RMA reform draft raises concerns
The draft of the Natural and Built Environments Bill released last month [July 2021] as the Government moves to replace the Resource Management Act 1991...
Category : Environment
Why I look forward to greener generation
By Andy Loader, extractive industry consultant, First Rock Consultancy. The Government is hard bent in transitioning to a greener economy with renewable energy such as...
A climate step too far
The Climate Commission draft report to the Government is so extreme that even typically conservative economists are expressing alarm, explains Dr Muriel Newman, New Zealand...
Mining for community well-being
Many mining companies have voluntarily set about mitigating old mining sites without obligation out of a sense of community involvement. Peter Owens looks at one...