Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - November, 2013
The NRMA has held a weekend youth summit to teach the leaders of tomorrow about the importance of sustainable transport today.
Law centre to gauge QLD gas concerns and invoke innovations
A new centre for mining law research will focus on fair negotiations between land-owners and CSG companies.
Sounds like efficiency; solar cells' musical taste decoded
Recent research has found that high frequency sounds can improve solar cell efficiency, suggesting photo-voltaics enjoy guitar solos as much as the rest of us.
Abbott and O'Farrell agree to hurry tape cuts
A joint statement from the Prime Minister and New South Wales Premier says the state’s new ‘one-stop-shop’ arrangement for environmental approvals is a step closer, with the signing of the second Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Experts to weigh-in on Gloucester gas plan
Review work will see a scientific survey of water supplies in the Gloucester region of New South Wales, with efforts to find out what impacts nearby mining operations may have.
Giant platypus adds to skinny family tree
There are few creatures in the catalogue of nature more peculiar or rare than the platypus, but new research has found it had an ancient, enormous cousin over five million years ago.
Golden house to feed algae their favourite waves
A new technique has been developed by a team of Australian scientists that will speed production of microalgae – used in everything from biofuels to medical compounds and even soap.
Hot times in dry climes to tax soil health
Increasingly parched conditions caused by global warming will make the world’s drylands less productive, by reducing the balance of nutrients in the soil.
Howard says nuclear needed, renewable; not so much
A former Prime Minister of Australia has voiced support for nuclear power, shale oil, and gas from coal seams as the solutions to a problem he is not convinced is all that serious.
Single-cells seen to take unknown genetic initiative
Life thrives in the world’s harshest climates, and a recent report has shown a previously-unknown method some creatures use to reproduce in extreme situations.
State government scores rare fish film from river study
In a rare moment of uninhibited expressiveness, the Murray Cod has shown off some of its daily routine for the benefit of science.
Study plots nitrogen web that feeds the world
European scientists have made progress on efforts to better understand the relationship between the ocean, certain microbes and nitrogen that feeds much of the planet.
Submission raises raft of council concerns on tax repeal
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) is concerned over the ramifications of federal moves to undo carbon pricing legislation.
Timor oil spill aftermath continues, lawyers call for more investigation
Lawyers say an independent investigation needs to be undertaken into the 2009 Montara oil spill, which saw millions of litres of light crude strewn across the Timor Sea.
Wave height and path spied from space
A new study from the Australian National University will improve the models and maps of ocean currents, wave heights and tides, plotting the incredibly long process that ends with waves crashing on the shore.
Courts quack-down on inaccurate claims
A Federal Court order has sought to maintain public confidence in food safety and warning labels, after finding a duck farm had been making misleading claims about the lifestyle of its birds.
Grant gives wings to electric aircraft plan
A Victorian Government grant has allowed engineering students at Swinburne to look skyward for a sustainable method of air travel.
Study plots SARS to bat country
Chinese horseshoe bats have been identified as the origin of SARS, which killed 774 people the 2002 pandemic.