Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - June, 2015
The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has been accused of strategically selecting the information it provides to politicians.
QLD to crack down on threats to water-life
Queensland is considering a ban on single-use plastic bags for the sake of waterways and marine life.
Sea Shepherd pays whalers to avoid more court
Anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has agreed to pay $3.3 million to Japanese whalers.
Secrets of little local's fiery survival
Researchers have discovered how one little Australian marsupial has evolved to survive in the aftermath of bushfire.
Telescope study brings wind farm help to Earth
The European Space Agency (ESA) says its work with high-tech telescopes could drastically reduce the noise coming from wind turbines.
Locals hit as uranium leaves NT
Energy Resources Australia (ERA) has ditched plans for its underground expansion project, Three Deeps, due to falling uranium prices.
Nats' anti-gas play fails
The Nationals have failed in a bid to make the Northern Rivers of New South Wales coal seam gas free.
Nonsense and non-science invade energy debate
The renewable energy sector has taken another hard hit, this time in the form of thinly-veiled condemnation by Australia’s prime minister.
Stations fall in SA coal collapse
Alinta Energy says its coal-fired power stations at Port Augusta in South Australia will close in early 2018, or possibly sooner.
Victoria welcomes winds of change
The Victorian Government has made it easier to set up new wind farms.
Greenhouse grown for political points
Market research says successive Australian governments have overstated greenhouse gas forecasts, in order to make it look like they are doing more to reduce emissions.
Human rights repressed in partisan pressing
In the war between Attorney-General George Brandis, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs, it is difficult to know who should explain themselves.
Aqua-business caught out in QLD's "secret" deal
Environmentalists say the Queensland Government provided “special treatment” for a controversial $2 billion irrigation project in the state's far north.
Bone stress dates world's oldest walker
A new study says the first backboned animals to step out of water and walk on dry land were from Australia.
Future flight through real bird's eyes
With each new engineering project it appears more likely the high-tech future will be based on Nature’s designs.
Rat scaffold in bold step for body parts
Researchers have grown a complete, live, functioning limb in the lab.
ARENA fund for green bank and mobile tests
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has given a $1.4 million grant to the University of Adelaide, for it to develop an online Australian energy storage knowledge bank and mobile energy storage test facility.
G7 plot path to greener Earth
The Group of Seven world leaders’ conference in Germany has finished with a pledge to ‘decarbonise’ the global economy.
Gas review seeks powerful input
The competition regulator has released an issues paper for the East Coast Gas Inquiry.
Musk issues mild warning to adapt or fail
Elon Musk says electric utilities should buy his battery systems or be put out of business by them.
Research takes trees to cutting-edge
Australian researchers are working on a way to use macadamia nuts as a 3D-printing medium.