A decline in carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions absorbed by land and oceans is speeding up the growth of atmospheric CO₂, according to a paper published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

A study of Australian investment in the emerging cleantech (or clean technologies) sector has found a higher proportion of local cleantech investments in agriculture, energy storage, transportation and water than has been the case in North America and Europe.

Armstrong World Industries recently won the federal government’s Greenhouse Challenge Plus Award in Canberra.

Australian geothermal energy company KUTh Energy Limited has announced the first appointment to its Technical Advisory Board.  

Walk Against Warming 2007 will be held on Sunday 11 November, two weeks out from the 2007 federal election, and is anticipated to attract hundreds of thousands of people in towns and cities across the country.

Spicers Paper has announced that it and its suppliers will move towards the goal of providing 100% certified sustainable papers by 2009 and will strive for carbon neutrality as a business ahead of the New Zealand national target of 2012.

Australian companies like to espouse their green credentials, however 53.9% of businesses still do not have a formal energy policy, according to a whitepaper by Proudfoot Consulting.

The online Climate Change Education Program, made in Australia, is being piloted in Britain by the Gould Group and will be released in London at the Environmental Trade Show BETTS.

Are chemicals, such as human hormones and pharmaceuticals, getting into Australian water supplies and creating possible health risks to the public? Researchers from the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Quality and Treatment are holding an industry workshop in Melbourne giving an overview of recent studies attempting to provide answers to this question.

Online social networking technology has been put to use by the commercial property sector, which has launched a $1.5 million online encyclopaedia and networking tool to help create green and profitable commercial buildings.

As part of National Recycling Week, RENEW NSW (the state-wide organisation that focuses on improving waste management practices in rural and regional NSW) is urging residents to get involved in recycling programs in their local community and to work together to make a difference to the environment.

The surging growth in Western Australia's employment has brought a new, large workplace safety trade show and conference to the state.

Biolytix has been announced as the biggest mover on the ‘Q400 List’ of Queensland’s leading private companies, surging past 95 other businesses.

The Panasonic World Solar Challenge (PWSC) is back this month (21-28 October) and is celebrating its 20th anniversary with another 3000 km journey straight down Australia’s desert belly, on the Stuart Highway — from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Energy Minister David Parker have launched the New Zealand Energy Strategy, which sets the country firmly on a path towards clean, renewable energy.