Tagged: cargo

Why New Zealand should invest in smart rail before green hydrogen to decarbonise transport - The Changing Climate

Guest Author • Mar 16, 2021 •

• cargo,
• electric rail,
• green hydrogen,
• low-carbon transport,
• trains,
• Transport

Susan Krumdieck, University of Canterbury Green hydrogen is being touted as an alternative to fossil fuels in New Zealand. The government has invested NZ$8.4 million to explore its potential and $19.9 million in a hydrogen energy facility. Globally, 6% of natural gas and 2% of coal are used to produce industrial hydrogen, contributing carbon dioxide emissions … Read More

Lessons from our worst oil spill - News

Erica Mather • May 20, 2016 •

• Astrolabe reef,
• Bay of Plenty,
• cargo,
• ecology,
• Environment,
• lessons,
• oil,
• Rena,
• wreckage

As thick heavy fuel oil washed ashore in the wake of the Rena grounding on the Astrolabe reef, smothering beaches and birds along the Bay of Plenty coast, public outrage mounted. Intense media coverage put pressure on environmental managers to answer difficult questions: what was the extent of the impact? How long would it take for the marine environment … Read More