Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - December, 2015
This year’s Bioenergy Australia conference in Tasmania has been used to call for state and federal government help to improve the industry.
Climate swings hit trees each year
New research shows that even small shifts in climate can have massive effects on forest health.
Japan sets sail for more whale slaughter
Japan is side-stepping international law to send its ships out to kill hundreds more Minke whales.
MDBA gets permanent boss
Senior Agriculture Department official Phillip Glyde has been named as the new Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) chief executive.
QLD called to answer for traditional take-back
Reports this week suggest the Queensland Government has been planning to strip native title off traditional landowners to make way for the Carmichael coal mine.
Defence contamination response slammed
New South Wales water authorities are demanding that the Defence Department remediate the Tomago Sandbeds.
Oil-eating super-sponge edging closer
Australian researchers are close to commercial trials of an exciting new material that can soak up oil spills.
EPA ignores itself in WA road fight
Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has admitted ignoring its own policy to approve the Roe 8 highway extension.
Sand mine slammed for flood risk
The director of a company hoping to set up a sand mine in Queensland has referred to his own son’s battle with leukaemia to claim the mine will not harm children.