More Reasons To Take It Slow, Urges Business Roundtable
The Business Roundtable continues to argue against market mechanisms and in favour of a tax to control NZ’s carbon emissions, and says new information …
Archive for April, 2009
“Negotiated Fees” For Complex And GM Releases
Application fees for new, non-GM organisms are to be cut in half to $16,875 under proposed new fee structures posted on the Environmental Risk …
The Market Teaches Contact A Lesson After Director’s Fees Fiasco
• Customer numbers at 7 year low.
• Disgruntled customers easy to shift.
• Improving marketing crucial.
The key distinguishing feature of Contact Energy’s spectacular collapse in …
Net Carbon Position Will Be Volatile Through To 2015
Release of new figures showing NZ can currently claim over-performance on its carbon reduction efforts caused some dismay and cynicism among commentators who have …
Hopes For More Gas From Maui
A $60m upgrade of the giant Maui gas-field, whose recoverable reserves have been estimated to be around 300PJ, could extend the life of the …
Contact’s Clutha Gamble – There’ll Be A Need For More Power In A Decade
• Construction not for 10 years.
• Long consultation process.
• Many ecological concerns.
The crucial factor in Contact Energy’s announcements on possible Clutha River developments is …
Crude Oil Output Builds Up
Oil production from the newly developed Maari field offshore in south Taranaki is up to 26,000 barrels a day, and a third production well …
13% Agricultural Emissions Cut Possible Today – At A Profit
The Sustainability Council has told the Emissions Trading Scheme Select Committee NZ is wasting the opportunity to make a major and profitable cut in …
So What’s The Answer To NZ’s Electricity Market Woes?
In the US, regulators are given some powers to move against profi-maximising “net pivotal” generators. “The short-term market operator … determines whether a supplier …
Crude Oil Output Builds Up
Oil production from the newly developed Maari field offshore in south Taranaki is up to 26,000 barrels a day, and a third production well …
13% Agricultural Emissions Cut Possible Today – At A Profit
The Sustainability Council has told the Emissions Trading Scheme Select Committee NZ is wasting the opportunity to make a major and profitable cut in …
Wolak Report Published On Internet Prior To Official Release
Pattrick Smellie – Associate Editor
• Secure report “released” via Google.
• The power of the net pivotal generator.
• Greater disclosure on the way.
In what must …
Feds Call For NZ To Follow Danish Lead On ETS
Denmark is showing the way for NZ to follow on emissions trading by ditching its proposed tax on farm animal emissions. FedFarmers’ Don Nicolson …
Farmers Lead Economic Optimism Stakes
Farmers are far less pessimistic about the outlook for their own businesses than any other sector of the economy. The National Bank’s Business Outlook …
San Lu Leaves Fonterra More Cautious – Ferrier
Fonterra has written off the value of its disastrous investment in San Lu but the impact of the tainted milk scandal has changed the …
Amalgamated Dairies