Press Release – Commerce Commission The Commerce Commission has closed its investigation into Beijer Ref ABs 2018 acquisition of Heatcraft New Zealand Limited, and its 2019 acquisition (via its subsidiary Kirby NZ Limited) of a right to import hydrofluorobcarbons (HFCs) into New Zealand …
The Commerce Commission has closed its investigation into Beijer Ref AB’s 2018 acquisition of Heatcraft New Zealand Limited, and its 2019 acquisition (via its subsidiary Kirby NZ Limited) of a right to import hydrofluorobcarbons (HFCs) into New Zealand (the acquisitions). Beijer completed both transactions without seeking clearance or authorisation from the Commission.
In May 2018 Beijer acquired Heatcraft NZ, and immediately sold the Heatcraft NZ assets to Reece New Zealand Limited. Heatcraft NZ (which remained under the ownership of Beijer) was renamed Kirby NZ Limited. At the time, Beijer and Reece were major importers and wholesalers of refrigerants, refrigeration equipment and related
Woodside legal battle casts more doubt on $43b LNG projects
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Woodside Petroleum is facing a drawn-out legal battle over its $43 billion LNG expansion plans with a leading green group claiming the company’s carbon emissions profile has the potential to dwarf that of the Adani coal mine.
The Conservation Council of Western Australia is dragging Woodside and the state s Labor government into the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn environmental approvals for Woodside’s Burrup Hub LNG expansion.
Woodside is on the hunt for a replacement for long-time chief executive Peter Coleman.
Philip Gostelow
The Conservation Council is alleging there were flaws and shortcuts in approvals for Woodside to process more gas, potentially from the proposed Scarborough and Browse Basin fields, at the company’s existing LNG facilities.
Woodside vows to vigorously defend green group s legal challenge of Burrup hub approvals
Woodside vows to vigorously defend green group s legal challenge of Burrup hub approvals
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The Conservation Council of WA is taking Woodside and Western Australia s environmental regulator to court to overturn changes to Burrup Hub approvals it says contravene the state s Environmental Protection Act.
But Woodside has vowed to defend the recent changes to approvals granted by WA s Environmental Protection Authority last year that allow for Woodside s Karratha and Pluto gas plants in the Pilbara to process gas from the Scarborough and Browse fields.
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Motorists returned to Stafford Street, Timaru, on the first day of Level 2 restrictions on May 14, 2020.
In our series looking back on the year that was, Doug Sail writes on finding a “new normal” during May in a Covid-19 affected world. As alert level 4 lockdown ended, and New Zealand entered the different rules and restrictions of alert level three and eventually level two, the chance came to assess the effects. One of the biggest impacts was to business operations with areas like the Mackenzie District taking huge hits with New Zealand’s borders closed to most, drastically cutting international tourist numbers.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 6:00 am When we started Climate Justice Taranaki 10 years ago,
we were sitting at 390 parts per million of atmospheric CO2.
Since then, countless permits and resource consents have
been handed out by Taranaki councils and the Environmental
Protection Authority to oil and gas companies, to drill,
frack and contaminate our land, water and sea. Industrial
agriculture has been allowed to expand by the continuous use
of synthetic fertilisers, imported feeds, land conversion
and irrigation in regions that are most vulnerable.
Atmospheric CO2 has now risen to almost 413 ppm and is still
rising. The time to turn things around is well and truly