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![Farmers may win ETS reprieve](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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.
![Smith tells meeting ETS a first step](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Smith tells meeting ETS a first step
NZ woke up this morning to a world where it will cost money to burn fossil fuels - effectively about $165 a year for the average family.
![<i>Mood of the Boardroom</i>: ETS claims early victim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Mood of the Boardroom</i>: ETS claims early victim
NZ aerosol maker Arandee has survived the global recession, but says the ETS is forcing it to move offshore.
![Nick Smith grilled over ETS](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nick Smith grilled over ETS
Farmers, foresters and others questioned the integrity of the Kyoto Protocol and the theory of global warming at an ETS meeting in Blenheim.
![Fuel price rises eat into tax cuts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fuel price rises eat into tax cuts
Petrol prices will rise tomorrow as the Govt's ETS hits households and businesses already facing rising costs.
![Petrol and electricity prices to rise with ETS](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Petrol and electricity prices to rise with ETS
Many power and petrol companies have announced exactly how much more their customers will pay from Thursday.
![PM admits public face hefty ETS bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
PM admits public face hefty ETS bill
The Government estimates the ETS will add 1c a kilowatt hour or 5 per cent to the cost of electricity.