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![Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
![Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
![Government will reverse ban on oil and gas exploration](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Government will reverse ban on oil and gas exploration
Offshore petroleum exploration was originally banned in 2018.
![Iwi leaders meet with ministers over oil and gas exploration](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Iwi leaders meet with ministers over oil and gas exploration
'We need to make sure our rights and interests are protected.'
![Minister doesn’t want Māori caught up in ‘green gullibility’ over changes to Crown Minerals Act](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Minister doesn’t want Māori caught up in ‘green gullibility’ over changes to Crown Minerals Act
Shane Jones and Tama Potaka want to hear Māori views on changes to mining rules.
![Shell sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Shell sold millions of ‘phantom’ carbon credits
Financial Times: Scheme let Shell register credits equal to twice volume of CO2 captured.
![No staff equals cheaper petrol? ComCom says yes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
No staff equals cheaper petrol? ComCom says yes
Watchdog weighs in on pressures it says are needed to get petrol prices down.
![Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP
Financial Times: The $61.4m packet underlines vast disparity between European and US pay.
![NZ gas supply: 'Alarms are ringing' as reserves expected to run out within 10 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ gas supply: 'Alarms are ringing' as reserves expected to run out within 10 years
Experts say NZ needs gas to help bridge its move to renewable energy.
![NZ still spending more than it earns - but the deficit shrinks as tourists return](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ still spending more than it earns - but the deficit shrinks as tourists return
The goods deficit narrowed as we imported less, despite falling export returns.
![Government exploring ‘corporate welfare’ for oil and gas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Government exploring ‘corporate welfare’ for oil and gas
National and Act supportive of giving oil and gas companies certainty in their future.
![Piped gas network heading for ‘death spiral’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Piped gas network heading for ‘death spiral’
A recent report shows how gas prices will rise significantly in the next decade.
![Heavy lifting in Tasman Bay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Heavy lifting in Tasman Bay
The first operation to load a drilling platform onto a semi-submersible vessel in Tasman Bay was completed yesterday, in preparation for the rig's relocation to Australia. The delicate operation took 10 hours and required a one-mile exclusion zone. Video / Tim Cuff
![Former BP boss Bernard Looney to forfeit up to $66 million after ‘serious misconduct’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Former BP boss Bernard Looney to forfeit up to $66 million after ‘serious misconduct’
Financial Times: 'One hell of a reaction' as ex-CEO failed to disclose past relationships.
![Venezuela orders oil drilling in Guyana-run territory](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Venezuela orders oil drilling in Guyana-run territory
Financial Times: Fear rises as Caracas claims ‘overwhelming’ mandate to exploit deposits.
![Act MP wrongly quotes Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Act MP wrongly quotes Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Brooke van Velden has been accused of sharing misinformation by a Parliament watchdog.
![Sasha Borissenko: Who needs an economy if we burn to the ground?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sasha Borissenko: Who needs an economy if we burn to the ground?
OPINION: How we're failing to fire up action on climate change.
![NZ energy likely to change under National-led government](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ energy likely to change under National-led government
The energy sector is poised for a reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban.
![Steven Joyce: Rolling back regulation will be new Govt's first mission](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Steven Joyce: Rolling back regulation will be new Govt's first mission
OPINION: And the other tasks new Government needs to get to work on.
![Genesis Energy board, CEO quizzed on soggy share price](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Genesis Energy board, CEO quizzed on soggy share price
Relative underperformance of share price put down to usage of fossil fuels.
![Lego ditches oil-free bricks in sustainability setback](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Lego ditches oil-free bricks in sustainability setback
Financial Times: Lego says the new material would have a bigger carbon footprint.