Energy

The EPA is under fire for not insisting that a leaking oil and gas well off the coast of Taranaki be formally abandoned and made safe.

The 50-50 joint venture project is estimated to cost between $500 million and $600m.

However, National is promising to put a stop to the renewable energy reservoir in its first 100 days in office.

A new report suggests unrealistic targets and uncertainties will make it difficult to meet 2030s renewable energy targets.

The country's largest generator of coal and gas-fired electricity is working with small industry players to reduce their carbon emissions.

Just how much power will new massive data centres gobble up, and what will be the impact on your power bill or the national grid?

National is promising to require faster permits for offshore wind consenting as part of its Electrify NZ policy.

Whangārei residents are demanding answers about why they are paying the highest petrol prices in the country - despite living closest to New Zealand's main fuel import terminal.

Kāinga Ora has opened 24 new homes that use solar power and says it is ensuring its increasing use of solar panels is not compromised by slave labour.

The state home provider said it "undertake due diligence to confirm that the polysilicon used in the manufacture of these panels is not sourced from suppliers in the Xinjiang province".

Car makers say they are going green. But they still spend much more advertising their biggest gas guzzlers than their smaller, less profitable EVs.

Mass incineration could be a great solution to New Zealand's increasingly scarce landfill space – or it could be a step backwards environmentally. 

The Waiuku Wind Farm project was squeezed in at the last minute under a since-repealed fast-tracking law.