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Australia drops mining tax
A compromise deal over the taxation of Australian mining companies has been announced by new PM Julia Gillard.
A compromise deal over the taxation of Australian mining companies has been announced by new PM Julia Gillard.
BP's new face for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster admitted faults during a unique Q&A forum broadcast live online, AFP reported today.
NZ woke up this morning to a world where it will cost money to burn fossil fuels - effectively about $165 a year for the average family.
Petrol prices will rise tomorrow as the Govt's ETS hits households and businesses already facing rising costs.
Many power and petrol companies have announced exactly how much more their customers will pay from Thursday.
The Government estimates the ETS will add 1c a kilowatt hour or 5 per cent to the cost of electricity.
Greenstone Energy has taken delivery of its first shipment of oil with 700,000 barrels delivered at the Marsden Point refinery.
The family of Auckland woman Folole Muliaga plan to sue both Mercury Energy and Middlemore Hospital over her 2007 death.
East Coast Maori will light fires tomorrow in a symbolic protest against potential oil drilling by Brazilian giant Petrobras.
Over the next two and a half years the emissions trading scheme will effect a substantial transfer of wealth.
BP is considering two ideas raised by Kiwis on how to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, one of the biggest ecological disasters in history.