An Australian automobile manufacturer is supporting a long-term university research project to develop a hydrogen engine.

A greenhouse gas calculator has been produced for Australian cotton growers. The calculator will allow growers to gain an overall indication of the CO2 contribution from nitrogen gases and fossil fuel use on farms.

Victorian companies have been recognised for outstanding achievement in water conservation at the recent Savewater awards.

A pioneering centre has been set up at one of the UK’s leading universities to tackle the problems related to the management of the planet’s increasingly fragile water resources.

A small but significant number of dairy farmers are compromising the quality of waterways by failing to control effluent and nutrient run-off, according to the latest Snapshot of Progress on the Clean Streams Accord.

Caltex Australia has launched a version of its 2006 annual report online by emailing 5000 of its shareholders for the first time with a link instead of mailing a book.

Australia's awards for research into critical environmental sustainability issues, the Museum Eureka Prizes, have been launched for 2007.

Designbuild, in conjunction with the Green Building Council, the Australian Architecture Association and BCI Australia, will have Australian and international practitioners of environmentally sustainable architecture, design, building and construction presenting at the 2007 Designbuild Green Building Seminar program.

Virgin Blue has launched a comprehensive and certified carbon offset program that forms part of its integrated strategy to address environmental impact issues, including greenhouse gas emissions.

The British government has outlined a framework to manage the UK's transition to a low carbon economy.

Plantic Technologies Limited, an Australian-based biodegradable materials technology company which has developed an environmentally-friendly alternative to petrochemical-based plastics, has announced its intention to list on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

Dr Susan Page, environmental researcher at the University of Leicester, is to head an international team to protect an area that stores up to 70 billion tonnes of carbon.

UK-based company Syriniox has developed a water leakage system to detect very small leaks in large trunk water mains before bigger leaks occur.

New Zealand-based Flotech has signed a contract with existing partner Kobelco Eco-Solutions to provide a new biogas plant in Japan using its patented Greenlane technology.

Renew NSW is calling for suggestions on how to change attitudes towards waste and suitable waste management and resource recovery projects from public, private and government sectors.