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Title	Date
Environment Commissioner supports amended ETS bill	17 June 2008
ETS should proceed	14 May 2008
Biofuel Bill should not proceed	03 April 2008
Environmental data collection must continue	31 Jan 2008
Steps to tackle climate change welcomed	20 Sept 2007
Environment Commissioner delighted with Building Code changes	4 May 2007
Major sustainability forum opens in Wellington tomorrow	28 Feb 2007
Cross-party response needed on climate change	18 Feb 2007
Huge potential savings in local approach to energy	12 Dec 2006
Environmental audit of Solid Energy's Stockton mine set for 2008	20 Nov 2006
Caution needed over wind direction	16 Nov 2006
Good energy decisions are good for health	7 Nov 2006
Electricity sector needs clear strategy	24 July 2006
Greater use of economic tools needed to manage waste	12 July 2006
Parliamentary Commissioner welcomes sustainability education boost	10 May 2006
Rotorua Lakes' restoration must maintain momentum	3 April 2006
Time to spark a new direction for electricity	28 July 2005
Opportunities to get more value from our electricity supply	12 July 2005
Farming's future lies in major revamp of production systems	3 Nov 2004
Forging the missing links between science and policy	23 Sep 2004
Education for sustainability to bring about a sea change in society	15 Jan 2004
Crucial connections needed in the electricity sector	23 Jul 2003
Superb or suburb - case studies in icon landscapes	28 Apr 2003
Probing the Progress of Sustainable Development in New Zealand	05 Aug 2002
Native plants - asset or liability?	13 Jun 2002
Boggy patch or ecological heritage?	25 Mar 2002
Native plants - can they contribute more?	17 Jul 2001
Paradise in the real world	12 Jul 2001
Long straws and big thirsts	25 May 2001
Meeting the freshwater needs of the 21st century. Whose water and at what price?	05 Apr 2001
A review of the management of biosecurity risks to the environment	12 Dec 2000
New Zealanders give an orange light to genetic engineering research on possum control	19 Oct 2000