Website of the YearAdvertisement
Advertise with NZME.Latest FromPollution
The water has been stored in tanks at the nuclear power plant since its 2011 meltdown.
If all of us moved to climate-friendly diets, what difference would it make to emissions?
Residents are furious polystyrene has been scattered across 7km of Wellington's coastline.
The emptying of roads amid lockdown put slight dent in greenhouse gas emissions last year.
Phase-out starts with ban on new low to medium temperature coal boilers from 2022.
Asbestos researchers to work alongside WorkSafe and Health and Safety team.
Parents say a taxi will cost taxpayers far more than letting their son on a school bus.
The Bluff aluminium smelter says it does not yet know what to do with the material.
Ammonia leak potentially lethal to residents, staff and emergency services.
NZ has the highest per capita car ownership in the OECD. How can we reduce it?
One test in December that found lead levels were more than 40 times the maximum.
Cows have been cleared from 16 Fonterra farms to dispose of polluted wastewater.
From Graham Palmer's back garden he can see galaxies. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Residents in Karitane and Waikouaiti must stop using tap water for drinking or cooking.
A man has been charged in connection with a tyre fire in North Canterbury.
The illegal dumping comes at a huge environmental and financial cost.
Locals are furious after sewerage pipes connected to stormwater ruin a new $500k beach.
The number of deaths linked to India's dire air quality rose to 1.7 million in 2019.
A Covid-19 locked-down world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7 per cent.
Joe Biden's victory could be a turning point for climate, but there are obstacles ahead.
The Canterbury Regional Council believes industry is to blame for Timaru's air pollution.
Climate change isn't a future crisis, but one already transforming NZ, major report shows.
New cruise ship berth would mean ships parking very close to town, says engineer.
The large majority of microfibres polluting our oceans are not plastic but natural fibres.
Auckland's first lockdown gave scientists a golden opportunity to study traffic pollution.
Labour would say goodbye to plastic straws and fruit stickers.
Candidates on farming and greenhouse gases. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
NZ could send about 9000 tonnes of plastic into the environment by 2030, analysis shows.
Both Napier and Hastings met their national air quality targets for the year.
The new laws fail to acknowledge the momentum farmers already have to address freshwater.
Former EPA officials warned the move will harm public health.
Parts of NZ sourcing drinking water from rivers regularly polluted with harmful pathogens.
Seven in 10 Kiwis want Covid-19 economic recovery to be green one, new survey shows.