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Mechanism to reduce energy cost 23 May 2021 / 23:15 H. THE demand for electricity is rowing in lockstep with technological advancements. Fortunately, there are numerous opportunities to reduce energy cost in industrial and commercial sectors. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act provides significant benefits to industrial and commercial sectors, particularly in terms of lowering energy cost. By introducing energy efficiency programmes, the industrial sector will increase economic prod...

List of area agendas for Brainerd Public Library, Park Board and Brainerd School Board.

TSCA/FIFRA/TRI EPA Announces Univar Solutions USA Will Pay $165,000 For FIFRA Violations:EPA announced on April 19, 2021, that Univar Solutions USA, Inc. of Portland, Oregon, will pay a $165,000 penalty for violating the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) when it failed to label properly its “Woodlife 111” pesticide, which is used as a wood preservative. EPA notes that under FIFRA, “a pesticide is misbranded if, ‘ the labeling accompanying it does not contain di...

On May 12, 2021, the Government of Alberta issued a statement to announce that it will now be granting carbon sequestration rights through a competitive process.

  Landlords and real estates I have been homeless for a year. I wasnt black-listed from my last rental but I wouldnt move out just when the first lot of COVID hit Mackay as we didnt have another place. My mother is 80 years old and has been living in her rental for five years with my 83 year old father who had dementia and asbestosis. Recently the owner came on an inspection with the real estate then the next day the real estate rang to say mum had to vacate by her leases end. Mum has alw...

'Fortunately, there is still a window to examine and revisit the existing NDC prior to the global stocktake in 2023 to fill in the gaps, make it as clear and progressive as possible, and attract the international support being sought for implementation'

Acting Minister of Conservation Ayesha Verrall will attend meetings next week. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The National Party has criticised the recommendations put forward in a report by the departments (DOC) options development group, which was tasked with reviewing the Conservation Act 1987 to bring it in line with Te Tiriti o Waitangi. The review was in response to a Supreme Court judgment from 2018, which found decisions made by DOC in respect to Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki did not give effect...

Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 2:41 pm “Jacinda Ardern needs to drop her Government’s covert plan to redefine the Treaty and have an honest conversation with New Zealanders,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “This Government has unleashed an avalanche of race-based policies and giving Māori greater rights when it comes to conservation land could be the latest. “The list of race-based policies is a long one: the Māori Health Authority, exempting some Māori land from rates, Māori wards, givin...

EDITORIAL: Hunting ruling gets mixed reviews A long-simmering struggle regarding hunting restrictions placed on Aborigines came to a head on Friday, when the Council of Grand Justices ruled that some laws were unconstitutional. While this would contribute toward safeguarding Aboriginal rights, advocates have said that it is not enough. The ruling also does not help the case of Tama Talum, a Bunun hunter who was arrested eight years ago for using an illegally modified firearm and hunting a prot...

Kerre McIvor: All parties should be involved in large scale DoC changes (Photo / Getty) Well theres a funny old thing.  Last week, I received a text from someone saying that we needed to be aware that Māori were being appointed to conservation councils replacing elected councillors and that this was being done without any consultation.  Im pretty sure I read it out - it was a big week and maybe I thought I just did - but we did pass it on to our news room.  And then what do you know, on Sun...