Archived News for Industry Professionals - July, 2022
Environmentalists want the Federal Government to reconsider 19 major coal and gas proposals.
Gas prices spook firms
Some Australian fossil fuel megaprojects are at risk from soaring global gas prices.
Treasury returns to green stats
Australia’s Treasury will soon restart modelling of the economic impacts of climate change.
Big backing for CCS box
A local carbon capture and storage company has received some serious backing to rollout its technology.
Hydrogen links enhanced
CSIRO is bringing together Australia’s budding hydrogen industry with a new knowledge hub.
Printable solar coming
Australian engineers are working on nanoparticle ink for printing solar cells.
Big fine for pipe death
A West Australian engineering company and its director have been fined a total of $460,000 over the death of a worker who was crushed by a piece of pipe.
Foreign firm trims NT stockpile
Vietnam's biggest steel manufacturer will soon receive shipments of iron ore from its mine in the Northern Territory.
Silica risk statement forming
Authorities want input on methods for managing the risks of respirable crystalline silica.
Thales charged over crush
Defence contractor Thales has been charged over the death of a worker at a manufacturing facility in Victoria.
Union fined for illegal picket
The CFMEU and a subcontractor have been fined over illegal picketing at an Adelaide construction site.
Lockdown drop needs repeating
CSIRO says the drop in emissions during COVID-19 is what the world needs each year to limit warming to 1.5°C.
Methane mix enhanced
Binding methane with metal could be a new way to recycle the potent fossil fuel.
US court kneecaps EPA
The US Supreme Court has significantly weakened the nation’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).