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Update: Offshore oil
Since 2008, the NZ government has been encouraging oil and gas exploration in New Zealand, including deep-sea oil exploration.
CO2 – what's the big deal?
With everyone talking about the greenhouse effect and cutting down emissions, it’s worth looking at the heart of the issue.
Carbon trading
Confused by carbon? You’re not alone. Buying permits to pollute can sound a daft way to tackle global warming – yet emissions trading schemes can work, and have already proved successful dealing with problems like ...
Generation Y not?
A group of young New Zealanders are rejecting the doomsayers and political stallers to work for the safe climate future they believe is within our grasp.
What’s the fuss about BPA?
Despite thousands of studies on the common chemical, debate still rages about its safety.
Light on their feet
Some of New Zealand’s greatest sporting champions are putting their best foot forward in the fight against climate change.
13 years without a power bill
When the Lowden family asked about going off the grid, they found their answer blowing in the wind.
Myth-busting: Chemtrails
Warren Judd investigates the theory that ‘chemtrails’ are poisoning our skies.
The billboard that makes drinking water from air
Is this the coolest piece of technology you've ever seen?! What a great project. It kind of makes the Tui billboards look lame. :) http://www.upworthy.com/omg-best-use-of-a-billboard-i-have-ever-seen?c=ufb1
Protestors scale Europe's tallest building
Of all Greenpeace's stunts over the years, this has to be the biggest. On Thursday, six women illegally climbed Europe's tallest building, London's Shard, to highlight the dangers of drilling for oil in the Arctic. Greenpeace says that ...