2008-10-08 Sydney Morning Herald

Water to burn at fussy Starbucks

WHILE years of drought mean many Australians wouldn't consider leaving the tap running while they brush their teeth, the coffee shop chain Starbucks leaves a tap running all day in each of its 23 Australian...

2008-10-04 Sydney Morning Herald

Industry's changing climate

Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor AMID the fanfare of Ross Garnaut's report on a national response to climate change, the Green Building Council of Australia has unveiled a rating tool for the commercial property...

2008-09-29 ABC PM

Protests over V8s Sydney Olympic Park

MARK COLVIN: Hecklers today greeted the New South Wales Government's announcement that Sydney's Olympic Park was to be the new venue for a V8 supercar...

2008-09-29 Abc News online

V8 Supercar plans 'ignore community'

New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees is today expected to announce the approval of controversial plans to move the V8 Supercar race to Sydney's Olympic...

2008-09-24 Sydney Morning Herald

Carbon plan hurts industry, says NSW

THE NSW Government is warning that vital state industries, including coalmining, goldmining and electricity generation, could be damaged by the federal plan to cut greenhouse gas...

2008-09-23 Abc News online

Supercar opponents vow to vote out Labor

Local residents opposed to a V8 Supercar race at Sydney Olympic Park say they will use the Ryde state by-election to highlight their concerns. The board of the Sydney Olympic Park authority has twice rejected the proposal and three neighbouring councils also have...

2008-09-17 Sydney Morning Herald

Sorting the hot air from carbon offsets

WHEN you have changed all the light bulbs, turned off all the appliances, sold the car, bought a bicycle and transferred to GreenPower, it may seem hard to reduce that carbon footprint even...

2008-09-16 Yahoo! News Australia

Consumers facing unknown in carbon offset jungle (ABC)

Australians are spending more than $44 million a year to offset the carbon pollution from activities such as flights and road trips. While the Rudd Government has promised to introduce a national standard for carbon offsets by the end of this year, consumer and environment groups have developed their own...

2008-09-03 Brisbane Times

Anger at $90m street race circuit

IN THE lead-up to the September elections, three large Sydney councils have passed resolutions objecting to the conversion of Olympic Park into a street car race circuit, which could cost NSW taxpayers as much as $90...

2008-08-26 Dynamic Business

Marketers take care with greenwash

Environmental organisation Total Environment Centre (TEC) has issued a checklist for marketers to help companies avoid greenwash, the term for false marketing about environmental...