Archived News for Green Sector Professionals
Chevron has been accused of deliberately mismanaging its carbon sequestration project at the Gorgon gas facility.
PM makes rural pledge
The Prime Minister has promised to set up a new parliamentary committee for rural and regional Australia.
Federation Drought reviewed
CSIRO has discovered Australia’s ‘once in a century drought’ in the early 1900s caused mass ecosystem collapse.
Nats back new dams
Nationals leader Michael McCormack wants more dams and weirs in regional Australia.
New zones for forest logging
The New South Wales Government may reclassify old growth forest to open it up to the timber industry.
Recycling chief faces court
The director of an embattled Victorian recycling company faces court this week.
SA allocations increase
South Australia has increased River Murray water allocations for irrigators.
Adani wanted reviewers' names
Internal emails show Adani demanded the names of all federal agency scientists reviewing its contentious groundwater plans.
Nuclear poll approved
A ballot on a proposed nuclear storage facility on the Eyre Peninsula will go ahead after Federal Court intervention.
Littleproud plugs water audits
Industry-run water efficiency projects are being audited, the Government claims.
Push for medical re-use
Insiders say there is a “devastating” level of waste being produced within Australia's healthcare industry.
Solar deal for traditional land
A First Nations-owned renewable energy project in north-east Victoria is moving ahead.
Blacktown backs pesticide tests
Blacktown Council will test new pesticides after workers went on strike over Roundup.
Local recycling suggested
The recycling industry wants to kickstart the domestic market to reduce the reliance on Asian countries.
Ancient eel traps honoured
A Victorian indigenous site older than the pyramids, the Acropolis and Stonehenge has won World Heritage status.
Artificial light affecting fish
A new report says clownfish reproduction is threatened by artificial light in coral reefs.
Cats nip billions
Experts say pet and feral cats together kill over two billion reptiles, birds and mammals per year in Australia.