Melbourne Green News

S Health Department wanted cattle barred from the state's rivers in the interests of human health, according to a series of letters sent to the Department of Sustainability and Environment this year. The letters, sent by the Health Department's drinking...

In a new research, an international team of geologists has determined that sulfur-rich ores that blanket Western Australia may have formed billions of years ago from volcanic eruptions, which eventually settled around hot springs on the ocean floor. According to...

A NEW Australian campaign on climate change has been selected to feature at the UN's Copenhagen summit as an example of how ordinary people can cut greenhouse emissions. Since launching six months ago, the 1 Million Women campaign has signed...

All emissions sources have to be included for a reduction scheme to work. I N 1992, in response to the threat of global warming, the governments of the world agreed to "stabilise greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a...

He's quick with the jokes, a whiz at impersonations and the rebel filmmaker on the 6021-kilometre trek. It was Mr Wolahan, a senior constable with Victoria Police, who recently joked at a community forum that sharing a confined space for...

Parliament's Public Works Committee has approved a $28 million plan for a mid-life refurbishment of the Harry Seidler-designed Australian embassy in Paris...It aims to replace mechanical equipment, early warning systems, fire detection and exit and emergency lighting, and install energy...

Beach-front homes in bayside suburbs could be vulnerable to rising sea levels. Government to protect communities against any threat of inundation. Two government reports last week on the expected impact of climate change and sea level rises showed even under...