Environment

Hope and heartbreak for New Zealanders dreaming of a communal life

Hope and heartbreak for New Zealanders dreaming of a communal life

The natural world in your pocket: How citizen science is democratising discovery

The natural world in your pocket: How citizen science is democratising discovery

Managed retreat from the ‘parasitic’ creep of climate change

Newsroom candidates’ survey: NZ local government election hopefuls are largely ignorant or reluctant around the controversial topic of climate change-induced managed retreat

$147 billion on the hook with green building delays – NZ

Building greener homes and offices could increase GDP over three decades by $147 billion, but advocates worry a programme to do just that is being slow rolled.

What polystyrene, PVC packaging phase out means for NZ supermarkets

What polystyrene, PVC packaging phase out means for NZ supermarkets

Climate change a growing factor in dismal fate of many bird species – expert

New Zealand has the fifth largest proportion of birds at threat of extinction globally, in the grimmest release of The State of the World’s Birds report yet.

RNZ: Saving our rainforests, one recording at a time

Saving our rainforests, one recording at a time. Eddie Game is an acoustic ecologist, and the Lead Scientist & Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy’s Asia Pacific region. Rainforests are his favourite places and he’s doing his best to save them from further degradation.

Viva la EV-lution

A small Dunedin firm is doing its bit to help the Government hit its EV targets one ute at a time.

Three quarters of fish in southern NZ contain microplastics – study

Three quarters of fish in southern NZ contain microplastics
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Nelson abuzz as electric bus fleet confirmed

Nelson abuzz as electric bus fleet confirmed

Opinion: Electric cars won’t save us

Opinion: Electric cars won’t save us

Slow lawmaking leaves gap for risky development

Slow lawmaking leaves gap for risky development