t buy the spin”.

Waikato University's electric car .. may spark a vehicle making industry here

Greens caution against being diverted by promise of electric vehicles

6 Jun 2008

Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons cautions against overlooking more immediate emission reduction solutions for New Zealand’s light vehicle fleet because of a general enthusiasm for electric vehicles.

Coal power plant emissions ..new rules proposed to regulate capture and storage

EU Parliament looks at rules for carbon capture and storage

6 Jun 2008

BACKGROUNDER: The International Energy Agency predict a 70% increase in coal burning by 2030.

Business leaders: ETS fuels delay means incentives needed to buy electric and low-emision cars

6 Jun 2008

Business leaders yesterday welcomed a Carbon News report that Ministry of Transport officials are investigating options for incentives to encourage people to buy low-emission vehicles.

Waikato University's electric car ... basis for a new manufacturing industry?

Funding talks underway to start New Zealand electric car industry

5 Jun 2008

EXCLUSIVE: New Zealand could soon be building its own electric cars.

Advisory group looking at incentives for electric vehicle buyers

5 Jun 2008

The Ministry of Transport’s Vehicle Energy and Renewables Group (VERG) is looking at ways of creating incentives for manufacturers to bring significant numbers of electric vehicles into New Zealand.

Achim Steiner ... a global price on carbon in certain

Progress on new climate change deal "extremely disconcerting" says UN leader

5 Jun 2008

The director of the UN’s Environment Programme describes current progress in negotiating a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Treaty as “extremely disconcerting”.

Helen Clark ... significant risk to export industries from wrong response to climate change

PM: Significant risks to export industries without ETS and sustainability

5 Jun 2008

Prime Minister Helen Clark says she sees climate change as one of the biggest environmental and political challenges of our time and singificant risks to export industries if the country doesn't act to become more sustainable.

Millions of new green jobs? Maybe, maybe not..

Widely varying figures on new jobs created by renewables

5 Jun 2008

Research on the number of "green jobs" being created by renewables sector growth are varying widely.

Tony Burke ... for everything you carve out of an ETS you shift the burden

Australian Minister talks on ETS and fuel prices

4 Jun 2008

Australia's Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke, has talked with The Sunday agenda programme on fuel prices and the proposed emissions trading scheme.

ECCA figures on Kiwis and renewables

4 Jun 2008

75% of New Zealanders support marine energy as a future electricity generation option, according to research released by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

Nick Main ... forum had not done a lot of work on liquid fuels delay issue

Forum assures committee: parliamentary process is parliamentary process

3 Jun 2008

The Government-appointed multi-sector Leadership Forum on Climate Change is not working as an alternative to the select committee process – and has told the select committee considering the emissions trading scheme so.

John Key .. credit suport phase out timelines a 'bastardised' way to develop ETS

Key reveals thoughts on "bastardised" ETS scheme to student blogger

3 Jun 2008

National leader John Key has referred to different credit phase out timelines for different sectors as “a bit of a bastardised way to develop an emissions trading scheme”.

Electric vehicles no panacea, says Meridian

3 Jun 2008

Meridian says its electric vehicle trial will give New Zealanders “a first and early glimpse of the technology,” but warns that it is a mistake to view electric vehicles as a solution to all our carbon emission woes.

Disesel price no impact on truck numbers

3 Jun 2008

Rising diesel prices will not affect the number of trucks on the road if customers can afford to cover the increase, says the Road Transport Forum.

Aussie truck drivers: include fuel in ETS

3 Jun 2008

Australian truck drivers back the inclusion of fuel in their Government's emissions trading scheme and consider cuts to the fuel excise to be bad policy.

Climate friendly cars ... older, educated, women more likely to buy

When it comes to buying climate friendly vehicles 11% will part with the cash

3 Jun 2008

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Although many new-vehicle buyers may want to purchase an environmentally friendly vehicle, only 11 percent are “very willing” to pay more to do so.

US wineries go for 100% solar power, lightweight bottles

3 Jun 2008

Elbin Blatz, a winery in California’s Napa Valley region, has installed a first-of-its-kind solar power array and the latest example of how Northern California’s wine industry is using solar power.

