Archived News for Energy Sector Professionals - August, 2016
The Coalition Government has put over 100 CSIRO jobs on the line again.
Brazil spill pinned on design
Investigators say a string of construction and design flaws led to last year’s fatal Samarco mine disaster in Brazil.
Grass could give powerful hints
Geo-scientists say it is possible to measure greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by checking the grass outside.
Sceptics join climate body
New appointments to a backbench environment committee are causing a stir.
Gas ban goes deeper
Victoria will ban exploration and development of unconventional gas, including coal seam gas and fracking.
BOC blamed in gas review
NSW Health has issued its report on disturbing gas mix ups at a Sydney hospital.
Locals lined up for Indian uranium deal
Reports say the first shipment of Australian uranium will arrive in India next year.
Macdonald named in mining trial
Former NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald has failed to keep criminal charges against him secret.
QLD to probe coal conditions
The Queensland Government will launch a parliamentary review into the resurgence of black lung, or coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (CWP).
EPA waits for spill to fix itself
A large oil spill in Darwin Harbour has authorities scrambling to respond.
Footprint smashing slightly less
Humans appear to have slowed down the rate at which they are destroying the planet.
Union pins asbestos arrival on Border Force
More asbestos-tainted products have turned up on an Australian worksite.
Adani leaps over legal hurdle
Adani has defeated the latest legal challenge to its planned Carmichael coal mine.
New record for concentrated Sun
Australian researchers have set a new record for solar power generation.
SA's energy slug slammed
Activists claim the ‘Big Three’ energy retailers are massively over-charging South Australian customers.
More hints of fifth physical force
Physicists may have found new evidence of a fifth force of nature.
Green light on new uranium
WA’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recommended approval for a new uranium mine...
Reports reveal latent black lung
Records suggest cases of ‘black lung’ were known about before its official ‘re-emergence’.