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Pattrick Smellie: Carbon markets reveal more about policy than politicians
The sluggish carbon price tells what you need to know about climate policy.
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Taylor Swift, private jets and climate change
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Freddy the frog will be glad to hear he still has a few months left on the clock.
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Less natural gas use drives NZ emissions down
Industry emissions were down overall, but household emissions increased.
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Pattrick Smellie
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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