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Power companies’ spending on new renewables fell off a cliff. New figures bolster the claim spending on new renewable electricity projects by Meridian, Mercury and Genesis collapsed after they were listed. by David Williams.
Urgent democratic need to save the journalism ecosystem
2024年5月1日 · Urgent democratic need to save NZ’s journalism ecosystem. Media needs to improve practices and win back trust, but the Govt should support it by measures to protect the public, a new study finds. by Tim Murphy 01/05/202401/05/2024. …
The climate action within our control - Newsroom
2024年7月24日 · Climate Change. The climate action within our control. Whether we meet the Paris climate target as a global community will depend in large part on others, but how we adapt is completely up to us. by Gary Taylor 18/07/202424/07/2024. Climate change is a potent existential threat in NZ, especially to coastal communities.
Raw Politics: Act and NZ First grab at the steering wheel
The Raw Politics panel analyses what might emerge from post-poll talks involving the three centre-right parties and we highlight a couple of policies where Act and New Zealand First have common ground and could end up in a pincer movement forcing National to adopt harder-right approaches than it is promising.
Q&A: What does the COP26 climate summit mean for NZ?
2021年11月9日 · To achieve the same outcome as net zero for carbon by 2050, then methane only needs to decrease by 10 percent by 2050. If methane is asked to reduce by more than 0.3 percent a year, then methane is being asked to ‘cool’ the planet. The Government has set a target of a 24-47 percent reduction in methane by 2050.
PM's defining legacy as a crisis leader - newsroom.co.nz
2023年1月19日 · Photo: Getty Images. The Prime Minister’s resignation means the face of crisis is over, giving Labour a chance to put the hard Covid years behind them and reshape themselves as a party, writes Tim Watkin. Jacinda Ardern’s first press conference as Labour leader in August 2017 was a defining moment in the past decade of New Zealand politics.
Sustainable Future - Newsroom
Canterbury water drowns in repeated ECan failures. Opinion: Regulator failure is dumping escalating costs of nitrate in drinking water on those downstream, writes Marnie Prickett. Latest news, analysis and informed opinion on climate change, …
Foreign Affairs Archives - Newsroom
With confrontation and conflict replacing prosperity, NZ has been urged to respond to changing dynamics within Asia