Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - March, 2020
Victoria is lifting a ban on onshore gas exploration, but says it will not allow fracking.
Flows reach Menindee
Billions of litres of water have arrived at the top of the Menindee lake system.
Murray study finds social gaps
An official report has found a growing sense of hopelessness across the Murray-Darling Basin.
Scientific trenches give runoff data
Low-tech ‘bioreactors’ could be used to manage nitrogen run-off from farms to the Great Barrier Reef.
Sea holds fresh supplies
Scientists have discovered a giant reservoir of freshwater locked under the sea.
Studies question CSG data
A Queensland farmer has commissioned their own hydrogeological study that throws official water figures into doubt.
Graphene powerhouse detailed
Engineers have used graphene to create a thin film for thermal energy harvesting.
Ocean plastic returns
CSIRO says plastic dumped in the ocean is making its way back to Australia’s beaches.
Sub study plugs nuclear option
Australia's $80 billion Future Submarine Program is “dangerously off track”, according to a new report.
Seeds of life seen later
A study of billion-year-old rocks has revealed that the building blocks for life on Earth arrived much later than previously thought.
Gas regulation found lacking
An official report has questioned compliance in Queensland’s CSG regulation.
Locals vocal over tunnel dump
Over a thousand Victorians have turned out to protest plans to store contaminated soil in a former coal mine.
Study shows DOC threat
New research has found climate change and urbanisation are threatening drinking water quality.
Wastewater gives illicit insight
Australia’s wastewater has given new insights into the nation’s drug consumption.
Experts turn durian into Duracell
Scientists say the world’s smelliest fruit could boost energy storage.
More charges for dodgy stockpiling
An industrial chemicals firm has been accused of new stockpiling offences.
Gas rights on outback rivers
The Queensland Government has given energy company Santos extended rights to explore environmentally significant areas for potential commercial gas extraction.
Sims slams gas approval
The head of the ACCC says the gas industry has mislead governments into approving projects that kill Australian jobs.