Industries 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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