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.

As Australia is renewing its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol, New Zealand has backed off, leaving Greenpeace to label the move embarrassing.

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.

Dry weather and a sluggish economy are the biggest challenges for New Zealand's electricity companies right now.

The axe suspended for two months over Greymouth's Spring Creek Mine finally fell today, amputating more than 200 jobs.

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.

Workshop aims to explore provider switch for Turangi residents.

Meridian Energy is not a private enterprise but in negotiation with Rio Tinto it must act like one. If it can get a better power price elsewhere, Tiwai smelter must go.