Almost $2.7m in grants from government and industry partners has been received by Victoria University researchers for three innovative desalination projects.

There is concern that the electronic waste contamination in Asia could potentially spread worldwide.

The winners of the Peter Cullen Eureka Prize for Water Research and Innovation have been announced.

GE, a global leader in water and process technologies, and Osmoflo, the largest Australian-owned desalination and water recycling company in Australia, have entered into a strategic alliance.

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, has met with his European counterpart to discuss developments in the global carbon market.

The IDA World Congress 2011 on Desalination and Water Re-use opened in Perth on 4 September with a program focus of ‘Sustainable Solutions for a Thirsty Planet’.

Adelaide is host to an international science summit from 7-15 September that will focus on how we clean up our contaminated world.

The Green Building Council of Australia and Australian Institute of Architects have signed a memorandum of understanding that will boost the construction industry’s green collar skills.

The WA government has opened Australia’s first Desal Discovery Centre and dedicated Desal Research Facility at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus and has also announced funding of $3.8m in new desalination research.

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Concerns have been raised over new planning rules that have been introduced by the Victorian Government that restrict new wind farm developments.

Australian sustainable resource recovery management specialist SITA Australia launches its new brand and identity.

SMA Australia is providing solar training at its North Ryde premises and via its Solar Academy Roadshow.

A Commercialisation Australia grant will enable an Australian invention that simulates stormwater flows to go global.

Regional Australia is set to benefit from the Carbon Farming Initative that has passed through Parliament today.