
Green law pushes up power price
Two big power suppliers have blamed the Emissions Trading Scheme for price rises which will add an average $5 a month to electricity bills.
Two big power suppliers have blamed the Emissions Trading Scheme for price rises which will add an average $5 a month to electricity bills.
Mercury Energy blames the Emissions Trading Scheme for its planned increase in prices from July.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's backtracking on his proposed greenhouse emissions trading scheme has unleashed his worst demons.
Australia has dumped plans for a greenhouse emissions trading scheme.
The Australian govt is shelving plans to start its ETS for at least three years, but the NZ Government says it has no plans to delay the scheme here.
Garth George writes that John Key should listen to voters, business and logic, and delay any emissions trading scheme.
The latest official estimates have shaved nearly two million tonnes off New Zealand's projected net emissions of greenhouse gases.
The Government is under increasing pressure to delay, or at least soften the impact of, the emissions trading scheme.
Tne Government will change its approach to climate change policy after a serious error in a UN organisation's report.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's green credentials continue to take a hammering.