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Everybody hates the RMA, but will we be happy now?
Infrastructure

Pattrick Smellie: Everybody hates the RMA, but will we be happy now?

Today's tabling of the two pieces of law to replace the Resource Management Act is a milestone. But will it make anyone happier?

Pattrick Smellie 15 Nov 2022
What to read to understand climate change
The Life

What to read to understand climate change

These books explain why our planet is heating up – and what to do about it.

The Economist 13 Nov 2022
Farming lobby groups unite
Primary Sector

Farming lobby groups unite

The government has been warned of dire consequences.

Rebecca Howard 11 Nov 2022
World on track for 1.5°C rise by 2031

World on track for 1.5°C rise by 2031

NZ's CO₂ emissions have not yet rebounded from a pandemic-related dip.

Greg Hurrell 11 Nov 2022
Takeover of would-be seabed miner almost complete
Primary Sector

Takeover of would-be seabed miner almost complete

Ian Llewellyn 04 Nov 2022
Gas production about to 'fall off a cliff'
Infrastructure

Gas production about to 'fall off a cliff'

Oliver Lewis 02 Nov 2022
Food rescue makes barely a dent in waste mountain

Food rescue makes barely a dent in waste mountain

Greg Hurrell 28 Oct 2022
Govt backs mining moratorium in international waters
News in Brief

Govt backs mining moratorium in international waters

Greg Hurrell 27 Oct 2022
Recycling is a last resort for minimising waste

Recycling is a last resort for minimising waste

Greg Hurrell 27 Oct 2022
Oz company says it could help solve water phosphate pollution

Oz company says it could help solve water phosphate pollution

Ian Llewellyn 25 Oct 2022
Upton's fear of the unknown unknowns
Policy

Upton's fear of the unknown unknowns

Ian Llewellyn 21 Oct 2022
When you can't see the wood for the tax
Primary Sector

When you can't see the wood for the tax

Brent Melville 21 Oct 2022
Environmental accountability needed: Upton
Policy

Environmental accountability needed: Upton

Ian Llewellyn 18 Oct 2022
Fonterra to spend $1b to trim 30% from carbon emissions by 2030
Primary Sector

Fonterra to spend $1b to trim 30% from carbon emissions by 2030

Staff reporters 17 Oct 2022
Climate change is degrading NZ's seas, says new report

Climate change is degrading NZ's seas, says new report

Greg Hurrell 14 Oct 2022
The price of sitting on a gold mine

The price of sitting on a gold mine

Greg Hurrell 14 Oct 2022
Govt move to control ETS will slow new forestry, say owners
News in Brief

Govt move to control ETS will slow new forestry, say owners

Staff reporters 12 Oct 2022
Forest & Bird damns the dam
Editor's Picks

Forest & Bird damns the dam

Ian Llewellyn 10 Oct 2022
We can't simply plant away our methane problem – Upton
Primary Sector

We can't simply plant away our methane problem – Upton

Ian Llewellyn 06 Oct 2022
Māori knowledge will help clean up Tiwai Point
Energy

Māori knowledge will help clean up Tiwai Point

Greg Hurrell 04 Oct 2022
The road to 2025 – reporting agriculture greenhouse gas emissions
Primary Sector

The road to 2025 – reporting agriculture greenhouse gas emissions

Greg Hurrell 28 Sep 2022
Carbon cost of clean car rebate 1,465 times the ETS price
Transport

Carbon cost of clean car rebate 1,465 times the ETS price

Greg Hurrell 23 Sep 2022
New rules will set NZ's environmental bottom line
Infrastructure

New rules will set NZ's environmental bottom line

Ian Llewellyn 21 Sep 2022
Govt says no to more studies on dairy bill
Primary Sector

Govt says no to more studies on dairy bill

Ian Llewellyn 15 Sep 2022
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