Archive for August, 2008

Support For ETS Bill In Doubt

The Govt’s flagship Bills on the Emissions Trading Scheme and mandating bio-fuel into transport fuels are languishing on Parliament’s order paper, and the Govt is struggling to get minor party support for the legislation. The Maori Party has come out against the ETS in its present form, joining the United Future Party which is also […]

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UK Bio-Diesel Company Quits NZ Due To “Uneven Playing Field” For Ethanol

Chris Mole, Associate Editor
• Tax break for ethanol “unfair.”
• Domestic bio-diesel can’t compete.
• Argent can’t wait for policy change.
Argent Energy’s NZ Managing Director Dickon Posnett is returning home to the UK next week, after his company pulled the plug on plans to build a $100m bio-diesel plant in this country. Posnett arrived in NZ in […]

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