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Finn Ross: Why Australia's carbon tax is better than ours
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El Niño incoming: NZ’s climate to take ‘rapid turn’ within weeks
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Scientists sound warning for NZ’s ‘environmentally critical’ kelp forests
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2023′s winter the fifth-warmest on record
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Carbon credits: Biden administration to spend US$150m to help small forest owners
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Damien O’Connor: Dealing with a tectonic shift
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Horizons Regional Council dishes out $341,772 for climate and biodiversity
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