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A chemical reaction probably caused a deadly explosion at a waste treatment plant in Germany, a provisional report has found. Seven people were killed in the blast in the Chempark industrial area of Leverkusen on July 27, and a further 31 were injured. Storage tanks containing chlorinated solvents caught fire in the waste processing centre of the Currenta company, sending a massive plume of black smoke into the...
After having their resource consent application returned for a second time due to a lack of information including a site specific CIA, company director Paul Taylor spits the dummy and labels ECan and Waimate DC’s actions as “unlawful” and an “abuse of power.” In a letter to both councils dated 23 December, SIRRL director Paul Taylor said the Resource Management Act (RMA) had “no requirements for a Cultural...
ECan spokesperson Hayleigh Brereton said the council believed a site-specific cultural impact assessment with or by Te Runuanga O Waihao was required. “This is a very large proposal and the first of its kind in New Zealand, and it would have some wide-reaching potential effects, including many unknown effects on Mana whenua,” Brereton said. SIRRL director Paul Taylor said the company was considering legal advice on whether this...