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Ship engine exhaust emissions may threaten environment: researcher 9/10/2012

Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according to a recently-published study by CSIRO and the ...

Could Chinese investment really hurt Australia? 8/26/2012

While debate about Chinese investment in Australia is on the boil, we still don't know what will be cooked up.

Emission reduction technology gets funding boost 7/15/2012

Curtin University researchers will develop new technology for reducing carbon dioxide emissions after receiving $1 million of State Government funding.

How the carbon tax works 6/29/2012

Carbon pricing is essentially about ensuring the economy can grow without emissions growing at the same time.

Carbon scheme in danger of going up in smoke 6/25/2012

Political squabbling runs the risk of turning the world’s best carbon pricing scheme into the world's shortest-lived.

Climate change expert: Australia will go nuclear by 2030 6/12/2012

A University of Adelaide scientist believes it is inevitable that Australia will become a user of the world's most advanced nuclear power technology, if the country is serious about ...

Is the mining boom good news for jobs in WA? 6/8/2012

You would have to have lived under a rock to not know about the present resources boom in Australia, and particularly in Western Australia (WA). WA has the largest share of mining ...

Improved efficiency - the climate's worst enemy? 5/13/2012

Anthony James, Lecturer with the National Centre for Sustainability at Swinburne University of Technology asks whether improving efficiency may make our energy and climate problems ...

Time for government to pick a renewable energy winner 4/30/2012

OPINION: Let’s start with a question: why has Denmark been so successful in renewable energy creation and uptake?

Current coal seam gas approach not covering risks 3/28/2012

Australia would greatly benefit from a "slow down and learn approach" to managing possible risks from coal seam gas extraction given the near impossible challenge of modelling its ...

Intelligent design: Wise up and build for the climate 3/28/2012

There may be no belching smoke stacks to be seen, but every time we thoughtlessly put up a poorly designed structure or resort to energy-intensive solutions to cool, heat, and operate ...

Challenging questions as the 'Asian Century' begins 3/28/2012

Asia's boom economies, led by China and India, must overcome a series of complex challenges to guarantee the region's long-term prosperity, according to Asian Development Bank ...

Global emissions surge back after GFC 3/23/2012

A recent spike in worldwide carbon emissions growth was caused by the rebound from the global financial crisis (GFC) and is likely to be a one-off, according to a new study from The ...

US Navy taps into Australian biofuel capabilities 2/8/2012

Biofuel technology being developed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers has caught the interest of the US Navy, which is currently in Australia on an alternative ...

Vehicle fuel efficiency - where have all the savings gone? 1/26/2012

Carmakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist from the US explains ...

Engineers make "building blocks" of chemical industry from wood 1/11/2012

Chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts in the US are using a catalytic fast pyrolysis process that transforms renewable non-food biomass into petrochemicals.

Farms could yield jet fuel of the future 1/3/2012

Ever since the Wright brothers, the aviation industry has been looking for ways to fly further faster. Now with the help of the US Department of Energy (DOE), Virent, and DOE's ...

Sustainable plastics and paints get research boost 11/30/2011

Sustainable ways to produce plastics, foams, paints and other everyday materials could be the outcome of a $10 million, four-year project about to commence at the University of Sydney. ...

Tiny cell technology helps boost fuel economy 11/13/2011

Ford in the United States has won a Society of Plastic Engineers award for the "Most Innovative Use of Plastics" for its MuCell instrument panel innovation on the new Ford Escape.

Resources boom impact has peaked, economists warn 11/13/2011