https://theconversation.com/nzs-geothermal-wells-offer-a-cheap-way-of-storing-carbon-permanently-equivalent-to-taking-600-000-cars-off-the-road-207901
Most technologies for CO₂ removal are expensive. But New Zealand could be doing this cheaper than other countries, taking advantage of existing geothermal and forestry industries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/new-zealand-broadcaster-reprimanded-over-graphic-dolphin-mating-scene
Nature series Our Big Blue Backyard drew one complaint to media watchdog that it should not have given the program a G, or general, classification
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/01/new-zealand-falls-out-of-love-with-sheep-farming-as-lucrative-pine-forests-spread
Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/492886/we-know-we-need-to-do-better-corrections-ceo-responds-to-damning-report
The report has given the Department of Corrections "real pause for thought", its chief executive says.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-06-2023/fresh-bids-and-bad-blood-in-battle-for-the-fringe-right-vote
An increasingly crowded field of parties are competing to harness the vestigial energy of the parliamentary occupation.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/liz-gunn-launches-new-political-party-and-asks-for-1m-in-donations/THXFIT47UBCTNLAIDYOU2WHFD4/
The former TV presenter turned anti-vaccination campaigner wants to get into politics.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/492964/government-moves-forward-on-coal-technology-restrictions
The government is following through on a promised ban on new coal boilers, and phasing out existing ones by 2037.
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