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Biofuel partly powers Cathay Pacific flight from Airbus

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When a brand new Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000 flies from France to Hong Kong on Wednesday it will be partly powered by biofuel.The 334-seat plane will have a 10 per cent blend of biofuel next to traditional jet fuel in its tanks...

Climate change minister James Shaw welcomes 'genuine' approach from Simon Bridges

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Climate change minister James Shaw says he will consult National before taking proposals to cabinet to set up a Climate Change Commission and wants to involve them in the drafting of the law.He welcomed a letter from National leader...

Cathay Pacific says negative feedback from customers 'humbling'

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A top Cathay Pacific executive says the airline has had to be humble in dealing with some feedback that was hard to hear.The airline is trying to fly its way out of trouble after two years of heavy losses as competition in its home...

60 leading Kiwi CEOs commit to climate action

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Bosses of 60 companies that make up nearly half of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions have pledged to take a fresh stand on climate change.The newly formed Climate Leaders Coalition brings together a range of heavyweight business...

Ten years, 1 billion trees - making the numbers add up

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It helps not to be allergic to maths when grappling with the idea of New Zealand planting 1 billion trees in the next 10 years.Those who have absorbed the Government's grand plan for 1 billion trees by 2028 tend to make their case...

Brian Fallow: Climate warms towards Govt's plan to cut carbon

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COMMENT: The prospects of a Zero Carbon Act, setting up a durable and depoliticised framework for climate policy, are not looking too bad.While there are no doubt a range of views in the 14,000 submissions the Government received...

Climate researchers: Where NZ's carbon act could fail

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New Zealand's bold new zero carbon legislation could fail unless it properly reflects the varying global warming impacts that separate greenhouse gases have, two leading climate researchers have argued.The Government is still to...

More methane cuts needed to avoid further warming - study

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Keeping New Zealand's methane emissions to today's levels won't be enough to prevent further global warming, new modelling has shown.Research released today by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton comes amid...

'Challenging but achievable' - how NZ can go green

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New Zealand needs to quickly stop burning fossil fuels, plant vast amounts of forest - and switch to electric vehicles and greener agriculture, a major report has found.The Productivity Commission's final report on how the country...

Brian Fallow: Fighting climate change on the farm

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COMMENT: Nobody enjoys having to pay for something that has always been free.But often, it is the only way to avoid a tragedy of the commons.So we have a quota management system intended to avert the collapse of fisheries, and...

Gluckman report suggests 'farm plans' to tackle agricultural emissions

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The regulatory headache that is New Zealand's agricultural greenhouse gas emissions might be tackled with tailored plans for each farm, Sir Peter Gluckman says.While serving in his previous role as chief science adviser, Sir Peter...

Q&A: Climate change and the price of inaction

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A landmark UN report has warned the world has just a decade to limit global warming to 1.5C – and little longer to keep within the Paris Agreement's absolute threshold of 2C. In New Zealand, where two thirds of the population live...

Brian Fallow: The real problem with petrol prices? They're too low

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COMMENT: As prices at the pump hit record highs, the blame game is in full swing.The Government points the finger at a rapacious rent-seeking cartel of oil companies and plans to sic the Commerce Commission onto them.The Opposition...

Whanganui couple Peter and Louise Oskam begin forestry project with recreation sideline

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Peter and Louise Oskam saw 70,000 trees planted on land owned by their family trust last winter.Their 50ha of land upriver from Kaiwhaiki Pā will be long-term, slow growing, high value forestry, networked with tracks open to...

James Shaw on NZ's climate agenda: 'We have to give it our best shot'

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Climate Change Minister James Shaw is in Poland for preliminary talks around deciding the rules for meeting Paris Agreement obligations to reduce global greenhouse gases. It comes ahead of the 24th Conference of Parties summit in...

How NZ could cut agriculture emissions by to 10 per cent

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Most in the agriculture sector want to reduce their emissions to fight climate change – yet nearly half of farmers don't know how to go about it.That was among the key findings from two years of research into the opportunities,...

Govt to cap units, bring permanent forestry into ETS

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The Government has announced it will put a cap on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), limiting the number of units that can be traded under what is the country's main tool to counter climate change.Also among a raft of changes was...

Environmentalists welcome new tax proposals

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Environmentalists are welcoming a raft of proposed changes to New Zealand's tax system.The Tax Working Group (TWG)'s long-awaited report , now being reviewed by the Government, included a range of strong recommendations to tackle...

Climate warning for NZ business: 'adapt or get left behind'

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Kiwi businesses need to get on top of their emissions now or risk being caught out by new legislation, a new report has found.The report, just published by law firm Bell Gully, looked at proposed changes to the Emissions Trading...

Opinion: Why a 'two-basket' emissions approach to climate change is hot air

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COMMENT:In the past month there has been much discussion around methane, involving baskets, agricultural emissions and forestry offsets.However, the bottom lines are that climate policy must be based on sound science and the...
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