Archived News for Green Sector Professionals - April, 2016
Perth’s newest village - White Gum Valley - will soon generate and sell its own electricity from a precinct of solar homes.
Top minds want closer eyes on coast
Experts say they are ‘working blind’ when it comes to predicting erosion along most of Australia’s coast.
Water leaks show lead avoided
Some intriguing documents suggest TasWater has been avoiding scientific findings about lead contamination.
Palmer's plays laid bare
Administrators say Clive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel made “significant” uncommercial transactions for the benefit of its directors before it collapsed.
Ethics issues at cutting-edge
The ethical debate about human genetic engineering has increased in pitch, with the publication of a new human embryo–editing paper.
Gas talk planned on inactive backdrop
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is making a big speech on resources and LNG today.
Liberal leader warns of green recession
Former Liberal leader John Hewson says the next global recession could be caused by climate change.
Moby Dick's head checked
Biologists say an unlikely event from literary history could actually have happened.
Fashionable dogs have functional risks
Australian pedigree dog lovers are choosing dogs with severe genetic risks over healthier breeds, analysis shows.
Green risks to leave business in the red
Between $2.5 trillion and $24.2 trillion of global financial assets could be at risk due to climate change.
Tassie dams approach 12 per cent
The dams that power much of Tasmania have seen their storage levels drop even further.
Doctors want brown coal stopped
Hundreds of doctors and medical professionals are calling on the Victorian government to retire the Latrobe Valley's brown coal power plants because of the health concerns.
Asbestos response lagging in NSW
Residents say the New South Wales Government is failing in its response to the toxic legacy of Mr Fluffy asbestos.
Grass condoms key to new industry
Academics and aboriginal rangers have come together near the Queensland-Northern Territory border to farm native spinifex grass for the world's strongest, thinnest condoms.
Green groups burn gas expansion
The WA Conservation Council has launched Frack Free Future - new anti-fracking campaign to press the issue ahead of next year's state election.
Queensland clears way for coal giant
Queensland’s Palaszczuk government has granted the final major approval for the controversial Carmichael coal project in Central Queensland.