Forest carbon storage risky, warns thinktank
Storing carbon in forests is risky and should be used to meet no more than a fifth of New Zealand's emissions reductions, says a group of prominent scientists and other New Zealanders.
View ArticleETS ANSWERS: Three ways to make it work
Bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme, setting an emissions cap, and building cross-party support to cut emissions and lift carbon prices should all be part of the ETS review, says one...
View ArticleCatholic Bishops back agriculture in ETS
An agency of New Zealand's Catholic Bishops says agriculture must be brought into the Emissions Trading Scheme.
View ArticlePublic signals support for scrapping of 1:2 subsidy
Scrapping the one-for-two carbon subsidy has widespread support, if submissions on the current review of the Emissions Trading Scheme are anything to go by.
View ArticleOFF TARGET: Carbon over-shoot could cost billions
Officials warned the Government that New Zealand was at risk of over-shooting its 2030 emissions reduction target by 150 million tonnes - due largely to subsidies to emitters and a stockpile of...
View ArticleCarbon should trade in limited range, says forester
New Zealand's carbon prices should be kept within a band of $15 to $50, says a forestry company that has played a leading role in developing the carbon market.
View ArticleETS REVIEW: Plenty are talking about agriculture
The Government might have wanted agriculture kept out of the current review of the Emissions Trading Scheme, but that hasn't stopped scores of people, ranging from Air New Zealand to the country's...
View ArticleFirms made closure threats over 1:2 subsidy change
Four companies threatened to close if the Government removed the one-for-two carbon subsidy.
View ArticleSubsidy loss will cost dairy farmers a 'low' $4588
Removal of the one-for-two carbon subsidy will cost dairy farmers $4588 and households between $66 and $99 - costs that Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett says are "relatively low".
View ArticleMinister reports on second stage of ETS review
Climate change minister Paula Bennett has reported to her colleagues on the second stage of the Emissions Trading Scheme review.
View ArticleIndustries fought to keep 1:2 carbon subsidy
The waste, stationary energy, industrial processing and agricultural sectors mounted the biggest opposition to getting rid of the one-for-two carbon subsidy.
View ArticleBusinesses call for ETS policy certainty
Calls for cross-party policy on climate change, and complaints about "continual and ad-hoc" changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme dominated comments on the first stage of the latest review of the...
View ArticleNation needs emissions targets, says banker
New Zealand should be setting annual emissions targets, says Westpac
View ArticleAnxious farmers keen to keep carbon subsidies
Farmers - already exempt from liability for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions from their businesses - urged the Government to keep other subsidies in place to further protect them from carbon...
View ArticleKeep us out of the ETS, pleads steel industry
New Zealand Steel wants the steel industry excluded from the Emissions Trading Scheme, saying that rising carbon prices are putting the industry at risk.
View ArticleBusinesses plead for more ETS information
The Government should be providing more information on the workings of the Emissions Trading Scheme - including carbon price forecasts and trading data, say participants in the scheme.
View ArticleInclude farming in ETS, says former climate envoy
OUR FORMERÂ climate ambassador says that agriculture should be brought into the Emissions Trading Scheme - even if it is treated differently.
View ArticleMARKET LATEST: NZUs $17.15
Spot NZUs opened today at $17.10 bid and $17.15 offered, after last fixing at $17.15.
View ArticleResearchers post new ideas for emissions trading
A CARBON PRICE ceiling and floor, controls on the number of carbon credits circulating in New Zealand, and forward agreements for New Zealand to buy credits from developing countries are among new...
View ArticleIT'S OFFICIAL: Ministers get the word on ETS changes
Glenbrook steel mill OFFICIAL advice on changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme has made its way from officials to ministers.
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