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Govt sending Iwi to Copenhagen climate talks
Nick Smith says he makes no apologies for using taxpayers' money to send two Iwi Leadership Group members to the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
You need the ETS, Key warns farmers
John Key warns farmers they reject a response to climate change at their peril - endangering their reputations, future incomes and the economy.
PM tells farmers to accept $3k ETS cost, stop moaning
John Key urged farmers to be less agitated about the ETS and tackling climate change in an address to Federated Farmers today.
World facing 'catastrophic six-degree rise' say scientists
Scientists claim the world is now firmly on course for the worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures rising by up to 6C
Actress and scientist offer to pay PM to go to climate talks
John Key will be offered $4781 by Lucy Lawless and Jim Salinger in an attempt to get him to a climate change conference in Denmark.
$50b rise in ETS costs 'shows process too rushed'
MPs are pointing to a $50bn increase in the estimated cost of the Govt's proposed ETS changes as evidence of the process being rushed.
Govt accused of $50bn ETS blunder
A report out today says the government's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) could cost twice as much as originally estimated.
Parties can't agree on Emissions Trading
A parliamentary committee's report on ETS was unable to find common ground among the political parties.
NZ takes prize for 'shameless two fingers' to world
A prominent British science writer has slammed New Zealand's clean, green reputation, calling it a "green mirage".
Householders face the biggest Kyoto burden
Taxpayers will be stuck with 84 per cent of NZ's Kyoto Protocol bill, while farmers and industrial emitters get hefty subsidies, a study says.
Weather to get more extreme, say scientists
Forecast for 2100: more rain in winter and spring for the West Coast and Southland, drier for those in the east and north. Higher sea levels.