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.

A seminar to explore how paste and thickened tailings can assist mine waste management will be hosted by the Australian Centre for Geomechanics (ACG), University of Western Australia.

Sustainable business management and new dual degrees are some of the new study options at The University of Queensland this year.

The recycling industry is calling for tougher regulation on gas bottle producers after a metal recycler was fined over an exploding bottle.

Sydney is ready for a desalination plant four times bigger than the one recently opened in Perth, Dr Jim Gill told delegates at the Oz water conference in Sydney today.

WorkSafe Victoria announced this week that nominations for its 2007 WorkSafe Awards are open.