![New heavy industry should not get ETS protection, says Upton](https://businessdesk.co.nz/storage/380/Nelson-Pine-Industries-aerial-2018.jpg)
New heavy industry should not get ETS protection, says Upton
New Zealand is not an industrial economy and should resist offering support to new emissions-intensive businesses keen to establish here to take advantage of the country’s renewable energy resources, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says.Under the emissions trad...
![Renewables, nuclear flatten global energy emissions - IEA](https://businessdesk.co.nz/storage/367/IEA-offshore-wind-turbine.png)
Renewables, nuclear flatten global energy emissions - IEA
Image credit: The Generator JudgeMild temperatures, increasing renewables and a recovery in nuclear generation saw global energy sector emissions flat-line last year, according to the International Energy Agency.It estimates energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were unchanged...
![Coalition split on mining ban](https://businessdesk.co.nz/storage/364/open-cast-coal-mine-800.jpg)
Coalition split on mining ban
The government’s proposed ban on new mining on conservation land looks dead in the water with little prospect the policy’s long-delayed discussion document will be issued before the election.The discussion paper was originally scheduled for September 2018. It was still expected “...
![Contact working to keep Tiwai smelter](https://businessdesk.co.nz/storage/356/Tiwai-aerial-toward-bluff-(2).png)
Contact working to keep Tiwai smelter
Contact Energy says it is in active talks on a revised electricity supply for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.A “disorderly” closure of the Rio Tinto-owned facility, the country’s biggest electricity user, would be a bad outcome for the country, would cost jobs, reduce the gove...