Local Government: Environment Canterbury Report Puts Local Government Performance In Spotlight
Environment and Local Govt Ministers Nick Smith and Rodney Hide need to move quickly – possibly as early as this week – to deliver …
Archive for February, 2010
NZ Gas Exploration: Coal Seam Gas Prospects Beckon
L&M Energy, planning a merger with private sister company L&M Coal Seam Gas, could become NZ’s biggest coal seam gas explorer with 12 exploration …
Energy Business: “Devil’s Pact” On Conservation Land Mining
John Key has announced a kind of “devil’s pact” approach to mining on Dept of Conservation land by proposing a portion of the royalties …
NZ Water Allocation: John Key’s New Secret Weapon In The Economic Battle – Water
As predicted in NZ Energy & Environment Business Week in our first edition this year, water is emerging as one of the key economic …
Rural Issues: PGGRC And AgResearch Map Methane Genome In Cows
The Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Coalition has achieved what it believes is a scientific first which should help in the search for genetic ways …
Electricity Business: Fitch Sees Pressure On Electricity Retail Margins
The Fitch credit rating agency says electricity retailers will experience pressure on their profit margins in 2010, thanks to higher wholesale electricity prices, transmission …
Regulations: Smith Targets Looser City Limits In Phase 2 RMA Reforms
• Urban resources to be targeted
• High land prices a problem
• More work to be done
Environment Minister Nick Smith is signaling the Govt’s next …
Rural Issues: Mackenzie Basin Call-In Was Inevitable
Environment Minister Nick Smith’s decision to call in the Mackenzie Basin intensive dairy farming resource consent applications was almost inevitable, given the huge public …
NZ Politics: Fitzsimons Departure – Where To For The “2nd-Generation” Greens?
The departure from Parliament of former Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons clears the ground for the new generation of the party’s leadership – Russel …
NZ Resources: Details Of Government’s Minerals Push Close To Unveiling
• Late Feb/early March for details
• DoC unhappy – public supportive
• Expect “very large” numbers
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee is getting close to …
Energy Business: NZX Keen For NZ Electricity Derivatives As ASX Circles
NZX Ltd’s contract to manage the country’s rudimentary electricity hedge market is threatened by the speed with which Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee expects a …
Aquaculture: Aquaculture To Get Funding Boost
Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced an injection of $550,000 to the aquaculture market development contestable fund, which has been running for a …
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