LA traffic ... 4.3% fwere iles travelled in the USA in March

Americans cut car use by equivalent of 11 billion miles a year

3 Jun 2008

Americans drove their cars 4.3% fewer miles in March 2008 than they did a year earlier, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

Gas station near LA .. US$4 a gallon starting to affect petrol use

US drivers shudder at $4 per gallon

3 Jun 2008

It appears the specter of US$4/gallon (about $1 per litre NZ) keeps the key out of the ignition in the Unired States.

Transport ... 80% higher emissions by 2030 and about to be included in next global deal

Transport sector advised to help shape next world emissions deal

3 Jun 2008

Leipzig.-Speaking at the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer called on key stakeholders in the transport sector to help shape the UN climate change deal that will be clinched in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.

FORUM: Dog and Lemon man says electric car owners exposed to power shortage issues

3 Jun 2008

Clive Matthew-Wilson, founder of the Dog and Lemon Guide, responds to a Carbon News story saying he is inventing a long term power shortage in order to justify an argument casting doubt on a future for electric vehicles..

Mitsubishi's i-car .. electric version available here possibly next year

Electric car sceptic invents long-term power shortage

30 May 2008

The Dog and Lemon Guide man says the viability of electric cars in New Zealand is doubtful because of electricity shortages.

Lincoln University .. research still showing New Zealand food highly emission competitive

New Zealand food imports still the greenest option for UK

30 May 2008

By Angela van de Weerdhof. - New Zealand food producers should fare well when the European Union rings in carbon labeling on all imports.

Adaptation
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Governments must vote in favour of moratorium on deep sea mining

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Media release - Greenpeace | The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea.

Agriculture
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Awarua-Waituna Wetlands

Does NZ need a national incentive scheme for wetlands?

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | An expert is calling for a national incentive programme to restore New Zealand’s wetlands and wants to stop schemes to drain these vital carbon-sequestering ecosystems.

Airlines
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NZ Post drops science-based climate target

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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Airlines risk legal challenges by advertising jet fuel as “sustainable”, NGO warns

18 Jul 2025

Amid suspected fraud in the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), a new report says the airline industry should stop calling all alternatives to kerosene “sustainable”.

Biodiversity
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Challenges persist in bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump

Tue 29 Jul 2025

After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.

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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Huntly Power Station, the largest thermal power plan in New Zealand.

Is extending Huntly power station to 2035 in consumers’ best interest?

22 Jul 2025

By Simon Orme | COMMENT: Genesis Energy is proposing a cartel to keep high-emitting Huntly Power Station in business to 2035. If extending Huntly has economic benefits, is a cartel necessary?

Carbon News world
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At least 30 killed and several missing as heavy rains and floods lash northern China

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Thousands of people were evacuated as the region, including the capital Beijing, braced for more rainfall overnight.

Carbon prices
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Bearish sentiment lingers for carbon market

11 Jul 2025

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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Multi-day protest continues at coal mine

Wed 30 Jul 2025

Bathurst Resources has been forced to truck coal from its Stockton mine as climate activists occupy coal buckets at the mine for a third day.

Comment
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Forestry can be a big plus for sheep and beef farmers – but there are caveats

22 Jul 2025

By Keith Woodford | OPINION: These are good times for sheep and beef farmers with record product prices for meat, which is precisely why now is the time for sheep and beef farmers to be looking again at farm forestry.

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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NZ voluntary carbon market’s sad state

14 Jul 2025

By John O’Brien | OPINION: A combination of scandals, challenging economic times, and cheaper offshore carbon credits, mean that the domestic voluntary carbon market in New Zealand remains absolutely tiny.

Energy
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Hiringa chief executive Andrew Clennett

Hiringa eyes green methanol plant near Whanganui

Tue 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.

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

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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A third of ‘slum residents’ in global south are exposed to disastrous flood risks

Wed 30 Jul 2025

One in three people in informal settlements in the global south live in floodplains and are at risk of a “disastrous flood”.

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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Jim Ward, manager of Molesworth station for 24 years, resigned amid frustration with wilding pines and uncertainty about the station’s future.

Wilding pines threaten Molesworth Station

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | Without increased support, the unchecked spread of wilding pines will continue to creep across Marlborough’s high country – putting iconic landscapes and one of New Zealand’s top five biodiversity hotspots at serious risk, according to an expert.

Gas
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EV sales fall, but it’s complicated

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Imports of fully electric vehicles fell over 50% in value during the 12 months to June 2025, compared with the year ended June 2024, according to Stats NZ.

