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Container deposit proposal sparks inflation fears
Environment

Container deposit proposal sparks inflation fears

The container deposit scheme has mixed reactions from businesses but all agree kerbside recycling should be standardised.

Jem Traylen 15 Mar 2022
Looming 'clean car' tax accelerates uptake of gas guzzlers
Environment

Looming 'clean car' tax accelerates uptake of gas guzzlers

Kiwis are snapping up as many utes and commercial vehicles as they can ahead of next month's feebate scheme 

Brent Melville 03 Mar 2022
Concern growing about the carbon farming threat to sheep and beef sector
Environment

Concern growing about the carbon farming threat to sheep and beef sector

The rapidly rising price of carbon in the NZ Emissions trading scheme has added a new market driver for land use and value.

Rebecca Howard 16 Feb 2022
Learning to love Rio Tinto – can it be done?
Environment Analysis

Learning to love Rio Tinto – can it be done?

Rio Tinto has a lifelong history of being unlikeable. Its sudden desire to keep the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter open raises questions not only of electricity price, but of trust.

Pattrick Smellie 10 Feb 2022