Transport

$6 billion of new investment likely to go to EPA

27 Aug 10 - The Environmental Protection Authority is expected to receive infrastructure applications totalling more than $6 billion by the end of next year, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

Race is on for biggest offshore wind turbines

20 Aug 10 - British, American and Norwegian engineers are in a race to design and build the Holy Grail of wind turbines – giant, 10MW offshore machines twice the size and power of anything seen before.

Boris gets 11,000 Londoners on their bikes

20 Aug 10 - The Mayor of London’s cycle hire scheme has been launched.

What Nick Smith said to transtasman business leaders

13 Aug 10 - This week Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith spoke at the 6th annual Climate Change and Business Conference, being held in Sydney. This is what he said:

Australian car emissions rules well off pace

13 Aug 10 - National standards for car emissions in Australia, even after recently announced Labor policy, will still be weaker than that of the EU and of California, a Sydney conference has been told.

We want emissions trading, say Aussies

30 Jul 10 - Most Australians are not pleased that they don’t have an emissions trading scheme.

Sydney gets serious about bikes ... and e-cars

23 Jul 10 - The City of Sydney has secured one of 40 Mitsubishi i-MiEVs for its vehicle fleet, the first production electric vehicle to be released in the Australian market.

National’s biofuels policy a shambles, says Labour

23 Jul 10 - Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee’s constant blundering is leaving the New Zealand biofuels industry hamstrung, Labour’s associate energy spokesperson Chris Hipkins says.

Greens applaud AA advice on tyre pressure

23 Jul 10 - New Zealanders could save money and hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions by inflating their car tyres correctly, says the Green Party.

Rain and recession cut our pollution figures

16 Jul 10 - New Zealand’s emissions of greenhouse gases have fallen, thanks to rain and the recession.

UK firm plants 50,000ha in jatropha

16 Jul 10 - British company VEPower says it has secured 40,000 tonnes of crude biofuel through an exclusivity agreement to finance a 50,000ha jatropha plantation in Ghana.

Labour: National needs a plan, not just a recession and rain, to beat emissions

16 Jul 10 - The Government can claim no credit for today's official greenhouse gas emissions statistics, which show the first ever reduction in transport sector emissions and a decrease in electricity sector...

Greens: Govt relies on rain and recession to reduce emissions

16 Jul 10 - The Green Party says John Key’s Government is relying on heavy rain and recession to lower greenhouse emissions, while simultaneously building more motorways.

EPA proposal cuts power plant pollution

9 Jul 10 - The US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing regulations to cut air pollution that impairs air quality and harms the health of people living downwind.

BMW has high hopes for Megacity carbon car

9 Jul 10 - German car maker BMW says it has broken new ground with its Megacity vehicle, due to come on to the market in 2013.

Businesses could carve $2b off energy bills

2 Jul 10 - New Zealand businesses could shave $2 billion off the country’s $16 billion annual energy bill – and cut the country’s Kyoto bill - by adopting some simple, relatively inexpensive measures.

UK must take radical action, warns watchdog

2 Jul 10 - Britain needs to build twice as many wind farms every year, put more than a million electric cars on the road and insulate every home in the country in order to meet ambitious legally binding climate...

We're doing our fair share, says Smith

2 Jul 10 - The entry of transport fuels, electricity and industry into the emissions trading scheme this week marks an important step in New Zealand doing its fair share on climate change, Climate Change...

F1 racers give green light to carbon reduction scheme

2 Jul 10 - The Formula One racing industry has approved an ambitious programme to reduce its carbon footprint by 15 per cent over the next three years.