Tag: emissions_trading_scheme
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ACT Unveils Mining Policy to Cut Power Bills and Boost Regional Jobs
ACT's Simon Court announces a five-point mining policy in Greymouth, promising cheaper power, regional jobs and faster approvals while protecting high-value conservation land.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessOther PartiesEnergyEnvironmentEconomyEmployment and Labor ACT New ZealandSimon Courtmining policyWest Coast Minerals ForumGreymouthenergy securityEmissions Trading Scheme
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Greenpeace Publishes Timeline of Three Years of Luxon Government Environmental Rollbacks
Russel Norman's week-by-week account runs from the cancellation of the NZ Battery Project in December 2023 to the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill passed in September 2026.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentClimate ChangeAgricultureEnergyLaw EnforcementGeneral PoliticsLegal Greenpeace AotearoaRussel NormanChristopher LuxonNew Zealand environment policyResource Management ActFreshwater pollutionGreenpeaceclimate change policyEmissions Trading Schememethane reduction target
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Greenpeace Welcomes Opportunity's Climate Policy, Urges Direct ETS Inclusion for Agriculture
Greenpeace Aotearoa backs Opportunity's pledge to align methane targets with Climate Change Commission advice, but warns against agribusiness lobbying and urges farming be brought directly into the ETS.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentClimate ChangeAgricultureEnergyOther PartiesElection Greenpeace AotearoaOpportunity partyagricultural methaneClimate Change CommissionEmissions Trading SchemeRhiannon MackieNew Zealand climate policyGreenpeace
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Opportunity Party Pledges $1 Billion Green Bond for Industry Energy Resilience Fund
New Zealand's Opportunity Party would establish a $1 billion Industry Energy Resilience Fund, financed by a green bond against ETS auction revenues, to help industry electrify.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentClimate ChangeEnergyEconomyOther Parties Opportunity PartyIndustry Energy Resilience FundEmissions Trading Schemegreen bondGIDIEECAElection
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Greenpeace Slams Labour's Climate Plan as "Cop-Out"
Greenpeace slams Labour's climate policy as a "cop-out," criticizing plans to review the ETS while exempting agriculture and merely recommitting to the Paris Agreement, arguing it lacks tangible action against the climate crisis.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsClimate ChangeAgricultureLabour Party GreenpeaceEmissions Trading SchemeParis Agreement
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Federated Farmers Backs Labour's Climate Policy Shift, Flags ETS Concerns
Federated Farmers welcomes Labour's decision not to tax farm emissions and its forestry rethink, a significant policy shift after 25 years. However, the organization raises concerns about wider Emissions Trading Scheme changes and Paris Agreement targets.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentGeneral PoliticsEconomyClimate ChangeAgricultureElection Federated FarmersLabour PartyEmissions Trading SchemeForestryAgricultural Emissionsfarming
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New Zealand Government Unveils Regulatory Reforms to Boost Forestry Sector
New Zealand's forestry sector will see reduced compliance costs and streamlined regulations. Reforms include a 66% cut in ETS charges, updated environmental standards, and a new voluntary legal harvest assurance system, aiming to boost the industry's economic contribution.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentGeneral PoliticsEconomyNational PartyLabour Party forestryTodd McClayEmissions Trading SchemeNES-CFregulatory reformcompliance costsNew Zealand Government
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Government Moves to Clarify Climate Change Tort Law for Business Certainty
New Zealand's government will amend the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to prevent tort liability for greenhouse gas emissions, aiming to provide businesses with legal certainty and manage climate response nationally, not through courts.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessGeneral PoliticsEconomyLegalEnvironmentClimate Change Paul GoldsmithClimate Change Response Act 2002Emissions Trading SchemeTort LawGreenhouse Gas EmissionsBusiness CertaintyNew Zealand Government
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Federated Farmers Warns of Carbon Forestry Impact on Central North Island
Federated Farmers Whanganui urges the government to strengthen rules to prevent whole-farm carbon forestry conversions on productive land, citing concerns over economic impact and rural communities.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentGeneral PoliticsEconomyClimate ChangeAgriculture Federated Farmerscarbon forestryCentral North IslandBen FraserEmissions Trading SchemeWhanganuiLand Use
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Hawke’s Bay Farmer Slams Carbon Forestry Rules
Federated Farmers Hawke’s Bay meat & wool chair Anthea Yule says the government has missed an opportunity to stop the conversion of productive farmland into carbon forestry, which will negatively impact rural communities.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentAgriculture Hawke’s Baycarbon forestryFederated FarmersAnthea YuleEnvironment Select CommitteeEmissions Trading SchemeLand Use
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Carbon Forestry Rules Still Too Lax, Says Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers criticizes a parliamentary report on carbon forestry, saying it fails to protect productive farmland from pine forests and expressing disappointment over loopholes in proposed regulations.
Politics and GovernmentEnvironmentBusinessAgriculture Federated Farmerscarbon forestryRichard DawkinsEnvironment Select CommitteeEmissions Trading SchemeLand Use Capability
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New Zealand Farmers Welcome Restrictions on Carbon Forestry
The New Zealand Government introduces legislation to curb carbon forestry on productive farmland, a move welcomed by Federated Farmers after their ‘Save our Sheep’ campaign.
Politics and GovernmentBusinessEnvironmentAgriculture Federated Farmerscarbon forestryToby WilliamsEmissions Trading SchemeSave our SheepLegislation