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English test scandal: students and campaigners call on PM to end years of limbo

The students who had their visas revoked will present a petition to Downing Street on Tuesday

The Guardian - UK

Our climate change policies are a mess

The Emissions Trading Scheme was always a neoliberal, market-based, get-out-of-jail-free plan. Time to lead the way with Tradable Energy Quotas instead, writes Pat Baskett

Newsroom.co.nz

Government handed out £300million in free 'pollution permits' to UK airlines

The UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme is meant to reduce carbon emissions by forcing big polluters to buy permits for each tonne of carbon they emit, and has seen Ryanair, easyJet and British Airways receive millions of pounds worth of free permits

Daily Mirror

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NZ’s fatally flawed climate change strategy

We urgently need a sustainable carbon strategy focused on native forests to provide long-term carbon sequestration without the need to buy dubious off-shore offsets, says Dame Anne Salmond

Newsroom.co.nz

In 2023, climate will get political

There are fewer major climate policy set pieces this year than previously but the election means we're in for a vigorous debate.

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EU reaches deal on major carbon market reform

Brussels (AFP) - EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced an agreement for a major reform to the bloc's carbon market, the central plank of its ambitions to reduce emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.

AFP

Cabinet overrides Shaw and Commission on carbon price

The Government has acted against the advice of the Climate Change Commission in retaining tight price controls on the Emissions Trading Scheme, reports Marc Daalder

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Big polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by EU

Free allowances ‘in direct contradiction with the polluter pays principle’, WWF report says

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Luxon and the art of offsets

Will the National Party leader push climate policy into the never-never, environment editor David Williams asks

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'Fiscal risk' in farmers' preferred pricing plan – Treasury

The Government's economic advisors warned He Waka Eke Noa proposal wasn't 'grounded in sound economic principles'.

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Sweetheart climate payouts for farmers

Agricultural emissions are behind two thirds of the warming New Zealand is responsible for, but the sector is slated to get special benefits under the Government's farm pricing proposal.

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Tractor protests and hot air: Our greatest emitters put up the biggest fight

In the third of our Net Zero: The Road to 2050 podcasts, Nikki Mandow turns her attention to the most contentious climate sector – agriculture.

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Double deal secures new Lanarkshire home for businesses

There are now only two units remaining at Langlands Commercial Park

Daily Record

Five lessons from the Emissions Trading Scheme

Basil Sharp argues we need to focus on having the ETS deliver a well-functioning set of property rights that create value and certainty for businesses.

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Zombie forests, carbon sinks and the ETS

Nikki Mandow explains how the Emissions Trading Scheme works, and why not all forests are equal when it comes to sucking up carbon – or earning carbon credits

The Conversation

A new farming proposal to reduce carbon emissions involves a lot of trust – and a lot of uncertainty

After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative.

France 24

EU Parliament approves ban on new fossil-fuel cars from 2035

European Parliament lawmakers on Wednesday voted to support an effective EU ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, rejecting attempts to weaken the proposal to speed Europe's shift to electric vehicles.

Radio France Internationale

MEPs vote down key part of climate plan in 'bad day for European Parliament'

The European Parliament voted Wednesday to reject a reform of the EU carbon trading system, in a surprise setback to the bloc's Green Deal climate plan.

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The Guardian - UK

MEPs vote to end sale of petrol and diesel car by 2035 in EU

European parliament defeats centre-right lawmakers’ attempts to weaken climate target

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The key thing you can do to reduce emissions

The Government's emissions reduction plan can only do so much - individuals need to adjust their lives and diets if we are to cumulatively avoid the worst levels of global heating, writes Pat B

The Guardian - AU

How Australia’s electoral system allowed voters to finally impose a ceasefire in the climate wars

Preferential voting opened a pathway for independents to bypass the right’s hyperpartisan approach to climate policy

The Conversation

Air of compromise: NZ's Emissions Reduction Plan reveals a climate budget that’s long on planning, short on strategy

Until now, the government’s approach to climate action has largely been about getting the policy architecture right. This work is vital, but it’s more about rearranging possible futures, less about emissions reductions in the near term.

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Government chips away at emissions trading scheme

If a tree is planted in the forest, should it be taxed or subsidised? No, wrong answer.

The Guardian - UK

English test scandal: Home Office accused of ‘shocking miscarriage of justice’

Students wrongly accused of deception should be helped to clear names, says shadow minister

Reason

Don't Believe OSHA When It Threatens To Turn Its Rescinded Vaccine Mandate Into a Permanent Rule

That process takes a long time, and the result would face the same legal objection cited by the Supreme Court.

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