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Z's plan to turn meat fat into biodiesel
Z Energy plans to spend $21 million on a biodiesel plant in Auckland using fat from the meat industry.
Sustainable water option plugged
New Zealand's first environmentally sustainable public "third pipe" scheme, planned to serve thousands of homes with recycled…
Editorial: Climate report a wake-up call for global action
Over the past few years, many people's apprehensions about climate change have decreased.
Stripes debate ignited again
Zebras have stripes to deter the tsetse and other blood-sucking flies, according to a fresh bid to settle a debate that…
Environment
Govt opens eight areas for oil and gas exploration
The government has opened eight new areas for oil and gas exploration in its 2014 Block Offer, unveiled by Energy Minister…
Animals
Shark kills woman, body still missing
Surf lifesavers are scouring the water for remains after a woman in her 60s was killed by a shark near Tathra Wharf in New…
Pollution
Paris finds bizarre solution for smog
Paris drastically reduced its smog problem by banning half of all private cars and motor-bikes and almost all trucks on…
Element magazine
Yealands Raise a Glass to Success: Elena Keith
Hillary, Rutherford, Batten, Hackett... Here in New Zealand, we tend to get stuck-in instead of waiting for someone else…
Climate Change
Academics: Human survival on the line
Leading Australian academics have warned that humans could face extinction from massive global health crises, plunging food…
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1 Dead, 14 Injured in Ft Hood Shooting
A senior U.S. defense official says one person is dead and 14 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood.
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