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Broken carbon promise costs Gillard
Climate change is threatening to fragment Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership.
<i>Inside Money:</i> The weather is the news: pay attention
I remember when the weather was innocent and free.
<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Cancun talks highlight climate dilemma
In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.
Smith hails breakthrough in global climate change talks
Nick Smith yesterday hailed a "major breakthrough" in climate change talks which ended on Saturday.
Leave lignite in the ground, says environment commissioner
State-owned coal miner Solid Energy's plans to turn low-grade Southland lignite coal deposits into massive new industries make no sense and the coal should remain in the ground, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
Farmers may win ETS reprieve
NZ farmers are unlikely to be brought into the emissions trading scheme in 2015 unless scientific advances are made in reducing animal emissions and our trading partners make giant strides in pricing carbon.
Council to subsidise cloth nappies
In what could be a first for NZ, a council is looking to sell subsidised cloth nappies from its front desk.
<i>Anthony Doesburg</i>: Where's the carbon? You're standing on it
As the Emissions Trading Scheme begins, studies find a wealth of carbon locked up in the soil.
Fed-up public open to fuel change
New ETS charges and images of the Gulf of Mexico oil rig catastrophe are giving impetus to the fledgling bio-fuels sector.