Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - Decades of economic turmoil and recessions face the world as oil supplies run low and energy prices surge, says a parliamentary researcher.

New Zealand motorists have the opportunity to use a more environmentally friendly fuel following oil company Gull's decision to start selling a biodiesel blend at service stations, Associate Energy and Resources Minister Pansy Wong said today.

The Labour Party has welcomed leading climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern to New Zealand, and says that his call for a renewed commitment effort to combat human-induced climate change is timely.

Customs Minister Maurice Williamson says that the omnibus Bill, introduced in Parliament today, which amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996 and the Biosecurity Act 1993, will pave the way for the future of border management in New Zealand.

The Labour Party has welcomed leading climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern to New Zealand, and says that his call for a renewed commitment effort to combat human-induced climate change is timely.

Within 30 years, more than a quarter of New Zealand's energy needs and nearly a third of our transport fuels could come from energy crops and materials that are currently wasted.

Research from Colmar Brunton released today (27 August) finds the Government's draft energy strategy does not deliver the action that the majority of New Zealanders want for securing access to affordable alternatives to petrol and diesel in the future, as cheaper, easy-to-reach oil supplies decli

Wellington, Aug 11 NZPA - A speech made at a Sydney conference today by Climate Change Minister Nick Smith has been criticised by Labour as lacking any substantial plan to deal with environmental, economic and energy issues.

The Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ), Brian Cox, welcomed the report released yesterday by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment but said that if we are to achieve the potential for biofuels from wood we need to first consolidate the demand for bio

Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report Some biofuels are better than others: thinking strategically about biofuels, which was tabled in Parliament today.