The Gillard Labor government has announced another major step towards establishing the Carbon Farming Initiative, a carbon offsets scheme that will provide new economic opportunities for farmers, forest growers and landholders and help the environment by reducing carbon pollution.

The National Centre of Excellence in Desalination has awarded nearly $3 million in funding to research projects investigating ways to advance desalination technology.

The Chief Executive of the Clean Energy Council says the increased affordability of solar power in Australia means the technology is fast becoming “the Hills Hoist of the 21st century”.

SITA Environmental Solutions (SITA), a 60:40 Suez Environnement (France) and Sembcorp Industries (Singapore) joint venture, has announced the acquisition of the New South Wales Government's waste services firm, WSN Environmental Solutions (WSN).

Serendipity Ice Cream has won the 2010 Sustainability Leadership award at the 2010 Environment Awards for its continued strong leadership in and commitment to the ‘target sustainability @ Marrickville’ program.

B & V Water Treatment, one of the UK’s largest Legionella control and water treatment companies, has been named Business of the Year in a prestigious awards ceremony.

Australia has renewed its commitment to a clean environment and healthy, safe community by extending its national research effort into contamination and clean-up by a further nine years.

Wastech Engineering has achieved a Product Assessment Certificate from Ecospecifier for its Smoothtubes chute system. In addition, a GreenRate Green Building Scheme pre-assessment has been conducted and it was found that this product is likely to contribute to the achievement of Green Building rating tool credits.

Flex Ethanol Australia is a company that will be formed with the support of GM Holden to bring a waste-to-ethanol plant a step closer in Australia.

Energetics and EPA Victoria have been named recipients of the inaugural Victorian CitySwitch Green Office Awards for their achievements in reducing office energy use.

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Australian Carbon Trust and Origin have signed an agreement to develop a strategic alliance for dedicated and more accessible financing, designed to accelerate the uptake of energy-efficiency technologies and practices by Australian businesses.

Staff and students from Swinburne University’s Carbon Accounting course at the National Centre of Sustainability have donated their time and resources to create an Eco Report for Victoria’s largest food relief charity.

The Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) has released two expert scientific reports on serious issues facing the nation - Australia and Food Security in a Changing World and Challenges at Energy-Water-Carbon Intersections.

CSIRO has welcomed the award of a $5.65 million grant from the Australian Solar Institute towards three major solar research projects worth a total of $16 million.