Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - February, 2019
Scientists are concerned about massive plumes of polluted floodwater heading for the Great Barrier Reef.
Geoscientists want deep backing
Geoscientists say they need political support to dig deeper and access Australia’s next generation of mineral deposits.
Premier counts disaster costs
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revealed the cost of Queensland's “summer of disasters”.
Rare macadamia stand discovered
An amateur naturalist has found a new population of extremely rare wild macadamias.
SA could kill GM ban
The South Australian Government is considering scrapping its ban on genetically modified (GM) crops.
Shark study shows release shock
Scientists say catch and release fishing may have significant damaging effects on sharks.
Trees' heat memory revealed
An Australian eucalypt can ‘remember’ extreme heat events and use that memory to prepare for future heatwaves.
Big firms ignore rising risks
Australia's biggest companies are not doing enough to mitigate the risks of climate change, a new report has found.
Bin ban hits councils
Victoria’s EPA has banned a major recycling company from accepting waste at two of its facilities.
Coal-hydro pilot approved
Authorities have approved a world-first pilot project to turn brown coal from Victoria's Latrobe Valley into hydrogen.
GetUp cleared of party links
Progressive activist group GetUp has been declared independent of political parties.
Irrigators contributed to fish deaths
Scientists say irrigators extracting excess water has contributed to the death of millions of fish in the Murray-Darling system.
Bird plan could slow Carmichael
A small bird is standing in the way of Adani's giant Queensland coal mine.
Plant power pilot launched
A new pilot plant will test technology for turning sugarcane waste into fuel.
Big prints lifted in Winton
Another ground-breaking prehistoric discovery has been made in the Queensland town of Winton.
Dump search impacts exposed
Government documents suggest the nuclear waste site selection process has triggered mental health concerns, business boycotts and division.
Bill to scrap buyback cap
Labor wants to remove a cap on the amount of water the Government can buy from irrigators ...
Insect loss plotted
Scientists warn that rapidly declining insect populations spell ‘catastrophic’ trouble.
Farmers count flood deaths
There are estimates that half a million cattle have been killed in Queensland flood waters.
Minerals Council wants green reform
The peak mining lobby says Australia’s resources sector is becoming too over-regulated to invest in.
Tassie leads lake contamination
Lakes in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) are contaminated with dangerous metals at some of the highest levels in the world.