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Rise in fracking unlikely - industry
Oil and gas industry groups say they are not expecting a surge in fracking even though the process has been given a qualified tick by the government's environmental monitor.
Oil and gas industry groups say they are not expecting a surge in fracking even though the process has been given a qualified tick by the government's environmental monitor.
Fracking has escaped the threat of a ban in New Zealand for now, but the days of industry self-regulation could be numbered after a report found large holes in oversight of unconventional mining by energy companies.
The Maori Council's legal bid to block the Government's asset sales programme is based on a "misconception" about the Cabinet's role in advancing the plan, Crown lawyers argued in court yesterday.
Fracking should not be banned in NZ, a report says. PM John Key said if NZ uses the procedure, it must use 'world class standards.'
Solid Energy chief executive Don Elder received $1.1 million for the year to June 30 - the same year Solid Energy lost $40m and axed a quarter of its staff.
Environment commissioner not expected to call for moratorium opponents want on gas extraction technique.
Watercare Services has received 765 complaints since radical changes on July 1 to the way Aucklanders pay for water.
Solid Energy is largely to blame for the "dumbing down'' of mining industry standards that allowed the Pike River disaster to happen, MP Damien O'Connor says.
NZ Aluminium Smelters has today announced a $70m spending cut for the Tiwai Point plant in Bluff.
The Government is set to put the emissions trading scheme into an induced coma - not dead, but not able to accomplish much, writes Brian Fallow.
Two British miners lured to the West Coast with the promise of jobs for life with Solid Energy are now facing redundancy and could be kicked out of New Zealand.
The pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions will grow as the temperature rises, writes Gwynne Dyer, and the desire for "energy independence" will only get stronger as oil prices rise.
Could New Zealand's forests be our oilfields? Business and researchers say it's a serious prospect, but biofuels face major obstacles, finds Chris Barton.