HOME ABOUT US ADVERTISE SUBSCRIBE SITEMAP HELP CONTACT   Thursday 9 September 2010 Make EMN my HomePage    GENERAL NEWS STORIES [ 7710 Results - Showing Results 1 to 30 ] Aldi slammed for ‘HFC-rich’ tyre inflator (Wednesday, 8 September 2010) Supermarket chain Aldi has put on sale an ‘emergency tyre inflator’ that is allegedly the first product in Australia to use as a propellant the ozone depleting and global warming gas commonly known as R-22. Green Cooling Association executive director Brent Hoare said the gas was being phased out globally, but Aldi was exploiting a loophole for aerosol applications. Full Story... Anaeco running low on funds for stage 2 AWT project (Wednesday, 8 September 2010) In February advanced waste treatment (AWT) company AnaeCo was very upbeat about its current and future prospects, stating it was “expecting to break ground on stage 2 of its DiCOM AWT plant in Perth by November this year”. It’s not backing away from that timeline, but the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has written to it expressing concern over its cash burn in the last six months. Full Story... A ‘carbon default’ scenario occurring in Australia, US: HSBC (Wednesday, 8 September 2010) The global market for low-carbon energy and efficiency projects most likely won’t benefit from a US cap-and-trade program any time in the next decade, according to a report by HSBC. The bank also predicts low-carbon vehicles, such as electric cars, will be a bigger global market by 2020 than renewable energy, such as wind and solar power. Full Story... Business leaders put forward 23 reasons for an ETS (Wednesday, 8 September 2010) New National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development chairman Rod Leaver has urged other business leaders to join the call for a price on carbon by recommending 23 actions to the next national government. In his first act as chairman of the NBLF, the Lend Lease Australia CEO said “Australian business needs certainty to continue to invest and develop our economy”. Full Story... EU 20% energy efficiency target discussions scaled up (Wednesday, 8 September 2010) EU energy ministers met this week for informal discussions that will shed light on their positions related to the EU's upcoming energy efficiency action plan. The two-day meeting, which started on September 6, will concentrate on protecting energy consumers, while the next day was dedicated to energy infrastructure. On the second day, ministers also discussed energy efficiency at a behind-closed-doors lunch. Full Story... In brief: Nature’s Organics partners with Cardia (Tuesday, 7 September 2010) Nature’s Organics partners with Cardia Greenpeace calls to stop financing Sinar Mas Erratic rainfall to affect 500m in Africa-Asia EU sets new water standards Full Story... Vic EPA CEO comes clean on environment regulation (Monday, 6 September 2010) No stone will be left unturned in EPA Victoria’s review of its compliance and enforcement framework due to start in September. As part of its journey, the EPA is undertaking a review of its compliance and enforcement framework – the environmental rules and what happens if you break them. Full Story... Fellas, for sustainability’s sake, don’t forget the NBN (Monday, 6 September 2010) The shape of the next government for Australia remains uncertain, but the final decision of the three political kingmakers may be only hours away. While their frontline choice is one of Liberal-National or Labor with Greens, at stake is real action on climate and energy. This is true for the next three years and beyond, whichever way they’ve swung, and probably whatever negotiating price they’ve extracted. By Murray Hogarth. Full Story... Sydney’s new water plan to save 145GL of water by 2015 (Monday, 6 September 2010) The NSW Government has released its 2010 Metropolitan Water Plan, which would see close to 25% of greater Sydney's potable and non-potable water needs be met through desalination and recycling by 2015. Currently, greater Sydney uses about 33GL of recycled water, but by 2015 it should aim to use 70GL, according to the study. Full Story... In brief: Banksia 2010 finalists announced (Monday, 6 September 2010) Banksia 2010 finalists announced A Stern warning on climate change NSW Minerals Council welcomes Namoi study eBay thinks inside the box Full Story... New research partnership for clean coal (Monday, 6 September 2010) Australian company Clean Global Energy has entered into agreements with Australian and US based universities to undertake further research into the technical and environmental applications of underground coal gasification (UCG) and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Clean Global Energy can produce syngas for use in heating, power generation and the production of chemicals, fertiliser, ultra-clean diesel and aviation fuels. Full Story... US cars to get green labelled in 2012 (Friday, 3 September 2010) The US EPA and the US Department of Transport (DOT) will unveil on Monday a draft car-labelling scheme detailing for the first time their greenhouse emissions. The compulsory labels would include a bar code that potential buyers can scan with their smart phones for instant access to all the relevant information, including a new measurements of fuel economy. Full Story... Post-carbon parliament (Friday, 3 September 2010) The global warming election that you have when you are not having a global warming election was, in the end, a victory for global warming and a defeat for the sceptics. The last few days have seen the parliament, independent candidate by independent candidate, declare for or against global warming. The sceptics are losing as the relentless head counting goes on. By Francis Grey. Full Story... Yarra Valley Water pours $180 million into water network (Friday, 3 September 2010) Yarra Valley Water invested over $180 million in major infrastructure during the 2009/10 financial year to ensure its water and sewerage network continues to meet demand in Melbourne. Seven projects were completed over the financial year, says its annual report, including the $8 million Craigieburn Aurora Transfer Scheme. Full Story... WA’s Direction 2031 plan welcomed with caution by key groups (Friday, 3 September 2010) WA Planning Minister John Day has release a new planning vision and direction for Perth and the surrounding Peel region in response to expectations that WA's population