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The Prime Minister has presented awards recognising good sustainable practice in government.

Land Information Minister David Parker today announced the appointment of two new members to the Valuers Registration Board.

The NZ Energy Strategy sets the country on a path towards clean, renewable energy

A new mobile glass crusher will help increase New Zealand’s ability to recycle glass, Environment Minister David Parker said today.

Energy Minister David Parker today announced the appointment of four new members to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).

The government will introduce the Biofuels Bill into Parliament next week, which will bring into force the biofuels sales obligation.

Thirty-one leaders across business, agriculture and forestry, science and the environment, the union movement, and non-government organisations have joined a high-level group to advise the government on emissions trading and related issues.

Energy Minister David Parker today announced four appointments to the Electricity Commission.

Climate Change Minister David Parker says the latest projection for New Zealand’s carbon balance for 2008-2012 reinforces the need for the substantial climate change initiatives the government announced today.

An emissions trading scheme will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote environmentally friendly behaviour and create business opportunities for New Zealanders, according to Finance Minister Mich

A poll indicating a large majority of New Zealanders support action on climate change has been welcomed by Climate Change Minister David Parker.

Two years young and the Fiordland Marine Guardians’ are taking action to safeguard Fiordland from marine pests.

Energy and Climate Change Minister David Parker says New Zealand is doing much better than Australia on greenhouse gas emissions, contrary to what National’s Nick Smith claims.

Energy Minister David Parker has rejected a proposal from Federated Farmers for landowners to be paid annually for power pylons already on their property.

The government is welcoming Genesis Energy’s statement today that it intends progressively retiring the coal-fired Huntly power station, for reserve use in drought years.

The government is asking for feedback on how electricity should be supplied to remote rural users, beyond 2013.

The New Zealand Geographic Board’s place-naming role is to be widened to include undersea features of New Zealand’s continental shelf, such as submarine volcanoes and canyons, the government announced today.

Changes in the pipeline to the Low Fixed Charge Tariff option are designed to address an inequality currently being experienced by South Island electricity consumers, Energy Minister David Parker said.

Nick Smith either can't understand energy reports or he is trying to mislead the public, Energy Minister David Parker says.

Around 70,000 lower South Island households could be eligible for smaller power bills under proposed changes to electricity tariff charges

A new report from the International Energy Agency that says world oil markets may come under increased pressure due to potential supply constraints within the next five years is all the more reason to lessen our dependence on imported oil, Energy Minister David Parker says.

The economies of Southland and Otago are to get a major boost from oil and gas exploration, as international investors prepare to spend more than a billion dollars exploring the vast Great South Basin over the next five years

The government is exploring the idea of setting up a comprehensive policy framework to cover bioprospecting in New Zealand, Energy Minister David Parker announced today.

Energy Minister David Parker acknowledges the hard work the Electricity Commission has devoted to analysing Transpower's proposal for an upgraded transmission line into Auckland.