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A few large companies are responsible for the majority of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions. Who are they and what hope is there that they can do what’s required to…

NZ’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters and their struggles to pollute less

A few large companies are responsible for the majority of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. Who are they and what hope is there that they can do what's required to make the country carbon neutral? Joel MacManus and Anuja Nadkarni report. Every year, New Zealand pumps out 80 million tonnes...

SkyCity to put climate change guide in hotel rooms alongside Gideons’ Bibles

SkyCity is putting a copy of the world's most celebrated guide to reversing climate change in each of its hotel rooms. Chief executive Graeme Stephens referred to the book as the "new Gideons' Bible" while speaking at the first anniversary of the Climate Leaders Coalition, which is a group of...

Port Nelson joins Climate Leaders Coalition in tide shift towards low-emission economy

Port Nelson has joined 108 other organisations pledging their support to help reduce emissions in New Zealand. The Climate Leaders Coalition is a collective of signatories who make up 60 per cent of New Zealand's gross emissions, nearly a third of private sector GDP, and employ more than 170,000 New...

Low-carbon menu: meat’s impact a real eye-opener, says top chef

Just when you've got your head around low-carb eating, up pops low-carbon eating. But the similarities stop with the name: while low-carb eating favours lots of meat, cheese, cream and eggs – low-carbon eating is an entirely different beast....

First Gas invests millions to use biogas, but delays green hydrogen trial

First Gas has committed to supply thousands of homes and businesses with biogas produced from organic waste but has had to delay a more ambitious ‘green’ hydrogen trial originally slated for this year. First Gas commercial manager Ben Gerritsen said the company would spend about $6 million to $8m connecting...

DB Breweries – The fundamental shifts we need to make to decarbonise New Zealand

OPINION: I’ve lived in New Zealand for over four years, and in that time been struck by the ingenuity and tenacity of Kiwis: the number 8 wire mentality is truly unique. And I believe it is this inimitable attitude that could, and should, see New Zealand become the Silicon Valley...

NZ’s future is electric cars, not hydrogen-powered, Z Energy concludes

Electric vehicles rather than hydrogen-power cars have the most potential to green the transport industry, Z Energy has concluded in a report. The process of creating hydrogen from sources such as natural gas or the electrolysis of water uses more energy than can be created from burning the hydrogen that...

Victoria University to construct one of the world’s most sustainable buildings

Victoria University of Wellington is aiming to create one of the world’s most environmentally sustainable buildings. Once complete, students will be able to wander around the leafy, wooden, three-storey Living Pā complex and watch monitors showing its energy and water consumption – a building “living” in real time. Panels of...

Air NZ could take delivery of its first zero emissions aircraft as early as 2023

Air New Zealand has outlined what it needs from zero emissions aircraft and is asking new generation aircraft companies to build and deliver one by as early as 2023. This month the national carrier issued a zero emissions aircraft “product requirements document (PRD)” which outlines specifications and requirements for new...

Ports of Auckland fights climate change with world’s first e-tug

Ports of Auckland has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to take delivery of the world's first full-size, fully electric port tug in 2021 as part of its zero emissions policy. The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 will have a 70 tonne pulling power, the same...