The Draft Canterbury Water Management Strategy was released today, and is up for public discussion. It is expected that a […]
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NZ Herald: Parties should work together on emissions
A New Zealand Herald editorial on the emissions trading scheme and the political wrangling that will be required to get […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Study exposes extra heart risk for patients
A article in the New Zealand Herald by reporter Jarrod Booker looking at some University of Auckland-led international research examining […]
Continue readingNZ Scientists urge complete rethink on sustainability
New Zealand’s approach to sustainability is fundamentally flawed according to a group of experts who say a radical overhaul of […]
Continue readingCO2 reduction favoured over untried geoengineering
A year-long Royal Society of London study looking at geoengineering techniques designed to combat climate change suggests such schemes could […]
Continue readingNZPA: Warmest August in 155 years
The NZPA is reporting in the Dominion Post that New Zealand has experienced the warmest August since records began in […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Lack of climate consensus produces cop-out
A column by the Herald’s John Armstrong looking at the lack of consensus in Parliament on the emissions trading scheme. […]
Continue readingProspect of mining conservation land stirs controversy
An announcement by Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee last week (at a conference of the Australian Institute of Mining […]
Continue readingETS Review released: Trading scheme preferable to carbon tax
The Emissions Trading Scheme select committee set up by the Government to review the emissions trading framework put in place […]
Continue readingNIWA seasonal climate outlook: September – November 2009
“A windy spring ahead with drier than normal conditions in many regions.” NIWA has published its climate outlook for the […]
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