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Mankind warming the oceans - report
The world's oceans are warming up - and mankind is to blame, according to a scientists' report.

2010 is 'warmest year ever'
Climate change advocates will be buoyed by data which has emerged from the US today.

Enough is enough, say climate scientists
A group of climate change scientists who are convinced mankind is slowly destroying the Earth have written an impassioned plea to be taken seriously.

Biggest protest in a generation
Mining bid draws 40,000 people to the street in anger, reports Matt Nippert.

Govt may ditch emissions trading scheme
The Government is unlikely to follow through with the ETS as scheduled beyond 2013 unless its major trading partners do the same.

Media blast Rudd's retreat
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's backtracking on his proposed greenhouse emissions trading scheme has unleashed his worst demons.

Govt rejects calls to copy Australia in ETS delay
The Australian govt is shelving plans to start its ETS for at least three years, but the NZ Government says it has no plans to delay the scheme here.

<i>Garth George:</i> Our very own, lonely, trading scheme
Garth George writes that John Key should listen to voters, business and logic, and delay any emissions trading scheme.

What's bugging the nation's children
Today's children are worried about more than just their homework and peer pressure.

$16m better off on emissions tally
The latest official estimates have shaved nearly two million tonnes off New Zealand's projected net emissions of greenhouse gases.

Sceptical about climate change
I do believe humans are contributing to the polluting and heating of the earth.