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It's bye-bye to plans for cubicle farming in the Mackenzie Basin, after resource consent applications were quashed today by the High Court. The ruling has left members of the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) ecstatic, while it's likely a few members of government and council are more than a ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert yesterday, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Water
On March 22 this year, Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rosthschild and his crew set sail from San Francisco on the Plastiki, a unique 60-foot catamaran engineered from approximately 12, 500 reclaimed plastic bottles and srPET, a fully recyclable material.And now, 7500 nautical miles later, the boat ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert this month, about Architecture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Design, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Industry & Business, Innovation, Pollution, Recycling, Sustainability, Travel, Water
Environment Waikato has established a new internet-based trading noticeboard for farmers wishing to buy, sell or lease nitrogen under the new Variation 5 policy to protect Lake Taupo. Variation 5 is designed to cap and reduce the amount of nitrogen leaching into Lake Taupo from farms to protect water quality ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team this month, about Accreditation, Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
The Ministry of Economic Development has released the latest edition of the New Zealand Energy Greenhouse Gas Emissions publication, showing total annual greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector have decreased by seven percent in 2009. And it looks like rain and the recession are the main culprits behind this ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert this month, about Air Quality, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, hydro energy, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Pollution, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport, Water, Weather
In Rio de Janeiro they’re getting ready for the 2016 Summer Olympics – with a twist. The organisers are seeking to make these games the first zero-carbon footprint games, and architecturally speaking, zero-carbon could be a site to behold. Swiss architects RAFAA Architecture and Design have put forth quite the ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Architecture, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Events, Green energy, hydro energy, Industry & Business, Pollution, Solar, Water
Vortex Hydro Energy is a start up in the process of taking a lab-proven concept - Vivace - into onsite testing and product development. Vivace is a scalable, flexible and modular system that works in slow-flow water. Wave and tidal turbines require an average of five or six knots to operate efficiently ... keep reading
Written by The Next Plays last month, about Energy Saving, Green energy, hydro energy, Water
It's been an astonishing two months since BP had the biggest 'whoops' moment in oil procurement history. Or not astonishing if you talk about the progress made since the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20th.To help you understand BP's actions since the spill, check ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Celebrities, Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Pollution, Water
Ever wondered what actor Kevin Costner (of Dances with Wolves and, er, Waterworld fame) has been up to? If we told you he was playing a role in what could potentially help solve the oil spill conundrum in the Gulf of Mexico, would you believe us?For many years and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team last month, about Celebrities, Coal & Oil, Design, Pollution, Water
It seems surfers aren’t the only ones keen to catch a wave. Kiwi marine energy company Wave Energy Technology – New Zealand (WET-NZ) has just been granted the first resource consent for a wave generator to prove it can capture power from waves.Based in Wellington, the company has been ... keep reading
Written by Celsias Team last month, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Economics, Energy Saving, Green energy, Water
NZ$28 billion apparently.It’s been just over eight weeks since the explosion of a BP drill rig sent barrels and barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. Estimates range from just over 1000 barrels per day to a whopping 21, 500, depending on whom you talk ... keep reading
Written by Deirdre Robert last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Coal & Oil, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Politics & Government, Pollution, Water
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