Seven cities are creating a Butt Free Australia by reducing cigarette butt littering in their CBDs by an average of almost 18%.

Should Australia have a nuclear industry? According to Prime Minister John Howard, this is a debate we must have. Cabinet has now signed off on his proposal to investigate the economic, environmental and health and safety aspects of an expanded nuclear industry. The report is due back to Howard by the end of the year.

Some of the world's best-known conservation biologists are joining forces to establish a $6.9 million research centre to address Australia's environmental challenges.

The 2006 Sustainable Economic Growth for Regional Australia (SEGRA) Conference will be conducted in Launceston, Northern Tasmania from 28-30 August 2006.

Less than four months after signing a $2 million, 2 year contract to demonstrate flexile solar panels based on Dye Solar Cell technology to provide portable and sustainable energy, the project team has met the first major contract milestone.

Sanitaire a global wastewater treatment company has released a brochure for their Membrane Disc Diffusers.

The impacts of climate change will be felt globally over the next century, according to the August 2003 issue of Austral Ecology – for the Ecological Society of Australia, published by Blackwell Publishing.

HaulMaster Equipment, Melbourne based manufacturers of Hook Lift and Mini Skip Bin Systems has been purchased by Lyco Innovations and will trade as HaulMaster by Lyco.

The Joule Centre for Energy Research will be launched at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, it is the Northwest’s first centre for the development of sustainable energy technologies.

Australian cricket player, Glenn McGrath, is helping Keep Australia Beautiful launch its national awards program around the country this week, to recognise community initiatives that reduce plastic bag use.

Delft University of Technology research has discovered a method that could drastically change the way we purify water within a few years. Delft, in partnership with DHV engineering bureau, has developed a compact and environmentally-friendly purification method, in which aerobic bacteria form granules that sink quickly.

The Australian Government plans to help local communities, businesses and councils take action to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions with the availability of grants totalling almost $2.2 million.

Biodieselathome.net, a company aimed at spreading information about alternative fuels has introduced instructions for making inexpensive alternative fuels at home.

Victorians have been encouraged to reduce their energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a new campaign unveiled by the Victorian Government.

Enviroequip is hosting a series of ground water seminars in August to be presented by David Kaminski, international expert in ground water sampling methods.