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![Simon Wilson: Sorry Luxon, cheap shots at cycleways won't solve our council woes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Sorry Luxon, cheap shots at cycleways won't solve our council woes
OPINION: The PM has a bigger job than attacking councils for speed bumps and cycleways.
![Scientists just calculated NZ’s ‘blue carbon’ potential - and it’s promising](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Scientists just calculated NZ’s ‘blue carbon’ potential - and it’s promising
Restoring coasts offers new carbon sink equivalent to CO2 from tens of thousands of cars.
![Govt says petrol will only rise 3c a litre as it moves to raise carbon price](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Govt says petrol will only rise 3c a litre as it moves to raise carbon price
The Government is slashing the number of tonnes of planet-heating emissions for sale.
!['Football field' of land: New maps reveal where NZ's coasts are crumbling fastest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Football field' of land: New maps reveal where NZ's coasts are crumbling fastest
Parts of our coastline are losing 'football field' of land each generation.
![Is NZ moving fast enough to prepare for worsening climate impacts?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Is NZ moving fast enough to prepare for worsening climate impacts?
Climate change poses a multibillion-dollar risk to NZ.
![Green buildings make money for landlords and tenants - landmark new report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Green buildings make money for landlords and tenants - landmark new report
The rents are higher and vacancy rates are lower than ordinary buildings.
![Analysis: Why environment groups are accusing the Govt of a 'war on nature'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Analysis: Why environment groups are accusing the Govt of a 'war on nature'
Green groups say the Government is 'waging a war on nature'. What are their main gripes?
![More marine heatwaves likely for NZ this summer; study reveals risk to critical ocean species](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
More marine heatwaves likely for NZ this summer; study reveals risk to critical ocean species
New study warns that worsening marine heatwaves could push a major pillar of our sea life.
![Environmental disaster: Super-spreading seaweed could mean $150m hit for Hauraki Gulf](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Environmental disaster: Super-spreading seaweed could mean $150m hit for Hauraki Gulf
The world’s worst marine pest is 'the greatest threat facing our marine ecosystem.'
![Climate change: 80% of Kiwis against development in risky areas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Climate change: 80% of Kiwis against development in risky areas
A major new poll has delivered a clear call to the Government.
![Simon Wilson: Climate lessons from the Titanic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Climate lessons from the Titanic
OPINION: Titanic is back, with lessons about billionaires and climate change.
![Simon Wilson: The problem with the Government’s science and innovation policies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: The problem with the Government’s science and innovation policies
OPINION: Why does the Government care so little about innovation's economic potential?
![Chlöe Swarbrick: Environment the obvious foundation for our economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Chlöe Swarbrick: Environment the obvious foundation for our economy
OPINION: Economics as we know it can only happen within a conducive climate.
![Kids in deprived neighbourhoods exposed to dirtier air, NZ-first analysis shows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Kids in deprived neighbourhoods exposed to dirtier air, NZ-first analysis shows
Children born in deprived neighbourhoods exposed to dirtier air, new analysis finds.
![Climate changed: Why our scientists are having to redefine ‘normal’ in 2024](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Climate changed: Why our scientists are having to redefine ‘normal’ in 2024
Global warming is forcing scientists to redefine what New Zealand’s 'normal' climate is.
!['It's clear we have a problem': Kiwis wasting $3.2 billion in food annually](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'It's clear we have a problem': Kiwis wasting $3.2 billion in food annually
Ever wondered what happens to all that uneaten food you throw out each week?
![Chlöe Swarbrick: Climate crisis requires rational, immediate and bold action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Chlöe Swarbrick: Climate crisis requires rational, immediate and bold action
OPINION: The climate crisis is no longer some dystopian nightmare.
![Simon Wilson: Seven ways we could be like Scandinavia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Seven ways we could be like Scandinavia
OPINION: Seven things that work well in Scandinavia that we could do too.
![Heating planet charging up NZ’s big rain-makers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Heating planet charging up NZ’s big rain-makers
Decades of rain data are giving scientists a wider picture of global warming's influence.
![Simon Wilson: Act, Paul Henry, Shane Jones and the March for Nature](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Act, Paul Henry, Shane Jones and the March for Nature
OPINION: Good governance requires more than preaching to the choir.
![Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Ministry for the Environment to cut 303 jobs
The environment ministry's workforce is proposed to be slashed by one third.
![Simon Wilson: The Budget promises that are destroying us](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: The Budget promises that are destroying us
OPINION: Sugar hits for floating voters are holding back almost all meaningful progress.
![Budget 2024: Govt slammed over opening up polluter-paid climate fund](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Budget 2024: Govt slammed over opening up polluter-paid climate fund
The Govt has come under fire for opening up a major fund earmarked for climate efforts.
![Simon Wilson: Five ways for Nicola Willis to make the Budget look good](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Five ways for Nicola Willis to make the Budget look good
OPINION: Some of the biggest things the Finance Minister could do would cost very little.
![Simon Wilson: Conflicts of interest invite corruption, so why do politicians pretend they don't?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Conflicts of interest invite corruption, so why do politicians pretend they don't?
OPINION: Political conflicts of interest are dragging the Government down. Does it care?
![Keep NZ Beautiful boss, stressed team resign over frustrations with Govt](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Keep NZ Beautiful boss, stressed team resign over frustrations with Govt
The head of an iconic litter-fighting charity says she and her entire team have resigned.
