Labour is continuing to insist that putting agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2013 won't raise the price of dairy products, and says Prime Minister John Key is being misleading by saying it will.

Australia's main cities face floods and king tides from rising sea levels that could make once-in-a-century disasters....

Phil Goff has pledged to restore tax breaks for companies investing in research and development.

It's foolish to rush into further commitments on cutting carbon emissions, writes Phil O'Reilly

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's fragile minority Government continues to sink in the polls.

Climate change is threatening to fragment Prime Minister Julia Gillard's leadership.

I remember when the weather was innocent and free.

Nick Smith yesterday hailed a "major breakthrough" in climate change talks which ended on Saturday.

State-owned coal miner Solid Energy's plans to turn low-grade Southland lignite coal deposits into massive new industries make no sense and the coal should remain in the ground, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.

NZ farmers are unlikely to be brought into the emissions trading scheme in 2015 unless scientific advances are made in reducing animal emissions and our trading partners make giant strides in pricing carbon.

In what could be a first for NZ, a council is looking to sell subsidised cloth nappies from its front desk.