Such is the growing importance of the oil industry on New Zealand's economy, that a resource kit for secondary school geography syllabus for Years 11, 12 and 13 has been completed and will be launched tomorrow at the New Zealand Oil and Gas Expo in New Plymouth.

First in the world to be TV certified for 'net zero energy consumption' the Atlas 'Carbon Zero' Range of compressors.

Efforts to improve Auckland's air quality are being given a boost by the education sector, with Macleans College the first school in the city to convert its heating system to run on renewable wood pellet fuel.

Fertiliser specialist Ballance Agri-Nutrients is asking for more clarity regarding the impact of the Emissions Trading Scheme, telling the Special Select Committee (4 May) that the details are too vague in their present form.

- Contestants challenged to develop green solutions using new iDigi(TM) wireless development kits -

13 October 2008 - Draft regulations have been released covering obligations under the emissions trading scheme for participants in the stationary energy and industrial processes sectors, says Dave Brash, General Manager of the government's Emissions Trading Group.