Archived News for Green Sector Professionals

Shell's global chief executive says the world needs to put a price on carbon.

Tassie planning proposal gets green groups riled

Tasmanian community environmental groups say the state’s new planning scheme will destroy their ability to influence planning decisions.

ACCC chases local VW disclosure

The ACCC says it will go to great lengths to find out whether the Volkswagen scandal involves Australian customers.

Greens want to know cost of old coal

Greens leader Richard Di Natale says a massive audit should be undertaken across the country to work out whether state governments have the money to cover mine rehabilitation.

Giant lizards welcomed Australia's first migrants

A new study says Australia’s first human inhabitants may have shared their home with giant killer lizards.

Musk says climate refugees will mark future

Billionaire Elon Musk - co-founder of electric car company Tesla Motors - says climate change will bring about a refugee crisis of catastrophic proportion.

Old pools could push poison into MDB

Media reports this week have highlighted fears that a series of ponds containing heavy metals and cyanide at an abandoned mining site could spill into a river that feeds the Murray-Darling Basin.

QLD Labor could backflip to keep LNP water deal

There is strong speculation that Queensland’s Labor Government will backtrack on an election pledge and keep controversial water reforms that help big miners.

Researchers spot deadly new native

Scientists have discovered a new species of highly-venomous snake and unsurprisingly, it lives in Australia.

Excited scientists reveal Martian flows

“There is liquid water today on the surface of Mars,” came the announcement overnight from Michael Meyer, the lead scientist on NASA’s Mars exploration programme.

Micromotors make big step to cleaner oceans

Nanoengineers have unveiled a new type of microscopic motor that runs on enzymes, and could one day help clean the Earth’s oceans.

NuCoal loses latest bid to dodge corruption claims

A case brought by NuCoal Resources against the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

Shell shuts down Alaskan drill plans

Royal Dutch Shell has stopped its controversial search for oil off the Alaskan coast, leading environmentalists to claim a huge victory.

Car-maker making moves away from software scandal

Insiders say Volkswagen's staff and suppliers knew about software designed to thwart emissions tests years ago.

CSIRO oil search questioned

The Wilderness Society has questioned a deal that will see energy giant Chevron pay for CSIRO’s research ship Investigator to conduct oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight.

Greens go against renewable plan

The Tasmanian Greens are walking a fine line between two of their major policy areas – announcing their opposition to an experimental renewable energy system in a Wilderness World Heritage Area (WWHA).

Powerful boost to reduce water drain

Local engineers are working on a device that could greatly reduce the amount of water that outback power generators need.

Frydenberg heading north for pro-mining talks

Josh Frydenberg, the new Resources and Energy Minister and Minister for Northern Australia, is heading to the top of the country to push for new opportunities.

Fluid portfolios making some skittish about flows

Some bizarre claims have been made this week, as South Australian senator Anne Ruston is welcomed to her new role as assistant minister for agriculture and water resources.