Mercury Energy hikes prices to reflect ETS
Mercury Energy blames the Emissions Trading Scheme for its planned increase in prices from July.
Mercury Energy blames the Emissions Trading Scheme for its planned increase in prices from July.
The Government is unlikely to follow through with the ETS as scheduled beyond 2013 unless its major trading partners do the same.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's backtracking on his proposed greenhouse emissions trading scheme has unleashed his worst demons.
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.
Garth George writes that John Key should listen to voters, business and logic, and delay any emissions trading scheme.
The latest official estimates have shaved nearly two million tonnes off New Zealand's projected net emissions of greenhouse gases.
Tne Government will change its approach to climate change policy after a serious error in a UN organisation's report.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's green credentials continue to take a hammering.