Archived News for Green Sector Professionals

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has released a consultation paper on a ‘biofutures’ industry in Queensland.

Wave power rising off Port Fairy

The first bits of equipment for Victoria’s prototype wave power unit are in place.

Robb defends full TPP text, now revealed

The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been released, causing Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb to tell everyone to calm down.

Germans seek Sun's powerful secrets

The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics will soon switch on a machine dubbed ‘W7-X’ – a mind-bending device that could usher in a new age of nuclear fusion energy.

Emissions money pays for cloudy solutions

Experts say it is hard to tell what happens to billions of dollars in taxpayer funds handed out in the Government's Direct Action climate policy.

Frydenberg won't name nuclear nominees

Federal Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg is staying quiet on which regional councils have put their names up to host a nuclear waste dump.

Climate survey shows partisan opinions

A far-reaching CSIRO survey has found Australians views on climate change run on distinctly political lines.

Groundwater gurus push for smarter stash

The nation’s leading water scientists are pushing for the Federal Government to take underground water storage more seriously, as future threats loom.

Magnetic sweep spots underground supplies

High-tech geological studies have revealed a network of ancient river systems buried hundreds of metres beneath arid regions in Western Australia.

NT landowners want water deal washed away

Environmental groups want a series of water extraction licences in Alice Springs to be withdrawn, arguing that the use of extra flows from the Mereenie aquifer could the water supply.

Space plants to be based on local leaves

Ancient Australian knowledge could be on the menu in the next generation of space-food.

Gas deal sees NSW buying back

Metgasco has accepted a NSW Government offer to buy back its CSG licences in the Northern Rivers region.

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is officially behind schedule for its assessment of BP’s plan to drill oil exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight.

Lazarus fights to keep gas in the ground

Queensland senator Glenn Lazarus has been on an anti-CSG educational trip to the Northern Territory.

Perth firm making wave power swell

An Australian engineering firm is about to start a trial of the world's first wave energy microgrid power station.

More scientists swing against old coal

The Australian Academy of Science has become the latest major institution to offload its fossil fuel investments.

Surprising find flies off 67P

The Rosetta mission has made the surprising discovery that there is oxygen on Comet 67P, around which the ESA probe is orbiting.

Greens go for glass government

A plan is being developed that could see the ACT become Australia’s most transparent government - by a very long way.

Clear plan to end silent climate talks

An international team of experts have devised a method that allows countries to choose their own method of ‘fair’ emissions cuts, to help them create a roadmap to end climate negotiation gridlock.

Expert aims to clip 'feather-brain' image

Experts are trying to destroy the myth of ‘bird brains’ - arguing that Australian birds are both cognitively and emotionally more intelligent and complex than many assume.