Forest focus wrong, institute tells ETS hearing
New Zealand should focus on the role that forests play in mitigation of climate change - and not just on forestry emissions, says the Institute of Forestry.
View ArticleR&D vital to success of ETS, says Landcare
Investment in research and development, particularly in New Zealand-specific climate change research, is pivotal to the success of an emissions trading scheme, Landcare Research has told the ETS review...
View ArticleLandfill operator wants ETS delay for waste
Delaying the solid waste sector's entry into the emissions trading scheme until 2018 and increasing the scope of the existing environmental standard for landfill gas is the way to reduce greenhouse gas...
View ArticleAir NZ wants carbon price cap in ETS
Air New Zealand wants the emissions trading scheme review committee to consider including a price cap for carbon liability.
View ArticleNo special deals for NZ, Australian climate officials say
Australian officials warned the emissions trading scheme review committee yesterday that were no special deals for New Zealand if it sought to align itself with the Australian carbon pollution...
View ArticleCaygill crew meets business leaders
The committee reviewing the Emissions Trading Scheme has already met with some of the country's most influential bodies as it works towards its June deadline.
View ArticleETS review panel wants YOUR input
The Emissions Trading Scheme review panel wants to know how the scheme is affecting businesses, households, farmers, foresters and Maori.
View ArticleETS hits the highway
The Government is going on the road to hear what people think about the Emissions Trading Scheme.
View ArticleTime running out for ETS submissions
The public has just four more days to have a say on whether emitters should be held liable for a greater chunk of their emissions.
View ArticleLiquidity will return when prices push up again
Spot NZUs closed yesterday at $9.25. OMFinancial reports:
View ArticleZ Energy wishlist: Everybody must be in ETS
Fuel retailer Z Energy wants every sector in the Emissions Trading Scheme, a realistic price on carbon, political stability and an end to carbon subsidies.
View ArticleETS uncertainty is a worry, says Meridian
Uncertainty over the Emissions Trading Scheme is affecting the way Meridian Energy does business.
View ArticleInvestors warn NZ of carbon over-protectionism
An organisation representing $1 trillion of investments is warning the New Zealand Government against the dangers of over-protectionism when it comes to carbon pricing.
View ArticleGenesis explains wholesale price increases
Increasing the price of carbon to $25 a tonne would push wholesale electricity rates up by $4.50 a megawatt hour, says Genesis Energy.
View ArticleScrap carbon subsidies, says our worst emitter
The country's single largest generator of greenhouse gas emissions says carbon subsidies should be scrapped so the market can to do its work.
View ArticleCustomers want clean transport, says KiwiRail
The Emissions Trading Scheme should be strengthened to help to shift freight on to more climate-friendly forms of transport, KiwiRail says.
View ArticleGive farmers a reason to join ETS, says academic
Agriculture could do a lot to cut New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions if it had an incentive to - and could even make money from doing it, a forestry expert says.
View ArticleETS needs a price floor, says environment watchdog
The Emissions Trading Scheme price cap should stay - but it should be balanced by a price floor, says Environment Commissioner Jan Wright.
View ArticleAir New Zealand eyes iwi landl to offset carbon emissions
Air New Zealand - the country's single largest user of fossil fuels - plans to use carbon credits from Maori-owned land to help to meet its carbon emssions liabilities
View ArticleETS ADVICE: Supply more important than price
Any carbon market controls in New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme should be based on supply, not price, says an international business organisation promoting markets to reduce climate change.
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