Zurich has created two new insurance policies to support greenhouse gas mitigation technologies and address the unique needs of carbon capture and sequestration.

The Australian gas transmission industry has called on the Rudd government to increase its focus on natural gas and introduce a 'gas target' for power generation to encourage lower-cost means of reducing carbon emissions.

Recycled water will be used in washing machines in a South Australian regional coastal development.

Australia is set to increase its recycling capacity with the introduction of the television and computer monitor recycling company, CRT Recycling Australia.

'Smart’ fridges that run on renewable electricity and are capable of negotiating the most energy-efficient way to keep food cold have been developed by researchers from CSIRO’s Energy Transformed Flagship.

A new protocol for testing greywater treatment technologies in Australia could boost efforts to conserve the nation’s water resources.

Specialist training for NSW councils and Regional Organisations of Councils is being presented by the Urban Sustainbility Support Alliance (USSA). The training is designed to help councils make sustainability a key part of their planning and practices and ensure their community's ecological future.

NSW councils are on their way to saving 10,000 megalitres of water by July 2010, thanks to a $22m joint initiative of the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW (LGSA) and the NSW Water Directorate.

Black & Veatch will provide consulting services on the Central Region Small and Medium Towns Development Project in Vietnam. The project plans include investments in water supply, wastewater and drainage and solid waste infrastructure in the central region of Vietnam.

Cleaning up contaminated land in the heart of Australia’s industrial cities could provide a timely boost in value to the national urban real estate portfolio.

The NSW Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Carmel Tebbutt, announced two new programs to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and help NSW businesses cut power use.

Leighton Contractors has expanded its capability in the Australian renewable energy sector by executing agreements with two global technology providers to explore and develop wave and solar power projects in the region.

International professional services company GHD has been engaged to develop an irrigation modernisation plan for one of Australia’s most important irrigation areas.

The NSW government’s go-slow on introducing technology to capture harmful petrol vapour at service stations will expose hundreds of thousands of motorists to harmful chemicals and undermine efforts to reduce air pollution, according to the Total Environment Centre (TEC).

Westpac New Zealand Ltd has achieved a milestone in sustainability, by achieving Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS) certification as part of its strategy to reduce its carbon footprint.