![Simon Wilson: Politicians must agree to agree if we're going to get things built](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Politicians must agree to agree if we're going to get things built
OPINION: The big challenge for long-term planning: politicians must agree to agree.
![Simon Wilson: Luxon and Swarbrick - a tale of two speeches](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: Luxon and Swarbrick - a tale of two speeches
OPINION: The PM and the Greens co-leader gave very different climate speeches last week.
![The Shaw bank redemption: Simon Wilson on the former Greens leader and the Fast-Track Bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
The Shaw bank redemption: Simon Wilson on the former Greens leader and the Fast-Track Bill
OPINION: Everyone likes to call James Shaw a Blue-Green, but what does that mean?
![Airline’s poo-powered plan to make fuel from human waste](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Airline’s poo-powered plan to make fuel from human waste
Biofuel company says not to 'pooh-pooh' the use of this abundant, low-cost resource.
![Norway to ban Arctic cruise passengers from remote islands](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Norway to ban Arctic cruise passengers from remote islands
Svalbard visits reduced from 240 to 43 sites, some islands totally out-of-bounds.
![Taylor Swift: Climate Anti-hero?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Taylor Swift: Climate Anti-hero?
Travel booms as fans book trips to shows that could have been held in their home country.
![Should you visit Antarctica? Polar tourism's 'sciencewashing' problem](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Should you visit Antarctica? Polar tourism's 'sciencewashing' problem
Can 'citizen science' really justify your bucket-list holiday to the Antarctic?
![Cruise company granted B Corp status for polar tours](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Cruise company granted B Corp status for polar tours
Can you visit the most fragile parts of the planet and still have a positive impact?
![World’s biggest cruise sets sail. Are growing ships a growing climate concern?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
World’s biggest cruise sets sail. Are growing ships a growing climate concern?
The Icon is the latest evolution in a trend for larger, flashier cruise ships.
![Why 2023 wasn't as bad as you think - 12 things that made the world better](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Why 2023 wasn't as bad as you think - 12 things that made the world better
Some really good things happened this year. Simon Wilson selects a few.
![Simon Wilson: The Toyota Corolla principle of planning](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: The Toyota Corolla principle of planning
OPINION: After the ferry cancellation, how will we plan better infrastructure?
![Cop28 agrees ‘transition away’ from planet-warming fossil fuels](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Cop28 agrees ‘transition away’ from planet-warming fossil fuels
President says the move is historic, despite critics' worries about loopholes.
!['Truly shocking': November the sixth straight month to set heat record](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Truly shocking': November the sixth straight month to set heat record
2023 is on the way to smashing the record for hottest year.
![Simon Wilson: The good and the bad in Govt's 'war on woke'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Simon Wilson: The good and the bad in Govt's 'war on woke'
OPINION: Now it's climate denial, race-baiting, partisan politics and an end to smokefree.
![Mike Hosking: Don’t expect too much from Cop28](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Mike Hosking: Don’t expect too much from Cop28
OPINION: Like it or not, and Cop will not like it one bit, but the world needs oil.
![Mike Joy: Offsetting won’t work, stop emitting fossil carbon](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Mike Joy: Offsetting won’t work, stop emitting fossil carbon
OPINION: The now-ubiquitous notion of “net zero” emissions is at best a delaying tactic.
![Taylor Swift: Climate Anti-hero?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Taylor Swift: Climate Anti-hero?
Travel booms as fans book trips to shows that could have been held in their home country.
![Samantha Ladewig: Plastic pollution - another nuclear-free moment?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Samantha Ladewig: Plastic pollution - another nuclear-free moment?
OPINION: The need for international action is urgent.
![Golf club’s green efforts recognised at national awards](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Golf club’s green efforts recognised at national awards
“We’ve really worked hard to make this land a stunning example of our local environment."
!['I haven’t heard them complain': The jobseekers who rebuilt Tararua's cyclone-smashed farm fences](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'I haven’t heard them complain': The jobseekers who rebuilt Tararua's cyclone-smashed farm fences
Through the tough winter months, this team kept showing up for the greater good.
![Is ‘vegan leather’ really eco-friendly? Leather industry says animal hide is a more sustainable choice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Is ‘vegan leather’ really eco-friendly? Leather industry says animal hide is a more sustainable choice
'One 4 Leather' says the real thing is more sustainable than plastic substitutes.
!['Conscientious' tourism taking place in Waitomo Caves](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Conscientious' tourism taking place in Waitomo Caves
Environmentally-friendly tourism in Waitomo is set to spread around the Waikato.
![Atmospheric rivers: What climate change means for NZ's biggest rainmakers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Atmospheric rivers: What climate change means for NZ's biggest rainmakers
What will moisture-laden 'atmospheric rivers' look like at the end of this century?
![Climate change’s financial impacts hugely underestimated say researchers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
Climate change’s financial impacts hugely underestimated say researchers
The global costs of climate change are being underestimated by billions of dollars a year.
!['Nightmare': Bar owner says loss of 147 car parks 'worst thing' for CBD traders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=820)
'Nightmare': Bar owner says loss of 147 car parks 'worst thing' for CBD traders
Businesses 'fuming' as council closes popular parking to create green space.