will pass 2.2 million by 2031. The WA Sustainable Energy Association (WA SEA) welcomed the blueprint but the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) said it has already found holes in it. Full Story... SKM strengthens the PVC recycling sector (Friday, 3 September 2010) Vinyl Cycle, the Australian PVC industry’s voluntary post-consumer bottle recycling initiative, has teamed up with SKM Recycling (SKM) to recover PVC cordial bottles from kerbside municipal waste. Under the contract, SKM will deliver a minimum of 80 tonnes of PVC bottles – or over 1.5 million PVC cordial bottles a year. The first shipment of 24 tonnes of recovered PVC bottles has been delivered to Vinyl Cycle’s PVC recycler in Geelong. Full Story... In brief: GBCA starts Green Star community plan (Thursday, 2 September 2010) GBCA starts Green Star community plan Mackay Airport aims for 50% recycling Lithium batteries are eco conscious 97% of Aussies becoming energy efficient Full Story... SA begins phasing in landfill bans (Wednesday, 1 September 2010) The SA EPA has stronger powers to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and increase reuse of valuable resources with the introduction today of new Waste to Resources legislation. A swag of wastes from today will be banned from direct disposal to landfill. Full Story... Business group wants next PM to deliver a ‘green economy’ (Wednesday, 1 September 2010) Environment Business Australia (EBA) has put forward six key climate change recommendations to the Independents and the Greens in the midst of heated negotiations with the two major parties. Interestingly, one of the six points calls on the Federal Government to adopt similar climate policies to those put on the table by new UK Prime Minister David Cameron, including “creating a pooled index fund, climate bonds, and/or a Green Investment Bank”. Full Story... In brief: Dell’s three C’s of recycling (Tuesday, 31 August 2010) Dell’s three C’s of recycling Apple gets bioplastic makeover Mildura grows crops from wastewater Scales of evidence needed for IPCC reports Full Story... Canberra’s mixed results in latest progress scorecard (Tuesday, 31 August 2010) Canberran’s are becoming more water-wise and less wasteful, but at the same time their ecological footprint and greenhouse emissions have increased, according to the latest update of the ACT Government’s Measuring Our Progress online report card. Full Story... Building a six star Green Star Ark (Tuesday, 31 August 2010) The Ark building in North Sydney is set to recycle up to 3ML of water annually thanks to its greywater recycling plant. Completed in May, it represents the first high-rise commercial building to achieve 6 Star Green Star V2 Design rating in NSW thanks to its greywater recycling plant developed by water recycling company Aquacell. Full Story... A time for new leadership (Monday, 30 August 2010) In the lead up to the federal election many of us were left feeling the major parties had tried to say as little as possible about the significance of the task before us in relation to climate change: the level of effort required to keep global warming below a 2–3 degree C rise and the global consequences even if we do. But in an election result where leadership is now grassroots up thanks to the independents, parliament should work more on the local government model. By Bill Forrest. Full Story... Greens election swing attributed to delay of CPRS (Monday, 30 August 2010) Some 32% of Green voters in 30 key marginal seats across Australia said they would have voted Labor if it had not delayed the introduction of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), according to a poll for The Climate Institute released today. Part of the institute’s ‘Climate of the Nation’ report, is says this alone could have cost Labor two seats. Full Story... In brief:Qld councils discuss waste options (Monday, 30 August 2010) Qld councils discuss waste options Coal reaches peak demand this year 40% CO2 emissions cuts in ACT Australia's urban water public inquiry Full Story... 12 principles for the water sector to develop our future cities (Monday, 30 August 2010) “Sustainable cities will be served by adaptive and integrated approaches to urban development,” notes a draft consultation paper from the Cities of the Future workshop held at Enviro 2010. It outlines 12 principles to help build sustainable cities of the future, with the most important one being the development mindset. Full Story... An e-waste management service with a new dimension (Monday, 30 August 2010) Dimension Data, a specialist IT services and solution provider, has launched its e-waste management service, a program that offers environmentally-responsible removal, disposal and recycling of electronics materials ranging from packaging for new products to equipment at end-of-life. The e-waste service also offers the physical or data destruction of electronic data storage equipment. Full Story... The greening of Australian politics (Friday, 27 August 2010) The three rural independent MPs who hold the key to who will be Australia’s next Prime Minister, along with incoming Greens MP and independent Andrew Wilkie, met yesterday to discuss whether action on climate change should be a condition of any king-making deal with Labor or the Coalition. Wilkie and Greens MP Adam Bandt did not take part in the meeting, but are also said to be weighing up their options. Full Story... Supply chain transparency gets a turbo boost (Friday, 27 August 2010) An open source database of life cycle assessment (LCA) data from the US is being upgraded by a group of 10 global companies and consultancies and the US EPA. The new version of the Earthster supply chain transparency system, called ‘E2 Turbo’, will provide cost-effective LCAs to help companies and governments better understand and work with their supply chain. Full Story... Better Place extends EV battery trial period (Friday, 27 August 2010) California-based electric vehicle battery manufacturer, Better Place, has extended its switchable-battery electric vehicle (EV) taxi pilot in Tokyo to operate through the end of the year. The pilot project began on April 26, in cooperation with Nihon Kotsu, Tokyo’s largest taxi operator, and focuses on the feasibility of battery switch as means for taxis to have instant, zero emission, range extension. Full Story... 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