Total ban on cows in freshwater in Canterbury
Canterbury Regional Council has released new rules on stock access to waterways to come into effect in June 2012.
All stock are excluded from …
Archive for September, 2011
Sad end for insulation pioneer
EnergySmart, the home insulation installer that helped pioneer the schemes which became the highly successful, multi-party endorsed Warm Up NZ insulation subsidy programme, has …
ETS: Nick Smith’s Gordian knot
Last week’s release of the ETS Review Panel report was remarkable in many ways. Here are a few:
• The mainstream news media barely touched …
Bricks made from sewage
Yorkshire Water and Leeds University have developed bricks made from the waste products of sewage treatment. The blocks combine ash from incinerated sewage with …
Z faces $35m rebrand
Z Energy, owner of the former Shell chain of petrol stations, faces several months of review before committing to a $35m spend to refit …
Olympus puts sparkle on gold
The principals of Toronto-listed Olympus Pacific Minerals are in NZ at present, taking a roadshow to the main centres to talk up the prospects …
Lanzatech keeps the wins coming
Lanzatech’s potential to crack a huge opportunity in the bio-fuels market has taken another small, but significant step forward, securing funding from the US …
Bird flu back on global agenda
Here we go again. The UN warned last week the H5N1 bird flu virus is again on the rise, for the first time since …
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