Climate
Life left in Lake Onslow battery project yet - experts
However, National is promising to put a stop to the renewable energy reservoir in its first 100 days in office.
Renewables targets likely to be missed without funding, market reforms - report
A new report suggests unrealistic targets and uncertainties will make it difficult to meet 2030s renewable energy targets.
Genesis Energy working with small businesses to move away from fossil fuels
The country's largest generator of coal and gas-fired electricity is working with small industry players to reduce their carbon emissions.
The warnings before NZ's spending on measuring cattle burps from space
How did New Zealand come to invest $29m in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan that will not improve New Zealand's methane estimates?
Thames communities come up with climate change strategy
Communities along the Firth of Thames have come up with 100 recommendations for a 100-year strategy to deal with the impact of climate change.
It's just the second time such a community-lead plan has… Audio
Scientists warned government officials over benefits of satellite to measure farming emissions
Climate scientists warned government officials the benefits of a multi-million-dollar satellite mission to measure farming emissions were being oversold.
The government decided to invest $29 million… Audio
'We have to make a huge shift': climate activist and actor Fehinti Balogun
British actor Fehinti Balogun isn't just angry about climate inaction – he's furious. Video, Audio
Action to keep Kaiaua above water for next 100 years
Communities along the Firth of Thames are planning for an uncertain future.
NZ urged to make it easier for people moving from low-lying Pacific Islands
NZ is being urged to create immigration pathways for people in low-lying Pacific nations who are leaving their countries because of the increasing effects of climate change.
Environment watchdog calls out farming groups' claims on methane emissions
Parliament's environment commissioner Simon Upton has accused farming groups of wrongly claiming they had new science on methane emissions.
Pre-election climate promises about to be tested
Christopher Luxon's pre-election promise that the country's climate targets are not for changing may be about to be tested.
National's pre-election statements were unequivocal that neither the Zero… Audio
Coalition of climate chaos? Where National, ACT and NZ First differ on emissions
Christopher Luxon's pre-election promise that New Zealand's climate targets were not on the table may be about to be tested.
Review of Westport preliminary flood protection design complete
West Coast Regional Council can move forward with preliminary flood protection design work for Westport.
COP28: Say climate crisis, think health crisis
Analysis - COP28 will include the first dedicated 'Health Day'. It's due recognition that a health crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis.
Greens' result a 'banner of hope', incoming MP says
The Green Party has cemented its status as the voice of the most left-leaning city in Aotearoa and will keep on fighting for people and the planet, the new MP says. Audio
As election uncertainty settles, NZ must unify climate vision - councillor
Opinion - With the window of time for transformational emissions reductions closing, we cannot afford to remain in a state of defeat for long, writes councillor Sophie Handford.
To avert climate disaster, what if one rogue nation dimmed the Sun?
In an influential cli-fi novel, a desperate government ignores international consensus and pumps aerosols into the atmosphere to cool the world. Could it happen for real?
The million-plus club: New Zealand's biggest emitters for 2023 revealed
New Zealand's top 10 emitters still make more than half the country's greenhouse gases, with Fonterra taking out the top spot for the third year running, followed by the three biggest petrol…
Call for government funding to help stop flooding in Canterbury
The government needs to invest in making Canterbury's rivers safer as climate change causes increased flooding, says Environment Canterbury chairperson Peter Scott.
Rivers in the sky, heatwaves in the sea: Aotearoa's climate outlook
Bigger, heavier 'rivers in the sky' - like the atmospheric river that brought record rainfall to Auckland in January - are on the cards as the planet heats, the latest report on Aotearoa's climate…
