Results from a study by the Total Environment Centre highlighting the problem of large amounts of electronic waste (e-waste) items building up in Australian landfills.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/12/2445279.htm




Proposal by water expert Professor Mike Young for Australian State to tax how much water is flushed down their sewage drains.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/16/2420982.htm




A peak petroleum body says the proposed carbon emissions trading scheme needs to change to make liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants economically viable.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/27/2375831.htm




A new report has revealed a dramatic rise in the growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions since 2000.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374776.htm




The Federal Government has been warned coal mines could close unless it broadens the compensation scheme for its emissions trading scheme (ETS).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2374801.htm




The Greens have held a protest at Sydney's Bondi Beach to call on federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to stop a company exploring for coal off the New South Wales coast.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2375488.htm




The Queensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) says farmers should be exempt from the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/22/2370837.htm




Australian researchers say biofuels made from the stubble left over from harvesting grains could replace around one fifth of the volume of petrol used in Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/22/2370634.htm




The Greens are outraged at Federal Government approval for expansion of the Beverley uranium mine in South Australia's far north-east.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/28/2349517.htm




New research into Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme shows compensation for businesses is not enough to stop many of them scaling back or moving offshore.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/21/2342691.htm




A Northern Territory anti-nuclear group is calling on the Federal Environment Minister to reject a proposal for a new uranium mine near Ti Tree in central Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/15/2336043.htm




Scientists are considering how limestone from the Nullarbor Plain might help trap carbon emissions.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/29/2317384.htm




Forestry Tasmania is developing projects to try to store more carbon emissions.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/28/2317011.htm




An Independent candidate in the seat of Barkly says having a nuclear waste dump could be beneficial for the region.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/29/2317504.htm




The Federal Government has taken a fresh swipe over apparent tensions within the Opposition on emissions trading.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/27/2315693.htm




An anti-nuclear campaigner says the Federal Resources Minister is disregarding his own party's policy on nuclear waste facilities by holding secret talks with Northern Territory traditional owners.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/17/2306742.htm




The Rudd government has ruled out accepting nuclear waste from other countries and will review involvement in an international nuclear forum.

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24022857-5012321,00.html





The Greens spokeswoman on energy says a letter from Muckaty Land Trust traditional owners shows that not all of them support a nuclear waste facility being built at Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/12/2272313.htm




An investigation is underway into claims Wyong Council has been illegally dumping waste at an old landfill site on the New South Wales central coast.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/28/2258299.htm




The Greens say any moves to leave petrol out of the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme will render it ineffective.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/22/2252210.htm





A survey has found the power generation sector continues to struggle to make investment decisions because of uncertainty over the future emissions trading scheme.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/21/2251962.htm




Before throwing out your old mobile phone, maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics - many of which are enjoying near-record prices.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/27/2228336.htm




CSIRO scientists have discovered dangerously high levels of heavy metals in some of the Murray River's dried-up wetlands and waterways.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/25/2227316.htm





The Toowoomba Regional Council says waste water from coal seam gasfields will not be a quick-fix to south-west Queensland's water shortage.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/20/2221956.htm




Each year more than 1.5 million computers are dumped in landfill around Australia, and what is disturbing is that this electronic waste is growing at three times the rate of general rubbish.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/17/2219404.htm





Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says he is determined to get national standards on a phase-out of plastic grocery bags despite conflicting views among the states.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/17/2219334.htm





The Federal Government says it is concerned by reports Australia might not meet packaging recycling targets by 2010.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/07/2210248.htm




If you think it is a chore to sort out the recycling on garbage night, try sorting out the garbage from the real figures on how much packaging is being recycled in Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/07/2209512.htm




Dredging at the entrance of Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne begins despite the protests.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/05/2208682.htm





The Queensland Government says pollution charges will remain the lowest in the country even if proposed fee hikes are introduced.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204784.htm




Peter Garrett has given his final approval for a $1 billion channel deepening project in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23164220-2702,00.html




The Rudd Government's plan to phase out plastic bags this year defies independent research that has warned a ban will be four times more expensive than the environmental harm caused. Environment Minister Peter Garrett has said he will pursue a phase-out of plastic shopping bags from supermarkets by the end of the year, imposing a ban if considered necessary.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23035724-11949,00.html




A tanker collision on December 7 released 10,500 tonnes of crude oil into the waters off South Korea's west coast. The slick from the oil spill - the worst in South Korea's history - has spread hundreds of kilometres, contaminating the Sae Man Geum wetland, a key staging area along the East Asian-Australasian flyway for migrating birds. When Australia's resident godwits, plovers and other migratory shorebirds head north in a few weeks, they may find their most important "pit stop" is dangerously polluted.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23000258-30417,00.html