The Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) has released industry advice claimed to place Australia at the cutting edge in the clean-up of petroleum-based contaminants in groundwater. [ + ]

Researchers from China, Switzerland and Australia have investigated 26 cultivars of wheat, husk oat, naked oat and barley for their potential use as a tool to clean up strontium from soils after a nuclear accident. [ + ]

The Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) has released industry advice claimed to place Australia at the cutting edge in the clean-up of petroleum-based contaminants in groundwater. [ + ]

Researchers from China, Switzerland and Australia have investigated 26 cultivars of wheat, husk oat, naked oat and barley for their potential use as a tool to clean up strontium from soils after a nuclear accident. [ + ]

The University of Sydney will substantially reduce the carbon footprint of its listed share portfolio over the next three years, with a reduction target of 20% relative to the footprint of its current listed equity composite benchmark. [ + ]

Health, safety and environment (HSE) recruitment company safesearch has released the results of its annual remuneration survey, answered by 1200 HSE individuals across 133 companies. The survey revealed there has been an average salary decrease of 4.8% across all environmental roles other than GM/head of level. [ + ]

As part of the 16th Annual Sustainable Living Festival, being held this month in Melbourne, there will be free workshops for organisations looking to responsibly manage unwanted electronics and batteries. [ + ]

The Australian Government will allocate $25 million over five years to a carbon capture and storage (CCS) research project based in Victoria, according to Minister for Industry and Science Ian Macfarlane. [ + ]

The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council has appointed Ken Maher - Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of NSW - as its new president. [ + ]

Commercial property services firm CBRE has set out to increase green space in its offices by 20%, demonstrating the company's ongoing commitment to sustainability. [ + ]

Commercial property services firm CBRE has set out to increase green space in its offices by 20%, demonstrating the company's ongoing commitment to sustainability. [ + ]

The Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council has appointed Ken Maher - Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Built Environment at the University of NSW - as its new president. [ + ]

As part of the 16th Annual Sustainable Living Festival, being held this month in Melbourne, there will be free workshops for organisations looking to responsibly manage unwanted electronics and batteries. [ + ]

Accounting firm RSM Cameron is encouraging businesses to consider participating in the Australian Government's first Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction, set to take place in March this year. [ + ]

The second edition of the book Young Children and the Environment: Early Learning for Sustainability has been released. Designed to promote sustainability education for children up to eight years of age, the updated edition broadens the book's scope beyond environmental sustainability to also emphasise the social aspects of sustainability. [ + ]