Pump up your tyres and cut fuel cost
A lot can be done to slow the increase in oil and gas consumption, International Energy Agency chief Claud Mandil told The Australian Financial Review (8 May 2006, p.60).
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States get serious about water
The NSW government would seek expressions of interest in early June for construction of the western Sydney recycling plant, estimated at this stage to cost about $500 million. Construction on the plant would begin in 2009 and work is expected to be completed by 2015.
Green buildings attract buyers
Green building financial reward: 10 per cent increase in capital value
A new report to be launched by Jones Lang LaSsalle, Assessing the Value of Sustainability, adds a strong plank to the economic argument for investments in more sustainable buildings. In fact, it claims that the financial rewards can be as much as a 10 per cent increase in capital values.
Nepalese biogas reverses deforestation
Nepal signs agreement under CDM project to cut greenhouse gas emissions by providing cheap biogas to small rural communities and ending reliance on wood Nepal signed a clean development mechanism (CDM) agreement on Wednesday, 3 May to cut greenhouse gas emissions and benefit small rural communities throughout the country, reported United Press International.
CSIRO promotes clean coal technology
Coal seam steam just the thing for CO2 dumps, argues CSIRO and its sponsors
Solar thermal power could provide steam energy to bolster the efficiency of coal-fired power plants and cut greenhouse emissions and provide energy needed to filter CO2 out of the exhaust gases of existing coal – and gas-fired power stations
Community concerns over wind turbines
Future technological development, such as these vertical axis turbines being deployed in Finland, might overcome some of the concerns about wind farms, the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) said in a discussion paper on a national Code for wind farms.