Environment Industry News

Work in comfort with 3M soft head covers and hoods

The 3M Versaflo S-Series range of soft head covers and hoods for powered and supplied air respirators is now available from 3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety. Ferret Product - 10:27 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Is there a widening chasm between the Canberra Press Gallery and the people?

It’s probably not possible to accurately define the ‘Canberra Press Gallery’; in this piece I’m referring to the journalists who get to ask guest speakers at National Press Club events ... The Political Sword - 9:46 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Beach Energy Limited (ASX:BPT) And General Atomics To Evaluate Potential For "Bio Oils And Fuels" Production In The Cooper Basin

The potential for the oil and gas fields of South Australia's Cooper Basin to produce "bio fuels" and "bio oils" through special land farming techniques which absorb waste CO2, is ... ABN Newswire - 9:33 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Caution still needed despite findings from new devil research

News today of researchers confirming a genetically diverse Tasmanian devil population in the state's North West has been welcomed by Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne. Researchers from the ... Greens MPs - 7:50 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Scientists' call naive, say irrigators

The National Irrigators Council says the Federal Government's water act is putting the environment before the communities within the Murray-Darling Basin. And Council CEO Danny O'Brien says the call by ... AM - 7:18 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Cauldron Energy to commence drilling across uranium assets in Australia and Argentina

Australian energy company Cauldron Energy (ASX: CXU) will soon commence substantial drilling programs, totaling 13,000m, across its advanced and regional uranium assets in Australia and Argentina. The significant exploration program ... Proactive Investors - 5:46 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Australasian Resources receives government approval for Balmoral South Project

Australian iron ore company Australasian Resources (ASX: ARH) has announced that the Western Australian Minister for Environment and Youth has approved the Balmoral South Iron Ore Project, and released amended ... Proactive Investors - 5:20 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Are Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy both in affairs?

French media are abuzz with rumours that first couple Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni are both in affairs. French gossip websites spread the rumour that singer and former model Carla ... National Post - 2:08 a.m. Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Learning sustainability from birth

You're never too young to start being sustainable, according to a Queensland University of Technology early childhood education academic who says educating children to be environmentally aware from birth can ... Queensland University of Technology - midnight Thursday 11th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Emissions figures don't stack up: professor

THE Rudd government ramped up the environmental benefits of its botched $2.45 billion home insulation scheme by grossly overstating the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that could be achieved by ... The Australian - 11:52 p.m. Wednesday 10th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

The simple mathematics of decarbonisation in Australia

Decisions about how to go forward with climate policy in Australia, the United States and Japan will shape international climate policy in the coming months and years. The United States, ... ABC Unleashed - 11 p.m. Wednesday 10th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Passivehaus in Australia

- By Chris Begert - 11 March 2010 - Rising concern over climate change continues to place increasing demands on the design and efficiency of buildings. High performance buildings that ... The Fifth Estate - 10:50 p.m. Wednesday 10th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

Fuji Electric Group Formulates New Medium-term Management Plan

Tokyo, Mar 10, 2010 - (JCN Newswire) - The Fuji Electric Group announced today that it has formulated its new three-year medium-term management plan for the period from fiscal 2009 ... Yahoo!7 Finance News - 8:50 p.m. Wednesday 10th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

China tells US to do more on climate change

China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations. Yahoo! News: World News - 6:44 p.m. Wednesday 10th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend

EPA approves stalled Coolimba plant

The state's Environmental Protection Authority has recommended conditional approval of its third coal-fired power station this week, giving a preliminary nod to Aviva Corporation's proposed 450 ... WA Business News - 5:46 p.m. Wednesday 10th March 2010 EST View Article Related Articles Email to Friend