Environment stories
Businesses receive a poster with a QR code that customers can scan to register as visiting the premises to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
SAS launches COVID-19 Data Analytics Resource Hub offering free resources including data, analytics and learning tools.
Researchers at the University of Sydney are using Amazon Web Services to analyse genetic data and develop strategies to save Australia's threatened species.
The semiconductor specialists are aiming to bring new wireless charging and connected IoT solutions to the consumer and industrial markets.
Planners warn the rushed consents could sideline community input and environmental safeguards as recovery projects are sped through this month.
New rules will impose tougher farm controls and swimming standards, but scientists warn implementation will determine whether waterways actually improve.
Better freight services and more reliable trains are set to follow, as the funding also covers new ferries and ageing locomotives.
New Zealand’s wage subsidy extension and infrastructure spending are meant to blunt soaring unemployment as the economy heads into recession.
Recognition of waste-to-energy plants as essential has sharpened focus on their role in safely treating infectious rubbish during the pandemic.
Temporary changes to resource consenting could speed up Covid-19 recovery projects, though councils warn wider planning reforms must follow.
Lockdowns are set to cut CO2 emissions by at least 5% this year, but any climate gain could be erased unless stimulus backs cleaner growth.
Remote work, home schooling and digital healthcare could outlast the pandemic, reshaping cities, travel and emissions for years to come.
Its climate potential for steelmaking could help cut coal use, as researchers uncover a zero-carbon way to make iron using hydrogen.
A waxworm’s gut microbes could help scientists devise ways to break down polyethylene, offering a possible route to curb mounting plastic pollution.
Youth, immigrants and urban Maori are most at risk as planners warn New Zealand must better reflect its diverse communities.
Recycling plants are cutting contamination and costs as nearly 100 AI-powered machines take over the tedious sorting humans often get wrong.
Environmental pressure is forcing China to curb single-use plastics, with major cities set to lose plastic bags by year-end.
Indigenous-led Warrgambi secures landmark contract with Boon Edam Australia, boosting its footprint in security solutions for government and private sectors.
Sector growth is set to lift jobs and exports as smaller Kiwi tech firms tap climate, finance and 4IR demand over the next decade.
The donation will go to the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, a non-profit that runs programmes to help the local fauna flourish.
