ABB has secured key contracts to supply motors and drives to the Gold Coast desalination plant. The plant, which is owned by the Queensland state government and Gold Coast City Council, claims to be the largest desalination plant on the eastern seaboard and is located at Tugun on the Gold Coast.

The ‘Mobile Muster’ scheme is seriously flawed, according to two recent reports by the mobile phone industry and a survey conducted by the Total Environment Centre.

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research has been awarded close to $1.7 million of Foundation for Research, Science and Technology funding for nearly four years of research on the economics of climate change and its impact on New Zealand.

Impact: a changing land is a free exhibition at the State Library of NSW, 3 November 2007 - 24 February 2008. The exhibition exposes the controversial history of both harm and affection for the environment since the disappearance of the Norfolk Island Mount Pitt bird over 200 years ago.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was announced as the winner of the Banksia International Award, recognising the huge inroads the Californian Governor has made in generating environmental discussion and taking action to halt climate change both in the United States and around the world.

Waste from the Sydney Entertainment Centre will get a new lease of life and reduce the centre’s impact on climate change.

One smart and scientific way of helping to solve the world's problem of reducing carbon release through energy use is to put the carbon back where it came from — in the ground.

The Waste to Art Design Competition showcases creative artworks made solely from re-used and recyclable waste materials — turning rubbish into art.

The Rocks could become one of the first plastic bag-free zones in Sydney, with more than 70 businesses trading their plastic bags for paper this weekend.

The nation’s first Climate Change legislation has become law. The Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007 makes South Australia the first place in Australia to legislate targets to reduce greenhouse emissions.

The Federal Government has announced it will increase spending on combating greenhouse gas emissions by $627 million.

An Australian owned and run water technology provider has caught the wave of industry growth, announcing its third major acquisition in 18 months.

The MacDonald Johnston Engineering Company, with a 55-year history in supplying street sweeping and refuse collection equipment, is now known as MacDonald Johnston.

Eight river management projects have been announced as finalists in the National and International Thiess Riverprize, worth a total of $400,000.

The Sustainable Packaging Alliance’s (SPA’s) 13th Round Table ‘Design for Recycling’ will be held in Melbourne today.