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Government snubs MP's climate change motion29 Jun 17 - The Government is refusing to support a motion acknowledging that a third of the world’s population is now exposed to deadly heatwaves because of climate change. |
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MPs to get the heatwave message27 Jun 17 - Parliament will be asked tomorrow to note that up to a third of the world’s population is now exposed to deadly heatwaves as a result of climate change. |
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Emissions on right track, says Finance Minister1 Jun 17 - Finance minister Steven Joyce, who explained yesterday that he didn’t have time to mention climate change in his Budget speech, says New Zealand’s emissions are heading “in the right direction”. |
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Upton gets job, but not everyone is pleased18 Apr 17 - Simon Upton’s nomination to be the next Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has been confirmed by Parliament, but it wasn’t unanimous. |
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RMA changes get through Parliament - just7 Apr 17 - The Government’s changes to the Resource Management Act scraped through Parliament last night. |
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Minister defends action on water standards8 Mar 17 - Environmental debates in Parliament yesterday stayed with the issue of the moment – fresh water. |
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Greens toss bouquet to Bennett, but ...17 Feb 17 - Climate minister and deputy prime minister Paula Bennett has received a bouquet for her action on climate change from an unexpected quarter – Green MP Kennedy Graham. |
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CARBON COFFERS: $100,000 offsets VIP air travel9 Nov 16 - Taxpayers are paying $25 a tonne to offset the climate impact of air travel by Cabinet ministers and their staff. |
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NO WORRIES: Science will fix emissions, says PM20 Oct 16 - PRIME MINISTER John Key says New Zealand can cut greenhouse gas emissions while increasing agricultural production, despite advice to the contrary. |
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No way, Nick, you can't claim credit for the ETS22 Sep 16 - The Government is doing it again – claiming to have introduced the Emissions Trading Scheme when it actually voted against it. |
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DIRTY DOLLARS: PM's bank backs the big polluters16 Jun 16 - A bank in which Prime Minister John Key is a shareholder has been named one of the worst in the world for its level of investing in fossil fuels. |
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CLIMATE CO-OP: Welcome to Coalition of the Willing1 Jun 16 - The announcement yesterday of a formal working relationship between the Labour and Green parties is a potential turning-point in New Zealand’s battle to adapt to climate change. |
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BUDGET 2016: One-for-two goes but price cap stays26 May 16 - The one-for-two subsidy to emitters will be phased out from January, but the $25 price cap and the allocation of free credits to trade-exposed heavy emitters are staying, the Government has just... |
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NATS' 19%: Bennett blames population growth26 May 16 - New Zealand’s net greenhouse gas emissions have gone up 19 per cent under the National Government – and Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett is blaming population growth. |
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Minister puts figure on hot-air credits26 May 16 - More than a quarter of the units New Zealand used to meet its Kyoto commitments were hot-air credits, Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett said in Parliament yesterday. |
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Labour's new voice wins support for island nations7 Dec 15 - Labour’s new climate change spokesman for the Pacific already has runs on the board - getting the influential Parliamentarians for Global Action network to push for internationally recognition for... |
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Little strengthens climate change muscle30 Nov 15 - Labour leader Andrew Little has used today’s shadow cabinet reshuffle to send a strong signal on climate change and environmental issues, by boosting the issue up the rankings, appointing a... |
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Groser: I've given no advice on stranded assets16 Nov 15 - Climate Change Minister Tim Groser says he has given no advice to Finance Minister Bill English on protecting people’s pensions against the risk of stranded assets in fossil fuel companies. |
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