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NZ energy crisis: electricity demand will jump as NZ decarbonises – and renewable generation can keep up
The prime minister has called it an “energy security crisis” and signalled a review of New Zealand’s electricity market as wholesale prices spike and industries suffer.
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Rafts of garbage, kelp and other debris could transport alien invaders to a warming Antarctica
The remote icy wilderness at the bottom of the world is exposed to pollution and foreign organisms on floating ocean debris.
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The Luxon Government’s War on Nature cuts into ocean conservation
The Government has continued its war on nature, with two new measures that put fishing industry profits above ocean health.
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The Fast Track Approvals Bill: what’s the problem? UPDATED
On the 7th of March, the Government introduced a new bill to fast-track consents for development projects, which would allow corporations to bypass environmental protections and the democratic process.
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New gas import facility is outright climate denial
Greenpeace is slamming the Government for its plans to open the door to a LNG fossil gas import terminal, calling it outright climate denial and a generational betrayal of New…
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Fast track bill remains fundamentally anti-environment – nineteen new mining projects in the pipeline
Greenpeace says changes to the Fast Track Bill announced today are a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but show that the Government is feeling the heat and public pressure is working.
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Two Energy Futures for Aotearoa
Aotearoa is at an energy crossroads. We have to choose between a Clean Energy Future and a Dirty Energy Future.
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Is solar worth the investment in New Zealand?
We know that globally, the use of fossil fuels for energy has to come to a rapid end if we are to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis.…
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3 whales potentially at risk from deep sea mining in the Arctic
The vast Norwegian Sea that stretches up to the Arctic is home to an incredible array of wildlife. Now, a new and alarming threat looms on the horizon north of…
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Emperor Seamounts – oases of life governments are failing to protect
The Emperor Seamounts are rich in biodiversity that bottom fishing will continue to devastate if governments don't stop this destructive practice.
