Search results for: emissions standards

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4 August 2020

Electric Vehicle incentives missing from voluntary CO2 car emission standards

Australia needs to significantly increase its number of zero emission Electric Vehicles to meet new voluntary carbon emission targets.

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14 November 2019

Griffith research to help tourism operators reduce carbon emissions

Griffith University researchers are leading a project to help tourism operators worldwide reduce their carbon emissions.

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15 October 2015
A white VW in a shop factory.

VW saga throws bad light on standards here

Off-the-pace emissions standards in Australia are leaving the door open for car manufacturers and importers to ‘dump’ high-polluting new vehicles...

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22 July 2024
Appliance junk

Is Australia becoming a dumping ground for unrepairable appliances?

What happens when appliances break? Unfortunately, broken appliances are unlikely to be repaired. It doesn’t have to be this way, however. If we fail to keep up with legal developments in other parts of the world, Australia could soon become a dumping ground for cheap and nasty appliances.

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5 October 2023

Food for thought: why vegan pet food could help save the planet

Major environmental benefits associated with vegan diets for dogs, cats and people.  

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12 July 2023
QHHCoP event

Building heat resilience with the Queensland Heat Health Community of Practice

With temperatures rising across the globe, the need to adapt our communities to a warmer world is both urgent and...

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24 February 2021

Green rental housing policy saves money and the environment

A shift towards green building standards will unlock environmental, economic and social benefits in the affordable rental housing sector new Griffith University research has found.

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21 April 2020

Geoengineering not a climate change quick fix

Untested 'techno-fixes' such as geoengineering are not the answer to climate change mitigation.

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15 October 2019

Australia is OECD’S “laggard” in supporting the uptake of Electric Vehicles

By Dr Anna Mortimore Griffith Business School The Australian Government’s annual emission report for the year to December 2018, showedtransport...

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12 November 2017

The future of small and medium size enterprises in Australia

By Associate Professor Brett Freudenberg Law Futures Centre Risk & Innovation Program Leader The Future of Small and Medium Enterprises...

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