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The Green Party today announced its plan to take on deep-sea oil drilling companies in New Zealand waters. At Piha Beach on Sunday afternoon afternoon, party co-leader Metiria Turei said the new campaign – dubbed The Kiwi Bid – will invite people to be part of a rival tender to protect the ... keep reading
Written by Celsias yesterday, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Fuel, Ocean, Politics & Government, Pollution
As Simon Bridges drooled over the prospect of off shore oil drilling in Block Offer 13 happening from Northland and Taranaki and in Canterbury and the great South Basins in areas of almost 200,000 square kilometres of deep water, he promised a safe regulatory environment. He must know that ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Coal & Oil, Finance & Money, Fuel, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
Ontario is on the verge of becoming the first industrial region in North America to eliminate all coal-fired electrical generation. Here’s how Canada's most populous province did it — and what the U.S. and others can learn from it. By most measures of environmental policy and progress, Ontario ... keep reading
Written by Yale 360 last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Fuel, greenhouse gas, Health, Industry & Business
The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that turns ponds and lakes green. That’s the topic of a report in ACS’ journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. Christodoulos A ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in March, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Environment & Wildlife, Fuel (1 comment)
In case you haven't seen this yet http://vimeo.com/38843993 In case you haven't seen this yet - the much talked about Gasland movie When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies ... keep reading
Written by Films for Action in March, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Fuel, Pollution, Water
With global oil prices pushing toward $118 a barrel and the International Energy Agency (IEA) warning that high oil prices are a concern for the global economic recovery, it seems like a timely reminder to ponder the implications of indefinitely high oil prices. Nearly all of New Zealand’s export-generating ... keep reading
Written by Andrew Martin in February, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Finance & Money, Fuel, Lifestyle & Behavior
Lancaster University Professor John Urry addressed over 200 delegates from all over the world at an international tourism forum held at Lincoln University last week Lincoln University Professor of Tourism David Simmons says the address highlighted some of the challenges faced by the Australasian tourism industry. “There are enormous challenges ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Education, Emissions, Fuel, Transport, Travel (5 comments)
Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to grow all of its crops using only organic agricultural practices. It plans to ban the sale of pesticides and herbicides and rely instead on its own animals and farm waste to produce fertilisers. The small Himalayan nation of 1 ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Action, Protest, & Activism, biological farming, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Fuel, Green energy, Politics & Government
Z Energy has announced that they are considering the production of biodiesel from tallow and wood. Green Fuels NZ have purchased the biodiesel production and distribution business from Solid Energy which was previously promoted through Biodiesel NZ. Bioethanol is produced in New Zealand from whey by Anchor Ethanol. Mr Cox ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in February, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Coal & Oil, Fuel (1 comment)
Not often we hear good news in the clean energy sector from Canada so we are pleased to see that Ontario will shut the last of its coal plants in southern Ontario by the end of 2013, a year ahead of schedule. According to a 2005 independent study, "Cost Benefit ... keep reading
Written by Celsias in January, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Fuel, Health, Politics & Government
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A FISCHE° project in Mexico City, Oaxaca, Mexico 
Sociedades Del Futuro aims to work with leading social change agencies to train 180 young Mexican change makers to facilitate ... more »
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Every year, the Forest & Bird volunteers invest over 850,000 hours of their time into New Zealand conservation. They plant ... more »
