Archive for April, 2011

Climate change causing earthquakes?

Researchers claim long-term climate change could be responsible for moving the Earth’s tectonic plates. A team of scientists based in Australia, France and Germany …

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World Watch

Ethiopia To Push On With Nile Dam Plan. Ethiopia is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to build a massive dam on the Nile. …

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Biotech firm gets $2.9m to produce omega-3

A NZ company seeking to make a high value product used in cardiovascular treatments from marine micro-algae has attracted $2.9m in funding from the …

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Firms give cold shoulder to ETS

With submissions due in this week for the David Caygill-led review of the emissions trading scheme, a new study for the MED suggests the …

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Are pesticides killing honey bees?

The UK Govt may investigate a possible link between a new generation of pesticides and the decline of honey bees.
It is suspected the …

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Forest owners to measure own carbon emissions

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has announced new regulations which will see large forest owners in the Emissions Trading Scheme using personalised carbon …

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Highlights from NZ Energy Quarterly

The Ministry of Economic Development’s latest energy quarterly statistics are out for the three months to December 31 last year and show, among other …

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