Kate Newton

An EV advocate says if the proposal goes ahead, Kiwis will be sold "the high-emitting leftovers" that manufacturers can no longer sell in Australia. Audio

Energy experts say an immediate leap in prices after US-Israeli strikes on Iran should prompt a re-think of the government's push to build an LNG import terminal.

Transpower and lines companies say more resilient infrastructure is part of their future planning, but could solar and batteries also have a part to play?

Flexible pricing and other 'non-network' solutions could reduce the cost for consumers and improve the electricity system, argue the agencies governing energy use.

Ben Marzeion is out to prove that you can still help in the fight against climate change, one kilogram of glacier ice at a time.

Sediment collected from deep beneath the Antarctic confirms what scientists feared. Audio

A proposed LNG terminal will bypass even the fast-track process in order to be built in time. Audio

A renewable energy advocate says there's better ways to keep the lights on than building a new, $1b gas terminal, Audio

Several South Island towns were already on a list of areas AA won't issue new policies for. Audio

The availability of insurance has also improved across the country - even though some insurers are limiting their coverage in flood-prone areas. Audio

Locals say it's "baffling" AA will no longer issue new policies in Woodend - but for different reasons to its decision in Westport. Audio

Australia signed up to the 'road map' away from fossil fuels, but Shane Jones did not want New Zealand to join. Audio

A first-home buyer in the flood-prone West Coast town says she and her partner could not even convince the vendor's current insurer to offer them a policy.

It's given New Zealand less wiggle-room to meet all of its planned greenhouse gas savings.

The decision will be the first of many as the full force of climate change arrives, a researcher says.

Spreading the power load could help to defer or avoid increasing demand capacity.

Just looking for the numbers? Check out RNZ's interactive charts.

One expert says the kind of weather events New Zealand was now experiencing on a regular basis had long been warned of. Audio

Polar experts say the US president's approach to Greenland forebodes how the US might behave, if it turned its eyes south.

Australian firm EnZed Energy's application to explore a large block off the coast of south Taranaki will go to officials with no competing bids.

The underwater events affect the entire underwater food chain, and may get more common.

The country's highest court says climate change is "a pressing concern" when it comes to oil exploration - but Shane Jones says it must not triumph over energy security.

Faced with dwindling gas supplies, manufacturers are shutting down, but more than 2000 homes were hooked up this year.

At the current rate of global warming, just a few hundred of the country's 3000 glaciers could remain by the end of the century.

A transition to low-emissions farming will need tech, support to diversify - and probably fewer cows, new research says,