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International trade has a carbon problem

Environmental protection should not become a smokescreen for trade protectionism

The Hindu

Educational Testing Service changes pattern of GRE, test duration to be cut down by half from September

Educational Testing Service (ETS) changes pattern of GRE, test duration to be cut down by half from September

The Hindu

NZ Steel deal spotlights mill's $100m carbon subsidy

The Government has yet to make key decisions about how the steel mill's $100 million annual carbon subsidy will change as it decarbonises.

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Germany’s heating plan: from green dream to red alarm

Germany has had one of the world’s most ambitious energy and climate policies but with high inflation rates, a sluggish economy, and the Ukraine war, it's not be the time for ambitious, costly and utopian policies

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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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A disappointing Budget for the climate

The Government risks running out of money for the climate response if it keeps blunting its carbon-cutting tools and raiding climate funds.

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Budget 2023: Climate fund slashed by $800m

While nearly $2 billion of new climate-related spending was announced in Budget 2023, funding for future policies was cut by $800 million.

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What is TeachAI? The AI Education Resource Explained by ISTE’s Chief Learning Officer

TeachAI is an AI resource for educators and school leaders launched by Code.org, ETS, ISTE, Khan Academy, and World Economic Forum.

Tech&Learning

Proactive release used to circumvent OIA

Official advice sheds light on a long-suspected loophole, in which the Government proactively releases material with redactions so it can circumvent freedom of information laws.

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Anne Salmond: Is the ETS an environmental ponzi scheme?

Treasury needs to conduct a value chain analysis of forestry companies and our Emission Trading Scheme to ensure they meet international sustainability standards, writes Anne Salmond

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Climate Commission warns of fossil-fuelled NZ in 2050

More action is needed than previously anticipated to meet future emissions targets without becoming an international outlier which uses trees to offset burning from fossil fuels.

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'Decisions have consequences' – Climate Commission scolds Govt

The Government's top climate advisors have told it to shape up or risk failing to meet its own climate targets.

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How to make Emissions Trading Scheme bulletproof

The Government should take every dollar earned when it auctions ETS credits and distribute it to households as a carbon dividend rather than use it for industrial subsidies and upgrades to public buildings, argues Dr Eric Crampton

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Petition opposes extra subsidies for carbon polluters

Official correspondence shows the Government decided to lower eligibility for carbon subsidies to keep specific businesses open, without considering the ramifications.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

English test scandal: students and campaigners call on PM to end years of limbo

The students who had their visas revoked will present a petition to Downing Street on Tuesday

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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

Daily Mirror

Government handed out £300million in free 'pollution permits' to UK airlines

The UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme is meant to reduce carbon emissions by forcing big polluters to buy permits for each tonne of carbon they emit, and has seen Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways receive millions of pounds worth of free permits

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NZ’s fatally flawed climate change strategy

We urgently need a sustainable carbon strategy focused on native forests to provide long-term carbon sequestration without the need to buy dubious off-shore offsets, says Dame Anne Salmond

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In 2023, climate will get political

There are fewer major climate policy set pieces this year than previously but the election means we're in for a vigorous debate.

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Cabinet overrides Shaw and Commission on carbon price

The Government has acted against the advice of the Climate Change Commission in retaining tight price controls on the Emissions Trading Scheme, reports Marc Daalder

The Guardian - UK

Big polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by EU

Free allowances ‘in direct contradiction with the polluter pays principle’, WWF report says

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Christopher Luxon and the art of offsets

Will the National Party leader push climate policy into the never-never, environment editor David Williams asks

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'Fiscal risk' in farmers' preferred pricing plan – Treasury

The Government's economic advisors warned He Waka Eke Noa proposal wasn't 'grounded in sound economic principles'.

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Sweetheart climate payouts for farmers

Agricultural emissions are behind two thirds of the warming New Zealand is responsible for, but the sector is slated to get special benefits under the Government's farm pricing proposal.

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