Archived News for Green Sector Professionals
Experts have found massive underreporting of direct coal mine methane emissions.
Plastics emerge in Antarctic snow
Researchers have made the grim discovery of microplastics in Antarctic snow.
Seafloor minerals probed
Researchers are working on a way to predict what mineral resources will be generated on the ocean floor.
Seagrass threats studied
Australia’s seagrass meadows are under threat of decimation from coastal development, marine sediments and climate change.
Gas issues flow to Bowen
Newly appointed climate and energy minister Chris Bowen is starting his new job by diving headlong into an energy market crisis.
See-through solar improved
Australian researchers are working on transparent solar glass that could allow buildings to power themselves.
Solar grazing praised
Farmers say allowing their sheep to graze under solar panels appears to have improved their fleece.
Wind farm rules shift
The Victorian Government is amending planning laws to protect a wind farm from legal challenges.
Dairy ditches old dam
A major dairy farm has removed a dam and returned hundreds of megalitres of water to the environment.
Lab milk release looms
Eden Brew - a company making milk in a lab - is raising millions in new capital.
Large seagrass takes title
A strip of seagrass off the coast of WA has been named the largest known plant on Earth.
New Acland expansion moving
New Hope Group says it is one step closer to approval of its Stage 3 coal mine expansion in Queensland, but challenges remain.
Plastic spread checked
Analysis of seawater samples has revealed microplastics in very remote areas of the world’s oceans.
Reef history in drill data
A core-sampling study has unveiled a deep history of wild weather on the Great Barrier Reef.
Tobacco harms tallied
The WHO has published new stats on the damage tobacco causes to both the environment and human health.
Carbon concern quiets
Woodside’s CEO says people care less about carbon when security issues are at play.
EV Metals buys battery firm
A Perth company is lining up to become one of the first outside of China to control its entire battery supply chain.