Tagged: feebate

New Zealand poised to introduce clean car standards and incentives to cut emissions - Planetary Ecology

Robert McLachlan • Aug 01, 2019 •

• climate change,
• electric vehicles,
• feebate,
• fuel standards,
• greenhouse gas emissions,
• vehicles

The New Zealand government has proposed new fuel standards to cut greenhouse emissions, along with consumer rebates for cleaner cars – paid for by fees on high-polluting cars. The long-awaited proposed changes would bring New Zealand in line with most other developed countries; apart from New Zealand, Russia and Australia are the last remaining OECD nations without … Read More

Counting carbon – knowledge is power - Infrequently Asked Questions

Lynley Hargreaves • Jun 21, 2016 •

• climate change,
• emissions,
• feebate,
• transport

One of the striking things for University of Waikato law Professor Barry Barton, while working on the Royal Society of New Zealand report Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy for New Zealand, was how often his scientific colleagues had to tell him they didn’t have necessary data on New Zealand’s carbon emissions options. Without that information, we don’t know … Read More