Air 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 land 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.
View ArticleWe need an emissions cap, says business council
New Zealand needs a cap on emissions and to include all sectors in the Emissions Trading Scheme, says the Sustainable Business Council.
View ArticleMEMO MINISTER: How to do it the Morgan Way
The Morgan Foundation is keeping up the pressure on the Government over the use of hot-air carbon credits.
View ArticleDeadline nears for Stage 2 of ETS review
Submissions on the second stage of the Emissions Trading Scheme review close tomorrow.
View ArticleFewer car parks, greener cities, says commissioner
Getting rid of requirements for minimum numbers of car parks with apartment developments could be one practical step toward greening New Zealand's cities, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the...
View ArticleWatchdog wants answers to solar questions
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is investigating whether the uptake of solar panels really will cut New Zealand's greenhouse gases.
View ArticleCLIMATE CRISIS: Why English must act on costs
Finance Minister Bill English must investigate the fiscal implications of climate change, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.
View ArticleOfficials eye pile of ETS submissions
Government officials are today working their way through a large stack of submissions on the technical aspects of the Emissions Trading Scheme.
View ArticleMorganites want moratorium on free credits
A think-tank which has strongly criticised New Zealand's use of hot-air credits is now calling for a one-year moratorium on the allocation of free credits to trade-exposed heavy emitters.
View ArticleRun carbon prices like the dollar, says academic
Carbon prices should be managed like the Reserve Bank manages the value of the New Zealand dollar, a submission on the Emissions Trading Scheme is recommending.
View ArticleMake ETS like a market, says our biggest emitter
New Zealand's largest emitter of greenhouse gases says that carbon trading needs to be automated and standardised.
View ArticleForest 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 FORMER 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.
View ArticleShipowners want out of 'unfair' ETS
SHIPOWNERS want out of the Emissions Trading Scheme, saying it won't be fair if they have to pay twice for their emissions.
View ArticleDairy firms see ETS dates clashing
REPORTING dates for the Emissions Trading Scheme should line up with farm production schedules, dairy companies say.
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