Water reuse in south-west Western Australia is being targeted by a CSIRO flagship called ‘The Water for a Healthy Country’.

The inside story of recycling scrap metal will be on show this month when Simsmetal opens up its St Marys’ yard for a public information day.

A new study suggests that some of the microorganisms found in cow waste may provide a reliable source of electricity.

Water recycling and sustainable housing will be hot topics at a Central Queensland University hosted water seminar to be held in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, on Friday February 17.

As part of its Greenhouse Plan, the NSW Government is offering up to $9.7 million in funding over four years for projects that help minimise greenhouse gas emissions or assist the adaptation to climate change impacts in the areas of waste, transport, forestry, agriculture, industry processes or land use (but not including energy generation and use).

The Australian Wind Energy Association (Auswind) has welcomed an announcement from the Howard government declaring that the debate over climate change is over.

Green energy - power produced and harnessed during the treatment process in some sewage works in the United Kingdom - is helping to run operations within them.

According to a study by Ensis, the joint venture between Australia’s CSIRO and New Zealand’s SCION, the use of new forests as carbon sinks remains a valuable mechanism for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

The Gold Coast City Council is looking to establish a desalination plant to top up water supplies in times of drought.

CQU Plant Sciences PhD researcher Ben Kele has won a Queensland Regional Achievers Award for his development of an on-site wastewater treatment and re-use system – the patented Kele Effluent and Wastewater Treatment System (KEWT).

The federal government and the four major car manufacturers have made recent announcements to actively support and encourage a biofuels industry in Australia.

An independent survey shows that state and territory councils continue to take strong action to reduce greenhouse gases within their communities.

The interest in planting leucaena has skyrocketed in Queensland over the past decade as graziers realise its value. It provides a way to intensify their production systems in a sustainable way. Interest is so high that the University of Queensland is offering courses in Leucaena.

Environmental consultancy, Molino Stewart, has put together a resource for the community and industry that will help get more environmental projects off the ground.

Central Queensland University's coral obervers are tipping a possible mass bleaching of the Keppel region for the first time since 2002.