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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SBTi releases Net Zero Standard for banks, investors

24 Jul 2025

The Science Based Targets initiative announced the release of its finalised Financial Institutions Net-Zero Standard, aimed at enabling banks and investors to set net zero-aligned targets for their lending, investing, insurance and capital markets activities.

Greenhouse Effect
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Deepsea brittle star species from New Zealand, part of the Earth Sciences New Zealand's invertebrate collection in Wellington

NZ part of hidden global deep-sea network beneath the waves

Fri 25 Jul 2025

Media release - Earth Sciences New Zealand | A world-first study of marine life, including sea creatures found in New Zealand's dark, cold, pressurised ocean depths, has revealed that deep-sea life is surprisingly more connected than previously thought.

Greenwashing
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon greets schoolchildren

‘Ideological sludge’: How NZ is quiet quitting climate action

17 Jul 2025

New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.

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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Taranaki mayors want hydrogen kick-start from Wellington

Mon 28 Jul 2025

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter Taranaki mayors want central government to partner up with their councils to kick-start a hydrogen industry. This despite ongoing questions about the gas’s effectiveness in reducing carbon emissions.

Insurance
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Climate catastrophes are creating a ‘new market reality’ for insurance carriers

23 Jul 2025

Raging wildfires and severe storms contributed to record-high global insurance losses — totalling an estimated US$84 billion — for the first six months of the year.

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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Newcastle is one of the largest coal export ports in Australis

The ICJ’s ruling means Australia and other major polluters face a new era of climate reparations

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Harj Narulla | OPINION: Australia has found itself on the wrong side of history.

Low carbon
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All aboard for passenger rail in the golden triangle

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Media release – The Future Is Rail | New Zealand’s national passenger rail advocacy group, The Future is Rail, has announced its strong support for the Green Party’s proposal to establish a new passenger rail service connecting Auckland and Tauranga.

NZ ETS
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Urgent action needed to get on track for climate goals - commission

Fri 25 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | New Zealand is making progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but more work is needed – urgently – to set up for future reductions, according to the latest report from the Climate Change Commission.

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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Toxic algae are turning South Australia’s coral reefs into underwater graveyards

Tue 29 Jul 2025

Since March, a harmful algal bloom, fueled by a marine heat wave, has been choking South Australia’s coastline.

Paris Agreement
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The landmark advisory, which significantly transforms the obligation of states regarding climate change, being delivered at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

NZ govt’s fossil fuel plans could break international law

24 Jul 2025

By Liz Kivi | The government could be breaching international law with its plans to subsidise and expand fossil fuel extraction, following a ruling overnight from the world’s highest court.

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

11 Jul 2025

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”.

Plastics
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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet.

Policy development
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Media round-up

Fri 25 Jul 2025

In our round-up of the climate coverage in local media: Dairy conversions surge; Gore is hit with a drinking water crisis; meanwhile farming lobby groups Groundswell and Federated Farmers are up in arms about a plan to classify environmental impacts in the agriculture and forestry sector.

Politics
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As US climate data-gathering is gutted, Australian forecasting is now at real risk

Wed 30 Jul 2025

As damage from climate change intensifies, political change overseas is threatening Australia’s ability to track what’s happening now, and predict what will happen next.

Protest
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Activists sue US development bank over $4.6bn loan to massive Mozambique gas project

18 Jul 2025

Environmental groups claim loan is ‘unlawful’ in legal filing.

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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China's carbon emissions may have peaked thanks to renewables push

Mon 28 Jul 2025

Climate experts say China's carbon emissions may have peaked, which could affect global climate targets, the fight against global warming – and the Australian coal industry.

Science
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Ocean heatwaves may signal climate tipping point

Fri 25 Jul 2025

A recent study that tapped into satellite data has revealed that 2023 marked an unprecedented year for marine heatwaves, with record-breaking levels of duration, reach and intensity across the world's oceans.

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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Can robot taxis solve NZ's transport woes?

23 Jul 2025

By Shannon Morris-Williams | The Ministry of Transport has tested the idea of driverless taxis as a futuristic fix. But while new modelling explores how "robotaxis" could ease congestion and reduce car ownership, critics say it misses a crucial point – the country’s worsening transport 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.

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

11 Jul 2025

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.

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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