It's Time to Give Up Spreadsheets for Tracking Carbon Emissions

By Brian Fallow
On July 1 something that has always been free, the right to emit carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, starts to cost money.

By John Armstrong
New Zealand's failure to cut greenhouse gas emissions has left taxpayers staring down the barrel of a Kyoto Protocol liability of at least $1 billion and possibly more than $5 billion, according to a book analysing National's emissions trading system.

by Bruce Goldsworthy
Next month, on July 1st, our emissions trading scheme (ETS) will ‘put a price on carbon’ so businesses can trade in carbon credits. Energy prices will go up and electricity and gas companies have already sent customers notices to this effect.

NZ Herald
Mercury Energy is blaming the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for its planned increase in energy prices from July 1.

The Government has made it clear that we are going to press ahead with the emissions trading scheme.
Not everyone will welcome this. Many had sought delay until other countries start emissions trading.