Fast-track panel approves Ohinewai foam factory project
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
24 August 2021
An expert consenting panel has approved a project to construct and operate a Sleepyhead factory producing foam for mattresses...
EPA carbon footprint continues to shrink
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
16 February 2022
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) cut its carbon emissions by 62 percent last financial year (July 2020-June 2021) compared...
First step towards reassessing controversial insecticide
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Chlorpyrifos is currently approved in New Zealand for commercial use in crops, as a veterinary medicine, and as a timber treatment...
New era in chemical management
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
New Zealand is now using the Globally Harmonised System (GHS 7), an internationally agreed way of classifying chemicals. It captures physical...
EPA achieves major milestones in challenging year
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
A transformation of chemical management, and significant changes to the Emissions Trading Scheme, feature in the latest annual report from the...
Independent panel approves Canterbury housing project
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The Rāpaki Papakāinga Development involves the construction of 10 residential units and a shared-use community building, at Rāpaki on Lyttelton Harbour....
Glyphosate call for information closes next month
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
This weed killer has been used by home gardeners, farmers, and councils in New Zealand since the 1970s. Although it is...
Fast-track panel approves renewable hydrogen hub
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
01 December 2021
An independent panel has granted resource consents for a project to produce hydrogen for fuel in the transport industry.
Hiringa...
Deadline change for methyl bromide recapture
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
The gas is mainly used to fumigate logs and timber products before they are exported. It is a toxic and ozone-depleting substance.
STIMBR...
First step towards reassessing chlorothalonil
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
27 August 2021
A Decision-making Committee of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has found that grounds exist to reassess the fungicide chlorothalonil,...
Fast-track panel approves film studio accommodation
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
18 February 2022
An independent panel has granted resource consents for on-site accommodation at the Silverlight Studios complex planned for the outskirts...
Beetle and hoverfly could combat problem wasps
Source: Environmental Protection Authority
Two new organisms might be enlisted to combat the invading horde. An application to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) seeks to...
