Environment

Environment headlines with summaries.

• Fonterra to stop using coal at Te Awamutu dairy plant

  Country

  30 Jan 2020

  

  Fonterra will stop using coal to fuel the milk processing boiler at its Te Awamutu dairy plant next season.

  Fonterra to stop using coal at Te Awamutu dairy plant

• Forest and Bird claims wetlands erased 'under our noses'

  New Zealand West Coast

  8 Feb 2020

  

  West Coast landowners have wiped out more wetlands in the past 20 years than in any other region, Forest and Bird claims.

  West Coasters decimating their wetlands, conservation groups claim

• Decoy operation: Evicted Auckland gulls lured to new home

  New Zealand Auckland Region

  11 Feb 2020

  

  The America's Cup has forced a colony of threatened red-billed seagulls to up sticks and find a new home on Auckland's waterfront. Video

  3D-printed decoys lure threatened red-billed gull colony to new CBD nest

• Super Fund and Infratil to buy stake in European green energy firm

  Business

  5 Feb 2020

  

  Infrastructure investor Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund have combined to buy into a European based renewable energy company.

  Super Fund and Infratil to buy stake in European green energy firm

• Loss of bumblebees driven by 'climate chaos', scientists say

  World climate

  8 Feb 2020

  

  Climbing temperatures will increasingly cause declines, which are already more severe than previously thought, researchers say.

  Loss of bumblebees driven by 'climate chaos', scientists say

• Number of Kiwis who view climate change as an issue doubles

  New Zealand

  3 Feb 2020

  

  A new survey has suggested that New Zealanders' perception of the environment has changed over time.

  Number of Kiwis who view climate change as an issue doubles

• 97 million recyclable plastic bottles put in rubbish bins each year - research

  New Zealand

  29 Jan 2020

  

  New Zealand households throw out 1.7 billion plastic containers in their rubbish and recycling bins each year, according to new research.

  1.7 billion plastic containers thrown in bins each year - WasteMINZ research

• Arthur's Pass kea dying after chewing on lead nails

  New Zealand

  27 Jan 2020

  

  Kea drawn to the township by the prospect of human food are attracted to lead roofing nails, which taste sweet to them. Audio

  Arthur's Pass kea dying after chewing on lead nails

• 'Stop and think': Tips to go waste-free in 2020

  New Zealand

  19 Jan 2020

  

  Coming out of the holiday season, there'll be lots of by-products like packaging, wrapping paper, and leftovers that just expand on waste.

  'Stop and think': Tips to go waste-free in 2020

• Wellington tūī having seizures due to lead poisoning

  New Zealand

  15 Jan 2020

  

  An animal hospital in the capital saw an influx of tūī with lead toxicity last year.

  Wellington tūī having seizures due to lead poisoning

• Nelson locals encouraged to stop buying non-recyclable plastic wrapped goods

  New Zealand

  14 Jan 2020

  

  Nelson Council has agreed to stop recycling plastics such as icecream containers, yoghurt pots and takeaway containers.

  Nelson locals encouraged to stop buying non-recyclable plastic wrapped goods

• Forest and Bird blames albatross decline on longline fishers

  New Zealand

  13 Jan 2020

  

  Forest and Bird says Antipodean albatross are declining at an alarming rate due to being caught up as bycatch by longline fishers, in both international and New Zealand waters.

  Forest and Bird blames Antipodean albatross decline on longline fishers