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THE TRUTH ABOUT: The emissions trading scheme - The Untold Story

Defining Issues: Kicking farm emissions can down the road

Pricing on-farm climate pollution is one of New Zealand's longest running policy debates, but it could come to a head during the next term of government, reports Marc Daalder

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VOTE2023: Q&A with James Shaw

In this week's episode of VOTE2023, we talk to Green Party co-leader and Climate Change Minister James Shaw about student-focused policies, electric vehicles, the Emissions Trading Scheme, and whether the Green Party would form a coalition government with National

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Labour to consider 2.1 million hectares of native reforestation

Labour released the first ever climate-specific policy manifesto from a political party in New Zealand on Monday but not everything in the document was new.

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Shaw announces better recognition of carbon sinks

At the Green Party hui, James Shaw delivered a grim speech about the state of the climate crisis and revealed a new Government policy.

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Property rights, wrongs and the Emissions Trading Scheme

Reliance on forestry to meet obligations on emission reductions unsustainable, argues Basil Sharp

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New environment group aims to shift dial on climate

Climate Shift campaign is a good start in calling for more government climate action but it pulls its punches on the Emissions Trading Scheme and air travel, says Pat Baskett

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Māori foresters fail in urgent legal bid on ETS

The High Court has ruled public consultation on changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme can go ahead, despite Māori foresters saying more pre-engagement was needed.

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Vested interests have knee-capped the Emissions Trading Scheme

Grab the first-mover advantage while you can is the one message intransigent farmers and co-ops should take from the NZ Steel deal – the money from the Govt's Emissions Trading Scheme is dwindling fast.

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Polarising carbon capture tech back on NZ radar

The energy sector wants Government to urgently introduce regulations enabling carbon capture and storage in New Zealand, as a way to cut CO2 emissions. But as Nikki Mandow finds out, others have very different opinions.

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Robertson becomes ever less the visionary leader

In the Budget James Shaw was the only minister to link how a sustainable, climate-compatible economy generates wealth in all its forms. Every minister should have made variations on that theme

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Anne Salmond: Greenwashing and the forestry industry in NZ

The inquiry into forestry slash destruction in Tairāwhiti, and review of the Emissions Trading Scheme, should prioritise the state of the planet not the balance sheets of global corporations, writes Dame Anne Salmond.

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Our climate change policies are a mess

The Emissions Trading Scheme was always a neoliberal, market-based, get-out-of-jail-free plan. Time to lead the way with Tradable Energy Quotas instead, writes Pat Baskett

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Ruthless Chris Hipkins backpedals on climate action as New Zealand elections near

Jacinda Ardern called climate change the ‘nuclear-free moment’ of her generation. Her replacement doesn’t seem so sure

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