
Snippets for 29 July 2021
Thanks for reading our Snippets newsletter this week. We have once again included a mixed selection of articles we hope you find interesting. We start with a look at a carbon tax that could hit NZ exports. The EU and the US have both announced proposals to put levies on foreign goods that aren’t subject to carbon pricing in their home countries. This could affect many NZ exports. Although just a proposal at present, can NZ meet the challenge? Mark Carney, a UN envoy on climat


Hydrology, 29 July 2021
Storage chart provided courtesy of Energy Link

Snippets for 15 July 2021
Welcome to our fortnightly Snippets newsletter. In this this edition of Snippets we start off with a fundamental economic repositioning in the fight against climate change, as the G20 finance leaders finally recognise the importance of carbon pricing in the global coordination of carbon reduction policies. As carbon prices inevitably go up, we can expect innovations that sidestep carbon altogether. A perfect example of that is discussed in regard to a breakthrough in fossil


Hydrology, 15 July 2021
Storage chart provided courtesy of Energy Link

Snippets for 1 July 2021
Welcome to our fortnightly Snippets newsletter. Is enough being done in the world to tackle climate change and the environment? A new international law being considered may make it easier in future to prosecute offenses of "ecocide". And with so many animals and plants in imminent risk of extinction, maybe biodiversity offsets - allowing offenders to pay for any destruction their business policies may promote – will help with restoring habitats. A new report from the UN empha