Coal-to-liquid fuel feasibility studies are underway for lignite, the dirtiest coal, as the coal industry tries to dig itself out of a hole
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The good oil, on two biofuel bills
New Zealand’s biofuel market is, apparently, a model of sustainability and transparency; it might be our route to fuel independence. Fitzsimons’ Bill to regulate it looks likely to be rejected
Read MoreBiofuels revisited
Jeanette Fitzsimons’ Sustainable Biofuel Bill has been drawn from the Member’s ballot. It’s sustainable, all right—defying repeal—and the first real test of this Government’s green credentials
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday March 9
Private companies to run prisons; house prices to fall further; ACC chairman to lose job; backdated knighthoods on offer; drivers would use biofuel if cheaper; and more
Read MoreDear John: the environment IS the economy
The environmental implications of the government's first 100 days are worrying, but not for the obvious reasons
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday September 17
Stock market woes; Fonterra didn't know what was happening at SanLu; Brian Henry changes his story; Black Power seek Waitangi Tribunal hearing; and more...
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