Newcastle Green News

A NEW technique that enables scientists to freeze frog eggs and store genetic information could help conserve other species facing extinction, researchers say. A University of Newcastle team has developed a world-first method of retaining frog genomes by freezing their...

AIR quality standards are being "routinely exceeded" in some parts of the state's Hunter region, NSW conservationists say. The impact of air quality on health is the subject of a Senate committee public hearing in Newcastle. Almost 160 submissions have...

Delays are occurring on the Pacific Highway on the NSW mid-north coast, and on the Princes Highway on the south coast, the RTA says. Southbound traffic at Bulahdelah, north of Newcastle, is also slow. Advertisement: Story continues below "This is...

People are being given too many recycling bins' Two councils managed with just one bin, the survey said Councils are asking householders to sort their rubbish into as many as nine bins to boost recycling, a survey suggests. On average,...