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.

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.

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.

Wellington, July 29 NZPA - Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says he will carefully consider recommendations in a report on biofuel which the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Jan Wright, presented today.

The latest report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling for a more strategic approach to biofuels.

Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee's constant blundering is leaving the New Zealand biofuels industry hamstrung, Labour's Associate Energy Spokesperson Chris Hipkins said today.

Auckland - New Zealand-based clean technology company LanzaTech has attracted US$18M Series B financing from investors led by China focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures.