Stories by Eloise Gibson

A long-awaited methane-hunting satellite is in orbit, and should start supplying a steady stream of information from June.

Fifty-one car dealers are accused of wrongly advertising electric vehicles for sale after claiming the rebates themselves.

ACC is still investing too much in fossil fuels, says a charity promoting ethical investment. Audio

The FSC badge is supposed to prove a forest is under responsible management, so some green advocates were surprised when Ernslaw One kept its FSC label, after being fined in court for breaking…

People rushed to take advantage during the final days of the policy - and dealers may have found a way to cash in.

2023 was "extraordinary" and a sign of what is to come, climate scientists say.

Analysis - Following a tip that Ernslaw One, a huge Malaysian-owned forestry company, had lost its badge of environmental sustainability, Eloise Gibson goes on a quest to find answers.

Increasingly strong cyclones may mean a new higher-wind-speed category needs to be created, researchers say, as global heating ups the forces at play.

The Queen's Birthday storm caused masses of woody debris to flow down rivers and on to the beach, damaging homes, farms, roads and bridges and beaches.

A coalition of environment groups says New Zealand is breaching its free trade deal with the United Kingdom by rolling back environmental laws.

It might have stopped using the phrase in its marketing, but it still maintains it is "factually accurate".

The Environment Protection Authority has warned it will be in a cash crisis by the next financial year, following seven consecutive years in deficit.

Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven big polluters for their role in causing climate change, in a Supreme Court ruling delivered this morning.

相当多插电式混动车主希望通过改装车来规避RUC征费新规，但检测机构表示目前没有接到主管部门的明确通知。

Plug-in hybrid electric car owners are looking for ways to get out of the new charges.

Repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration may not succeed at extending the future of oil and gas in New Zealand, a briefing to Energy Minister Simeon Brown says.

Aotearoa is not on track to meet its emissions targets, incoming minister Simon Watts has been told.

Scientists involved in an ambitious attempt to drill deep into the rock and mud below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet say their efforts got "tantalisingly close".

Analysis - An updated estimate shows just 1 percent of New Zealand's soil is releasing between 5 and 7 percent of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

It comes as two reports suggest gas prices will jump significantly in the next decade.

Transport Minister Simeon Brown says the Clean Car Discount was never self-financing, and rescuing the subsidy scheme would have cost more than it generated in benefits.

Before you click that online order, have a think about what all these door-to-door deliveries are doing to the climate. It may be worse than you think.

The advice was never officially presented because the new government suspended the need for regulatory impact statements for undoing Labour-era policies.

专家计算，某些特定车型的燃油车版本在收费新规下将比电动版本支出更低；综合其他不利因素，电动车市场或受到明显冲击。

Owners of a fully electric vehicle could end up paying twice as much per kilometre as someone with a petrol car, a climate and energy expert says.