Dr John Church of CSIRO has been awarded the 2007 University of New South Wales Eureka Prize for Scientific Research.

The second annual Eco Expo Asia will be held 27–30 October. This year it will highlight the theme of ‘Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)’, as this has become one of the increasing concerns in both the environmental health and safety field and the general public.

Despite high average annual rainfalls and balmy temperatures, an expert from The Australian National University warns that small island nations in the Pacific face freshwater supply and sanitation problems among the most critical in the world.

Sustainable House Day (SHD) is a national open house day for sustainably designed houses organised by the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES). The 6th annual event will be held 8 – 9 September 2007.

The 10th International Riversymposium & Environmental Flows Conference has teamed with Climate Friendly to implement a climate-neutral event and offset its carbon emissions.

The Ethos Foundation and Green Cross Australia are presenting a one-day ‘Leading for the Future’ roundtable on climate change at Queensland Parliament House on Wednesday 29 August.

In the lead-up to the federal election, Australian industry is calling for priority action to clean up the nation's legacy of past industrial contamination, to enhance the nation's ‘clean green’ export image.

Australia's clean-up scientists are getting ready to kick ASS (otherwise known as acid sulphate soils).

The food, beverage, packaging and manufacturing industries are invited to submit an abstract for the 2008 Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) National Conference, to be held 12-13 June 2008 at Luna Park, Sydney.

Nuclear power could be as cheap as coal if the cost of carbon capture and storage is considered, according to Professor Peter Johnston, head of physics at RMIT and panel member of the 2006 federal government review into the nuclear industry.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and banking and insurance company Fortis have announced an agreement naming Fortis the financial services provider for the UNDP’s MDG Carbon Facility. The announcement also marks the operational launch of the facility, an innovative means of harnessing the vast resources of the carbon market to bring long-term sustainable development to a more diverse share of developing countries.

The Waste Contractors and Recyclers Association (WCRA) has been formed in Queensland.

Binderless Coal Briquetting Company, in conjunction with CSIRO, has developed a process which reduces the moisture content of low-value coals while significantly upgrading the energy content.

The general public are now able to download millions of pieces of climate, water resource and other environmental information for free.

An Australian-owned and run water technology provider has completed its third major acquisition in 18 months and has also found a private equity partner to enable further expansion.