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Unanswered questions why forestry giant lost environment label
Analysis - Following a tip that Ernslaw One, a huge Malaysian-owned forestry company, had lost its badge of environmental sustainability, Eloise Gibson goes on a quest to find answers.
Cyclone categories no longer fit for a heating planet - scientists
Increasingly strong cyclones may mean a new higher-wind-speed category needs to be created, researchers say, as global heating ups the forces at play.
Forestry company's certification suspended over storm damage
The Queen's Birthday storm caused masses of woody debris to flow down rivers and on to the beach, damaging homes, farms, roads and bridges and beaches.
'War on nature': Environmental groups say plans breach FTA
A coalition of environment groups says New Zealand is breaching its free trade deal with the United Kingdom by rolling back environmental laws.
Christchurch Airport stops saying it is 'climate positive'
It might have stopped using the phrase in its marketing, but it still maintains it is "factually accurate".
Cash crisis looming for key environmental regulator
The Environment Protection Authority has warned it will be in a cash crisis by the next financial year, following seven consecutive years in deficit.
Iwi leader gets his day in court against seven major emitters
Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven big polluters for their role in causing climate change, in a Supreme Court ruling delivered this morning.
Hybrid owners trying to remove plugs to avoid road user charges
Plug-in hybrid electric car owners are looking for ways to get out of the new charges.
Un-banning oil and gas exploration may not solve security problems, minister told
Repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration may not succeed at extending the future of oil and gas in New Zealand, a briefing to Energy Minister Simeon Brown says.
Government has big climate decision to make
Aotearoa is not on track to meet its emissions targets, incoming minister Simon Watts has been told.
Scientists keen to try again after Antarctic drilling mission falls short
Scientists involved in an ambitious attempt to drill deep into the rock and mud below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet say their efforts got "tantalisingly close".
Tiny portion of NZ soil making twice the carbon dioxide previously totalled
Analysis - An updated estimate shows just 1 percent of New Zealand's soil is releasing between 5 and 7 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
Piped gas network could face 'death spiral' when prices rise
It comes as two reports suggest gas prices will jump significantly in the next decade.
Transport Minister says Clean Car Discount costs outweigh benefits
Transport Minister Simeon Brown says the Clean Car Discount was never self-financing, and rescuing the subsidy scheme would have cost more than it generated in benefits.
The climate cost of 'need it now' home deliveries
Before you click that online order, have a think about what all these door-to-door deliveries are doing to the climate. It may be worse than you think.
Scrapping clean car discount cost $138m in fuel savings – transport officials
The advice was never officially presented because the new government suspended the need for regulatory impact statements for undoing Labour-era policies.
How much road user charges will cost EV drivers
Owners of a fully electric vehicle could end up paying twice as much per kilometre as someone with a petrol car, a climate and energy expert says.
How a boom in 'extra long-haul' flights could affect the climate
The main transporter of jet fuel to Auckland Airport is predicting big growth in international flights.
NZ will meet first target for transport emissions cuts without EV subsidy, Simeon Brown says
The Transport Minister says advice shows scrapping EV payments won't derail the country from meeting its first carbon budget, which runs from 2022-2025.
COP28 not quite the end of fossil fuels, despite landmark deal
Analysis - The wording was filled with what small Pacific nations described as a "litany of loopholes", Eloise Gibson explains.
NZ among group fighting for stronger stand on fossil fuels at COP28 - Watts
New Zealand's climate change minister says he and major countries are still fighting for a stronger deal after a controversial draft at COP28. Audio
Save $2b a year by cutting carbon, Climate Change Commission tells government
New Zealand isn't on track to meet its climate targets, according to a new review, and it could end up costing the government millions making up the shortfall.
New Zealand 'extremely quiet' at COP28, indigenous expert says
A climate expert attending his fourth world climate summit says New Zealand has been unusually quiet this year.