Plague warning: Warm March raises odds of beech seeding and pest explosion
Warm summer could mean yet another pest-fuelling beech mast in parts of NZ, DOC says.
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Climate Change Minister James Shaw made the pre-Budget announcement to lower emissions.
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Car-free CBD idea to be investigated
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Melting glaciers have exposed frozen relics of World War I
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Global vaccine crisis sends ominous signal for fighting climate change
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Franz Josef Glacier retreats 900 metres
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America's gas guzzlers will predominate for many years to come.
Prince Harry pays tribute to Prince Philip in Earth Day video
Prince Harry has paid tribute to Prince Philip in his first comments since the funeral and his nine-day UK trip. Video / African Parks via Twitter
Lift off! $26m for NZ's first Govt-funded space mission
Control centre for methane-tracking satellite to be hosted by university space institute.
Ardern urges nations to follow NZ's lead on climate change
Ardern says NZ leading charge on "climate finance", such as ending fossil fuel subsidies.
Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge
He is to tell world leaders that US will cut fossil fuel emissions by up to 52% by 2030.
Climate change: Survey suggests support for commission's bold ideas
Survey indicates most agree with climate commission's draft proposals to decarbonise NZ.
School children targeted by private investigators Thompson and Clark
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Grass clippings reveal lockdown's dramatic carbon cut
Tiny blades of grass capture the CO2-slashing effect of last year's Covid-19 lockdown.
NZ climate refugee case leads to US action
Kiribati man's refuge case in New Zealand leads to UN ruling and the US considers action.
Jim Salinger: Climate change, overfishing, a mammoth threat
Banning bottom-trawling could help cut emissions and save species, Dr Jim Salinger says.
US credibility complicates climate push
New York Times: World wary as America's partisan pendulum swings back to climate action
Why Māori are to be hit hardest by climate change
East Cape iwi work to mitigate effects of warming on land and sea.
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Mayor Phil Nixon sees a bright future for South Taranaki.
Covering Climate Now: Warming will hit endemic species hardest
A third of endemic land species - and half in the sea - could be lost if warming hits 3C.
US, China agree to cooperate on climate change 'with urgency'
The agreement comes days before President Biden hosts a climate summit with world leaders.
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Brian Fallow: Climate change plan - emissions impossible for farmers?
Agriculture groups say Climate Change Commission too optimistic on potential for cuts.
Does 'people power' distract from corporate responsibility?
By focusing too much on ourselves, do we risk shifting the blame from big polluters?
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Urban sprawl is eating NZ's best land for crops, hurting our ability to feed ourselves.
Paradise under pressure: report reveals toll of intensive dairying, urban sprawl
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