Scientists are working on an electric plug design that can monitor the amount of energy being used by the appliance connected to it.

Rocla Pipeline Products has completed the full integration of CDS Technologies’ stormwater business which it acquired in March 2007.

BP Solar expects the number of Queensland homes installing solar power to jump from 400 last year to more than 150,000 over the next 20 years, following the announcement by the Queensland government of the Solar Bonus Scheme.

A plant-like microorganism mostly found in oceans could make the manufacture of products such as iridescent cosmetics, paints and fabrics, and credit-card holograms much cheaper and greener, according to scientists in Britain.

The worldwide Royal Haskoning DeltaCompetition has started. Students with innovative ideas and creative solutions for adapting the delta regions of the world to climate change impacts have until 1 April 2008 to register their interest in this international competition.

An index to track the performance of more than 75 Australian-listed stocks in the cleantech industry with a combined market capitalisation of more than $13 billion has been launched in Melbourne.

It is time Australia stopped treating fly-ash from coal-fired power generation as a waste — and started to regard it as a valuable resource with many end uses, according to Professor Colin Ward of the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development and University of NSW.

BP Solar has started working to manufacture and supply Australian-made solar panels to Adelaide Airport so that the state’s commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) system could begin operating by the middle of this year.

Greening Australia and the Tasmanian government entered into an Australian-first partnership today following Premier Lennon’s announcement in state parliament regarding the government’s commitment to reducing and offsetting carbon emissions.

Water Standard Company has received up to US$250 million in equity funding to develop its solution to help ease the world’s growing water crisis.

A survey of more than 2000 households in Queensland, Victoria, NSW and South Australia has revealed that more than 75% of Australians want to reduce energy consumption in the home and implement a rapid response to climate change.

Australia and China have signed an international agreement for clean coal research.

NZ Environment Minister Trevor Mallard has announced that Dr Rajendra Pachauri (UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change Nobel Laureate), President Tong of Kiribati and Achim Steiner (United Nations Environment Programme executive director) will be coming to New Zealand to help celebrate the internationally recognised World Environment Day on 5 June.

Sydney’s ANZ Stadium has set the precedent for recycling and environmental initiatives among stadiums in NSW by implementing a closed-loop recycling program at its 80,000 seat Homebush Bay site.

The Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, will officially open the Irrigation Australia 2008 conference and deliver the first keynote address in May.