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San Onofre at the No Nukes Brink

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:26:06 +1200 | Harvey Wasserman

In January, it seemed the restart of San Onofre Unit 2 would be a corporate cake walk. With its massive money and clout, Southern California Edison was ready to ram through a license exception for a reactor whose botched $770 million steam generator ...More >>

Government to extend protest ban

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:09 +1200 | New Zealand Labour Party

The National Government is using urgency to extend a controversial ban on protesting against deep sea drilling, says Labour’s Energy spokesperson Moana Mackey. More >>

Mayor Allan Sanson’s Message – May 2013

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:50 +1200 | Waikato District Mayor

It’s been a busy time here at council, as we move to finalise the Long Term Plan (LTP) Year Two 2013-14, that was formally known as the Annual Plan. Council staff and myself have been out and around the district over the past few weeks, discussing ...More >>

Power Price Surge Highlights Need For NZ Power

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:58 +1200 | Green Party

The latest surge in businesses’ electricity costs highlights the failure of the current electricity market and the need for the introduction of NZ Power to bring down electricity prices, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.More >>

UN Experts Weigh Strategies to Halt ‘Runaway’ Climate Change

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:03 +1200 | UN News

With dire warnings likely to match or exceed the worst fears about the effects of global warming, environment and development experts gathered today at United Nations Headquarters to debate the twin challenge of curbing climate change while sustaining ...More >>

Bill English: Full Budget Speech 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:51:27 +1200 | New Zealand Government

I move that the Appropriation (2013/14 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time. More >>

Meridian Sell-off Could Cost Economy Billions

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:38:29 +1200 | Greenpeace New Zealand

Responding to today’s Budget, which included plans to sell off New Zealand-owned Meridian Energy, Nathan Argent, Greenpeace’s chief policy advisor, said: More >>

IPO signals next phase in evolution of Mighty River Power

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:19:02 +1200 | Mighty River Power

"We are delighted to see the breadth and depth of our investor base, particularly first-time investors and we are heartened by the confidence those investors have placed in the Company's future," said Chair Joan Withers. “Through this Offer ...More >>

Collaboration the Key Success to Tokelau's Consultation

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:56 +1200 | Tokelau Affairs

The Council of Elders of Tokelau, members of the community and government representatives of Senior Management Team of the Tokelau Government came together to discuss future plans for the Nation during their consultations.More >>

Bioenergy conference highlights opportunities

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:49:27 +1200 | Federated Farmers

A one-day conference in Rotorua this Thursday (16 May), supported by Federated Farmers, will take land owners through the economics of bioenergy, which could become a big part of New Zealand’s energy future.More >>

Facebook Founder Gets an Earful after Promoting XL Pipeline

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:38:09 +1200 | David Swanson

Mark Zuckerberg's complaint box is filling up. The billionaire founder of FaceBook is behaving as destructively as other sociopaths who hoard vast riches while others starve and die for lack of medical care. And people are letting him know how they ...More >>

Why We Allow the Destruction of Our Planet

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:29:30 +1200 | David Swanson

It's not enough to point out that our political system is completely corrupted by money, including money from coal and oil and nukes and gas. Of course it is. And if we had direct democracy, polls suggest we would be investing in green energy.More >>

Sale of Meridian Energy

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:20:44 +1200 | Grey Power New Zealand

"Grey Power will go to the streets to fight the proposed sale of Meridian Energy," said Roy Reid, President of Grey Power and leader of the Keep Our Assets campaign, at Grey Power's annual general meeting in Auckland today. "The coming referendum ...More >>

Huge Potential For Generating Clean Energy In Africa

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:15:16 +1200 | United Nations

Less than 1 per cent of all patent applications relating to clean energy technology (CET) have been filed in Africa, according to a new United Nations study, which also highlights the opportunity for the continent to leapfrog existing fossil-fuel energy ...More >>

Next partial privatisation in October, says Key

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:40:15 +1200 | Businesswire

May 13 (BusinessDesk) - Prime Minister John Key has all but confirmed that Meridian Energy will be the next state-owned enterprise to be partially privatised, with a float of up to 49 percent of the government's single most valuable electricity asset ...More >>

CO2 Hits 400 ppm - Time for NZ to Rise to Challenge

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:09:29 +1200 | Generation Zero

As the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit the symbolic milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm), youth climate change organisation Generation Zero says it is time for New Zealand to rise to the challenge of building a zero ...More >>

Energy Trusts Call for Improved Electricity Regulation

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:21:50 +1200 | Energy Trusts of NZ

Energy Trusts of New Zealand today held its May conference in Auckland. ETNZ is the national organisation for 21 energy trusts, the majority of whom own shares in companies that operate New Zealand’s electricity line networks. Member trusts have investments ...More >>