Archive for the ‘Green Stuff’ Category

Rena Pollution in Bay of Plenty

Sunday, November 6th, 2011

A steady stream of debris from the stranded container ship, Rena, is washing ashore at beaches all along the Bay of Plenty.

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Generating Electricity from Cook Strait Currents

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Neptune Power Limited is pressing ahead with a proposal to generate electricity from a trial generator in Cook Strait.

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Going Forward to the Past

Monday, September 10th, 2007

My BS detectors start clanging loudly when I hear the phrase “going forward.” The clanging tells me that the speaker is trying to sound knowledgeable by using obfuscation.

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Country of Origin Labelling

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

Green MP Sue Kedgley has struck a chord with a large sector of the public in yet again pushing the issue about labelling food with its country of origin. This issue is one of many that have been around for years, with tardy manufacturers and retailers making incremental improvements to their labelling to meet a minimal requirement imposed by legislation.

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