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Householders face the biggest Kyoto burden
Taxpayers will be stuck with 84 per cent of NZ's Kyoto Protocol bill, while farmers and industrial emitters get hefty subsidies, a study says.
Weather to get more extreme, say scientists
Forecast for 2100: more rain in winter and spring for the West Coast and Southland, drier for those in the east and north. Higher sea levels.
Iceberg on its way to our shores
A massive iceberg spotted southwest of New Zealand by scientists working on Macquarie Island could be moving closer.
GM grass trial aims to cut cows' gas
AgResearch plans to grow genetically modified grass created to cut the greenhouse gases produced by cows.
Groser paints picture of our trade future
The Trade Minister says the world will be looking to countries like New Zealand in the future, because we have natural resources in abundance.
Meat-eating worse than thought - study
Fifty-one per cent of global climate change emissions are caused by meat production, two World Bank environmental advisers claim.
Sick of being told how we're all killing the planet?
Kiwis are sick of constant warnings of an approaching environmental armageddon, a survey says.
Changes to ETS leave farming sector fuming
New Zealand's largest exporter, Fonterra, says it will receive no protection under planned changes to the emissions trading scheme.