Public image campaign for coal launched
A campaign has been launched with the aim of ensuring New Zealanders understand why coal is important — even if they do not love it.
Climate change
Australia ranked last for climate policies
Australia ranked last for climate policies
Australia's climate policies have been ranked last out of 64 countries and the nation among the worst offenders for emissions, renewables and energy use.
Tuvalu minister stands in sea for speech to show climate change
Tuvalu minister stands in sea for speech to show climate change
Tuvalu's foreign minister has given a speech to the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow standing knee-deep in seawater to show how his low-lying Pacific island nation is on the front line...
Last best chance
Last best chance
As the world gathers to accelerate climate action, economist Associate Prof Ralph Chapman tells Bruce Munro it’s almost too late.
Emissions plan includes scheme to scrap cars
Govt releases draft emissions plan, including scheme to scrap cars
Banning new gas connections and paying people to scrap their dirty cars are among Government suggestions to drag New Zealand's persistently high greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.
Teen protesters 'endangering their lives': Police
Teen protesters 'endangering their lives': Police
A train driver stopped by climate activists this morning did not see three youths on the tracks until the train was ‘‘dangerously’’ close, police say.
Climate Change report: What's the future of gas?
Climate Change report: What's the future of gas?
Small businesses such as restaurants and cafes could be impacted after the Climate Change Commission released its first report, with a raft of targets proposed to cut New Zealand's emissions.
Digging up the past
Digging up the past
No-one thinks coal is good for the environment. So, why is a coal-heavy, national mining forum about to be held in Dunedin? Bruce Munro takes a look.
Striking at the heart of the issue
Striking at the heart of the issue
Children are going on strike over their health and wellbeing while schools are still burning coal, writes Alex Macmillan.
Dunedin pupils show support for youth climate campaign
Dunedin pupils show support for youth climate campaign
An information night at Knox Church's Stuart Hall at the weekend, to discuss the Schools Strike 4 Climate rally in the Octagon on March 15, was a "great success", Zak Rudin (16) said yesterday.
Youth climate crusade coming to Dunedin
Youth climate crusade coming to Dunedin
"Keep the Earth clean. This isn't Uranus," he says.
Joining global effort on climate change rational choice for NZ
Joining global effort on climate change rational choice for NZ
New Zealand should join the global effort to mitigate climate change. It's the rational decision, writes Elisabeth Ellis.
Ice sheet could melt - study
Ice sheet could melt - study
Sustained levels of moderate warming could melt the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, possibly contributing to up to 19m of sea level rise, researchers, including one from Otago University, say.
Calls for action
Calls for action
Melting ice caps, floods, droughts . . . concerned? As the clock ticks down on the Government's Zero Carbon Bill consultation, now's the time to let them know, writes Tom McKinlay.
Putting a price on our emissions
Putting a price on our emissions
Two main methods of controlling greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, using price signals, are being debated in NZ; carbon "fee and dividend" or "cap-and-trade" using an emissions trading scheme.
Making a submission
Making a submission
The Wise Response Society - a coalition of academics, engineers, lawyers, artists, sports people and others - believes the target in the Zero Carbon Bill must be to reduce net emissions across all greenhouse gases to zero by 2050.
Toxic price may be paid for warm summer
Toxic price may be paid for warm summer
High water temperatures could trigger a massive toxic algal bloom in Otago Harbour, decimating aquatic life, a marine ecologist has warned.
Heavyweights lobby Govt on climate action
Heavyweights lobby Govt on climate action
The Government has been urged to get tough on climate change in an open letter signed by groups ranging from Sanford and The Warehouse Group to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and Wellington Zoo.
Inconvenient burps
Inconvenient burps
Because methane is a less persistent greenhouse gas, it has been regarded as a lesser evil. That calculation may need to be reassessed, Colin Campbell-Hunt writes.
Submitting meekly
Submitting meekly
It's crunch time for climate change but the memo does not appear to have reached the Government, writes Tom McKinlay.