Nathan Palairet
@palairet.bsky.social
Life Cycle Assessment | Sustainability Engineer | Infrastructure Consultant
WLG now ADL
WLG now ADL
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NZ is on track for a 98 percent renewable power system by 2030, a sweeping new report on the energy system has found.
No 'gas renaissance' in landmark report charting NZ's energy future
newsroom.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
NZ is on track for a 98 percent renewable power system by 2030, a sweeping new report on the energy system has found.
Reposted by Nathan Palairet
NEW: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the big one! 112 slides of how The #Electrotech Revolution is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy⚡
Update your slidepacks! Which slide is your favourite?
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Update your slidepacks! Which slide is your favourite?
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
September 16, 2025 at 5:42 AM
NEW: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the big one! 112 slides of how The #Electrotech Revolution is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy⚡
Update your slidepacks! Which slide is your favourite?
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Update your slidepacks! Which slide is your favourite?
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
This was a genuinely interesting conservation story on RNZ — trained ferrets going after another introduced pest.
But then, this little snippet about ⅔ through. I can't be the only one thinking this a SUPER weird set of names to put together??
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
But then, this little snippet about ⅔ through. I can't be the only one thinking this a SUPER weird set of names to put together??
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
July 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This was a genuinely interesting conservation story on RNZ — trained ferrets going after another introduced pest.
But then, this little snippet about ⅔ through. I can't be the only one thinking this a SUPER weird set of names to put together??
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
But then, this little snippet about ⅔ through. I can't be the only one thinking this a SUPER weird set of names to put together??
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New article from @drilledmedia.bsky.social out today that links a lot of the current trends in NZ climate action together. Very comprehensive, worth a read! drilled.media/news/new-zea...
“Ideological Sludge”: How New Zealand Is Quiet Quitting Climate Action
New Zealand once stood out as a world leader on climate change. In June it became the first country in the world to abandon a commitment to phase out oil, gas and coal.
drilled.media
July 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
New article from @drilledmedia.bsky.social out today that links a lot of the current trends in NZ climate action together. Very comprehensive, worth a read! drilled.media/news/new-zea...
Reposted by Nathan Palairet
A world-first legal challenge targets the decades-long reliance of successive NZ governments on planting trees to offset emissions from burning fossil fuels.
NZ's carbon forestry offsets on trial in High Court case
newsroom.co.nz
June 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A world-first legal challenge targets the decades-long reliance of successive NZ governments on planting trees to offset emissions from burning fossil fuels.
So we've gone from "noooo you can't put a price on our emissions, there's no technological solution" to "we can't use that solution to reduce emissions, there's no price signal"
December 10, 2024 at 9:37 PM
So we've gone from "noooo you can't put a price on our emissions, there's no technological solution" to "we can't use that solution to reduce emissions, there's no price signal"
Will Shane Jones' pet project mine near Reefton be exempt from US import tarrifs, or is it going to be subject to the antimony laundering rules?
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
China bans export of key minerals to U.S. as trade frictions escalate
The restrictions are on "dual-use" minerals gallium, germanium and antimony, that have both military and civilian applications.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Will Shane Jones' pet project mine near Reefton be exempt from US import tarrifs, or is it going to be subject to the antimony laundering rules?
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
Spot the difference....
January 30, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Spot the difference....
Back in NZ after 3 weeks' holiday in Japan and Korea. Big takeaway from having infrastructure brain the whole time: we deserve nice things in NZ, and we need long-term plans for transport and concentrated growth to get them.
November 3, 2023 at 4:44 AM
Back in NZ after 3 weeks' holiday in Japan and Korea. Big takeaway from having infrastructure brain the whole time: we deserve nice things in NZ, and we need long-term plans for transport and concentrated growth to get them.
Is it basic to have gone somewhere purely because we saw it on a Netflix show? Probably. Was the ~1hr line worth it? Definitely.
October 25, 2023 at 6:34 AM
Is it basic to have gone somewhere purely because we saw it on a Netflix show? Probably. Was the ~1hr line worth it? Definitely.
The actual data isn't in the RNZ story (although, weirdly, the LIC corporate emission are) so had to dig around on the LIC site a bit. Their best-performing stock seems to be 15-20% below baseline.
NZ's methane targets are:
-10% by 2030
-24-47% by 2050
NZ's methane targets are:
-10% by 2030
-24-47% by 2050
So, this means we'll have a proper pricing mechanism in place to encourage adoption, right? www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...
Low-methane genetics on track for access by 2026, LIC says
One of New Zealand agriculture's largest private investors in research and development says low-methane dairy cow genetics could be in-market by 2026.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 10, 2023 at 11:14 PM
The actual data isn't in the RNZ story (although, weirdly, the LIC corporate emission are) so had to dig around on the LIC site a bit. Their best-performing stock seems to be 15-20% below baseline.
NZ's methane targets are:
-10% by 2030
-24-47% by 2050
NZ's methane targets are:
-10% by 2030
-24-47% by 2050
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Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation.
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
The Invisible Killer: New Zealand's Air Pollution Crisis | Newsroom
Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation. What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz
October 6, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Special Report: Air pollution is behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand, shattering our self-perception as a clean, green nation.
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
What are we going to do about it?
www.newsroom.co.nz/the-invisibl...
Newshub finally deliver on an "explosive, game-changer" poll result:
September 27, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Newshub finally deliver on an "explosive, game-changer" poll result: