Archived News for Green Sector Professionals
Australia’s Minister for Industry says the Government’s plan for the future of the energy industry will seek to increase productivity and reduce regulation.
Pollution causes cancer, experts confirm
The smoke and fumes from industry, transport and agriculture have been officially recognised as cancerous.
Successful studs secure sunlight for power gains
A new manufacturing technique has led to an increase in the energy-gathering abilities of solar panels.
Two genes yield exponential increase in oil
A team in the United Sates has identified the genes responsible for increasing the oil content of plant leaves, in a discovery which could lead to great advances in the fields of agriculture and biofuel production.
A rough century seen ahead at ocean's depth
A new study has taken up the ambitious task of predicting a full chain of events - beginning with our current chemical impact on the ocean - to forecast the state of the sea in a hundred years from now.
Australian to chair global seedbank
Australia will take the lead on governing a treaty that will see scientists around the world sharing their seeds.
Bureau believes big storms will come, as they do
Australia is set for a tempestuous end-of-year, with forecasts predicting an 11-cyclone season.
Shields yield reduced run-off to the Reef
Scientists in North Queensland are reporting remarkable success in attempts to reduce the amount of agricultural chemical run-off to the Great Barrier Reef.
Studies grow edible results around the world
An Australian research group has been empowering women to a prosperous future through education and training all over the planet.
Unblocking our own path to recycled future
Australians will have to put aside their understandable scepticism and embrace the benefits of recycled water, a recent report has told.
Abbott drafts plan to wind back carbon laws
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has released draft legislation to repeal the Carbon Tax, including the abolishment of the Climate Change Authority, Clean Energy Act, and other measures designed to combat pollution.
Exploration process cut from years to months in QLD
Moves are afoot to halve the time it takes to get mining exploration approval in Queensland, with the State Government moving to slash the process.
Industry push to get gas nationwide
Lobbyists for the gas resource industry are pushing the Federal Government expand offshore and coal seam projects to avoid a predicted shortage in supply.
India and Australia hitch-up for green fuel run
A $6 million research partnership should allow a clean-burning synthetic fuel to hit the market, with CSIRO and its Indian equivalent coming together to light-up the new power supply.
Investors blow-up renewable boom, overseas
A survey has revealed a considerable boom in the issue of patents for and investments in renewable energy.
Life gives lemons, UQ makes jet fuel
Researchers at the University of Queensland have hit upon a pretty sweet idea, which could see lemons used to create clean, renewable jet fuel.
All not lost for Ludlam
Ousted West Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has been awarded the recount he was looking for, after just 14 votes saw him dropped from his seat.
Daily deliveries dampen long-term drought towns
One town has been left so parched by drought conditions that it is trucking-in water every day.
'Progress' on plans for NT nuke dump
Plans to build a facility that would store nuclear waste from around the world at a station in the Northern Territory are reportedly “progressing”.
Calls for Hunt to get solid on liquid and gas
There has been concern from a New South Wales environment group over the intentions of Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt, calling on him to publicly commit to thorough investigations of coal and gas projects near water supplies.
Crabs seen at bacterial party in deep seeps
Scientists have shed light on the lives-of-plenty enjoyed by lithodid crabs in the deep sea, made possible by a constant smorgasbord of bacteria which themselves feed on accumulated methane.