Ryan Bridge: The price of being a climate warrior

Chris Hipkins is floating the idea of an effective tariff on imported cement.

He reckons it could be a better way of dealing with our cement problem than $60-million in corporate welfare.

Tony Orman: Call to stop the Emission Trading Scheme’s ‘Green War’ on New Zealanders

The Conservative Party has called on the government to repeal the Zero Carbon Act and end the Emissions Trading Scheme and all other climate-focused taxes, subsidies and regulations.

Party leader Helen Houghton made her comments following the resignation of Molesworth Station manager Jim Ward over the uncertainty of the control of wilding pines on the iconic high country station.