Archived News for Green Sector Professionals
Engineers are working on the first fully-recyclable wind turbine blades.
Creek dumps cause concern
Questions are being asked about the levels of waste that a mining company is licenced to release into a Wollongong creek.
Dam raising plans continue
The NSW government has been ordered to revisit world heritage assessments for the Warragamba Dam expansion.
Deaths detected in mass stranding
Hundreds of whales appear to have died in a mass-stranding off Tasmania.
EDO under threat in QLD
Queensland’s LNP has pledged to gut the state’s Environmental Defenders Office.
Emissions plan outlined
The Federal Government has laid out its plan for reducing carbon emissions, funnelling investment to ...
New stick to spot CoTS
Researchers have developed a new test for crown-of-thorns starfish that works like a pregnancy test.
NSW water plan doused
The NSW the upper house has blocked the Berejiklian government's controversial floodplain harvesting exemption.
Preparedness slammed
Australia has gaping holes in its natural disaster preparedness, according to someone who knows.
Turtles key to river recovery
Experts say turtles could play a critical role in 'fish kill' clean-ups and the European carp cull.
Bushfire health costs near $2b
The most recent bushfire season in Australia racked up smoke-related health costs of around $1.95 billion ...
Drunk worm helps bag prize
Australian researchers have won the prestigious Ig Nobel in Physics for a bizarre experiment involving a drunk worm and a subwoofer.
Hydro 'white elephant' slammed
Dozens of experts have signed an open letter to the PM, saying Snowy 2.0 is turning into a “$10 billion white elephant”.
Taylor spruiks CCS
Energy Minister Angus Taylor has been promoting carbon capture and storage in Australia, but there is serious concern ...
New rules dilute green goals
The Federal Government is pushing for its renewable energy funding bodies to invest in non-renewable power sources.
ANSTO aids cheap carbonation
New mineral-recovery techniques could make some low-grade mines more viable.
Locals spread waste tests
The Australian water sector is helping South East Asian nations track COVID-19 in wastewater.
New method for PFAS measures
Local researchers have developed a new and easier on-site method to immediately and accurately detect and measure levels of PFAS.
Reforms predate review
The Federal Government started work on new environmental laws before the report that was meant to inform them.