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Prof. Dr. Billy Tang Appointed to Drive Sustainability, Food Security & Inclusivity in Higher Education in Malaysia and Beyond.

Prof. Dr. Billy Tang Chee Seng PWD Smart FarmAbility The Malaysia Education Empowerment Organisation (MEEO) has officially appointed Prof. Dr. Billy Tang Chee Seng, FRSA as Head of Food Security and Inclusivity, while he also assumes the role of Dean of the Faculty of Sustainability, Food Security and ESG at Wilmington Metropolitan University (Malaysia Chapter). […]

Industrias Partners with Hungry Jack’s to Deliver Nationwide Solar System Audits

Industrias has announced a new nationwide partnership with Hungry Jack’s, focusing on the proactive annual inspection of their rooftop solar energy systems. As part of this collaboration, Industrias will conduct comprehensive system audits annually  across Hungry Jack’s with solar installations, allowing sufficient time for findings to be addressed and remediated in a cost-effective manner. This […]

CALLING ALL EDUCATORS, PARENTS & COMMUNITY LEADERS: Join the 30-Day Koala Challenge This Save the Koala Month!

Australian Koala Foundation The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) is calling on schools, kindergartens, daycares, community clubs, parents, teachers, carers and anyone working with children to get involved in Save the Koala Month (STKM) this September — with an initiative designed especially for kids (grown-ups are welcome too!): 30 Days and 30 Ways to Help Our […]

A tick for certainty, but regions need more support in Victorian Transmission Plan

The Renewable Energy Alliance (RE-Alliance) Rural and regional communities across Victoria now have a plan for the build out of the renewable energy infrastructure needed to replace the state’s ageing coal-fired power stations over the next 15 years. VicGrid has released the Victorian Transmission Plan, responding to feedback from agriculture, environment, community, and industry groups […]

Industry Welcomes National Push for Mandatory Solar Panel Stewardship

The Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) welcomes Friday’s commitment by Commonwealth, state, and territory governments to progress work on a national product stewardship scheme for solar panels, ensuring these products are responsibly managed from production to end-of-life. The announcement, following the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council meeting in Sydney, is […]

Countries must choose new path after UN plastics treaty talks collapse

Plastic waste on a beach © Ake Ngiamsanguan, iStockphoto, Getty Images WWF-Australia WWF has called on countries including Australia to pursue a new path to tackle the plastic pollution crisis after UN talks to secure a global plastic treaty ended in failure. Representatives from 185 countries met in Geneva for INC-5.2 in a last effort to agree […]

Polestar 3 sets Guinness World Record for longest journey travelled by an electric SUV on a single charge

·      New unmodified Polestar 3 Long range Single motor achieves 935.44 km (581.3 miles) on a single charge on UK public roads ·      Record officially recognised by Guinness Book of World Records ·      Real-world journey took 22 hours and 57 minutes and the Polestar 3 achieved an efficiency of […]

AusNet and Wipro Deliver Landmark Energy Sector Transformation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Implementation

Ketan Panchal, Managing Director and Country Head for Australia, Wipro Limited Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO), a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company, today announced the successful completion of a large-scale cloud ERP system transformation, using RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition for AusNet, Victoria’s largest diversified energy network business. […]

Meet the tiny macho mite that fights its rivals for reproductive rights

It’s survival of the fittest in nature, and an alien-looking ground mite demonstrates how the most promiscuous males fight and sometimes even cannibalise other males to ‘win’ greater access to females. Flinders University researchers have found that these tiny mites (Rhizoglyphus echinopus), which can breed to pest levels and damage bulb crops including onions and garlic, can […]

Consensus torpedos Global Plastics Treaty negotiations after marathon late-night talks in Geneva

184 countries gathered in Geneva unable to deliver Global Plastics Treaty after negotiations extend through the night  Negotiations falter after yielding to consensus with low ambition countries, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the USA 140,000 tonnes of plastic enters the Australian environment every year Australia’s oceans, coastlines, and remote Indigenous communities will suffer the consequences […]
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