SEF Headlines
EnergyWatch
issue 52 now online.
Press release: Emissions trading is ineffective in
reducing gross greenhouse gas emissions, dated 29 Apr 2009. See the News
page.
Press release: Government Turns Its Back on Transport
Alternatives, dated 18 Mar 2009. See the News
page.
EnergyWatch
issue 51 now online.
EnergyWatch
issue 50 now online.
SEF Seminar: Making Household Energy More Sustainable. See the
Conferences page.
Press release: Obsession with roads leads transport
policies astray, dated 29 Aug 2008. See the News
page.
Press release: Statement from a Joint One-day Conference
on “Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate Change”, dated 31
Jul 2008. See the News page.
ESR/SEF Combined Conference 2008 papers now online: Responding to
Oil Depletion and Climate Change. See the Conferences
page.
EnergyWatch
issue 49 now online.
Events
2007 SEF Seminar
Electric Vehicles in New Zealand
Date: Thursday 15 November
More information on the Conferences
page.
2007 Joint SEF/Energy Federation of New Zealand Event
One-Day Seminar on Government Energy and Climate Change Policy
This was held on Friday 16 February 2007.
More information on the Conferences
page.
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Press Releases
Press Release
Emissions trading is
ineffective in reducing gross greenhouse gas emissions 29 Apr 2009
Available evidence internationally suggests that the current emissions
trading scheme (ETS) will be an almost completely ineffective means
of reducing New Zealand's gross greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Press Release
Government Turns Its
Back on Transport Alternatives 18 Mar 2009
The Sustainable Energy Forum has criticised the Government's plans
to increase state highway funding and make highway construction the
centrepiece of transport policy. ...
Press Release
Obsession with roads
leads transport policies astray 29 Aug 2008
Both major parties are letting their obsession with building new roads
distract them from the real issues facing the transport sector ...
Press Release
Statement from a Joint
One-day Conference on “Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate
Change” 31 July 2008
Summary statement from the recent conference.
Press Release
Global Oil Supply and
Demand are Finely Balanced 22 July 2008
Some commentators have blamed the large price rise in the international
price of crude oil in recent months on Opec, or the oil companies, or
geopolitical uncertainty, and more recently speculation has also been
blamed when investors buy commodities like oil for a limited period
to hedge against the weakening US dollar.
Press Release
A Twelve-Step Plan to
End Oil Addiction 23 May 2008
With the price of petrol hitting $2 per litre nationwide, the Sustainable
Energy Forum has proposed twelve steps for New Zealand to end its increasingly
self-destructive addiction to oil.
Press Release
Government Confused Over
Transport 7 May 2008
For years, the Sustainable Energy Forum and other groups have been
warning that much higher fuel prices are on the way. The government
has chosen to ignore this advice, and now that high prices have arrived
with a vengeance, the Government is becoming increasingly confused.
Press Release
Petrol Price Rises Just
the Beginning 24 Apr 2008
Recent petrol price rises are just the beginning of a turbulent new
era, according to the Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF). SEF Convenor Tim
Jones says "We don't know which way the price of fuel will go tomorrow
or the next day, but we do know that the overall trend is up."
Press Release
Electricity Price Gouging
Must Cease 3 Apr 2008
Electricity prices have recently been reported to be likely to rise
by about 40 to 50 percent in inflation-adjusted real terms within two
decades if the Government pursues its ban on new coal- or gas-fired
power stations. Such a large increase will have severe effects on many
electricity consumers.
Press Release
Is "Peak Oil"
a Factor in Rising Oil Prices? 17 Jan 2008
The term "Peak Oil" refers to the theory that for fundamental
geological reasons and with demand starting to exceed supply, global
oil production will reach a peak soon enough from now to be of considerable
concern, and then commence a slow but irreversible decline. ...
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