Archived News for Green Sector Professionals

Community members in Far North Queensland are waiting to see what fate will be bestowed on them by the Queensland Government, with the state’s Deputy Premier saying he will all but disregard environmental authorities in favour of regional development.

Award rewards ethical enterprise

An award has been created to recognise Australia’s most conscientious business - in an effort to make the country a better place for everyone.

Bugs dump new source of power

The energy of the future could come from the sewerage of today, with the development of a new type of battery which draws power from dissolved organic matter.

Dawn of science certainty, skepticism in power

In the same week that international scientists publish clearer evidence of humanity’s influence on climate change, the Australian government is reducing its focus on pollution, the environment and science itself.

One thousand voices wanted for bore-water survey

A groundwater monitoring group wants to take a real assay of bore water levels and pressure near coal seam gas operations – calling for 1000 landholders to take part.

Toxic talk on ingrained destruction

A disturbing new claim says that humans are now inherently polluted. Findings have shown a myriad of man-made chemicals even in unborn babies.

Waiting on fate of fish ship ban

Insiders are waiting to see whether changes will be made to a ban imposed by the former Environment Minister on trawling activities around Tasmania.

Charcoal burns a path to greener industry

Environmental engineers have used a recent mining conference to highlight the benefits of bio-char; a material created by industrial manufacture but which can be used to mitigate its environmental effects

Export point decking down

Things are coming together on the site of the new coal terminal near Gladstone.

Big farm funded as green bank faces demise

A massive wind farm in Victoria has been awarded $70 million by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, in what may be the last such renewable energy pay-out for some time.

Fight brews with anti-nuclear radio-activists

The Queensland Government is striding ahead with plans to open up the state’s significant uranium resources to any interested parties.

First words in Alpha court case

Court proceedings have begun today in Queensland’s Land Court, with several groups trying to stop the Alpha Coal Project in the state’s central west.

Fungus furnishes the future

Houses of the future will certainly see some exciting new material components, but few would have expected mushrooms could be the building blocks of tomorrow.

Prize to recognise Melbourne's greening out

The City of Melbourne has bagged a fairly prestigious award for its green thinking in urban design.

Kenya bores down to water wealth

An astounding discovery has shown massive underground water supplies beneath a remote region of Kenya, normally plagued by drought.

Outcry over green bank dissolution

There has been massive backlash to a decision announced recently by the new federal government, to dissolve the bank which has been set up to fund projects for Australia’s energy future.

Queensland banks on gas-friendly federal approval

Coal companies in Queensland are sticking to their single plan, looking to dredge more of the Gladstone Harbour and build the fourth gas export plant on Curtis Island.

Tree-trimming delay while bats bunk down

The Cairns Regional Council has expressed some annoyance at having to delay its plan to rid the town of flying foxes.

Frosty drilling finds ancient extremophiles

Evidence has been found of diverse life forms which have been locked in lakes buried beneath Antarctica for over one hundred thousand years.

Gauging current state below the surface

Almost everybody is familiar with the slow roll of waves at the beach, the subject of millions of cliché postcards and holiday snaps, but now scientists have recorded the breaking of waves as tall as skyscrapers - deep beneath the ocean’s surface.

Joint effort ends delay counting Manta rays

Manta rays are immense, smooth, dark, intimidating and certainly difficult to miss, but scientists in Queensland are concerned about the future of the world’s largest ray.