Archived News for Green Sector Professionals
MDBA lacks key representation
The Murray Darling Basin Authority has no Indigenous board members, despite laws requiring Aboriginal representation.
River cop resigns
The man meant to police water use in the Murray-Darling system has resigned, leaving farmers feeling cheated.
Sun aids new purification
Australian engineers have come up with a new method to remove harmful E. coli from water.
Bottle plastic studied
International research suggests babies are consuming as many as 16 million microplastic particles in a litre of formula.
TENGs enhanced with AI
Engineers are working on ways to scavenge power from low-frequency vibrations in the environment...
Whitehaven keeps coal
Whitehaven Coal shareholders have rejected a push to scrap its coal operations.
Cormann goes green for OECD
Mathias Cormann has gone against his own previous views in his bid to lead the OECD.
Coral populations drop
Coral populations on the Great Barrier Reef have halved in the past three decades.
ERA in science funding fight
A dispute has emerged over environmental monitoring at a Kakadu uranium mine.
OSIRIS scrapes asteroid surface
An astounding feat of science and engineering has occurred in space this week ...
Penned seals investigated
A Tasmanian department appears to have launched an investigation into the treatment of seals that it approved.
Qantas lobbies for lower bar
Qantas has been accused of having one stance on climate change in public and another in private.
Sydney water risk outlined
A mining company says its coal expansion plans pose “no risk” to Sydney's drinking water.
Cats bring human costs
Cat diseases have a $6 billion impact on human health in Australia, according to experts.
Green goal could unleash billions
Research suggests that if Australia had a net zero emissions target, it could trigger $63 billion in new investment.