Anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune, imprisoned in Japan, believes he will be found guilty and fears a lengthy jail sentence.

The Government is unlikely to follow through with the ETS as scheduled beyond 2013 unless its major trading partners do the same.

Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee accused the Labour Party of hypocrisy yesterday when he revealed the previous government approved 218 permits for mining on conservation land.

Up to six Government departments face investigation in the hunt for the sources of leaked Cabinet papers.

Tne Government will change its approach to climate change policy after a serious error in a UN organisation's report.

Toxic sea slugs could be living in the waters around New Zealand but money to study them is proving harder to find than the slugs themselves.

A new wind farm in Antarctica is expected to cut diesel use by nearly 500,000 litres a year at Scott Base and McMurdo Station.

The New Zealand Government is taking a passive role while Kiwi lives are put at risk and Japan's whalers get a green light, says Labour MP.

Anti-whaling protesters say Japanese whalers ignored distress calls after the Ady Gil was severely damaged during a collision.

New Zealand officials were consulted over a controversial document which has compromised climate talks in Copenhagen.