Oil-hungry microbes aid spill cleanup

NEW YORK (UPI) — Among workers involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill cleanup will be some very tiny ones, U.S. researchers say — microbes that love to munch on crude oil.
One of the hidden stars of the cleanup effort is an oil-hungry bacterium called Alcanivorax, one of a class [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ARTICLES, BACTERIA, CLEANING, ECO ISSUES, ECO REPORTS, FUEL, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, OILS PETROL | No Comments »

Don’t be left in the dark:

Energy efficient lighting e-Bulletin

On 21 July 2010 QWESTNet held its second lighting forum in Brisbane. Held in association with
the Illuminating Engineering Society (ies), the forum focused on energy efficient lighting
technologies including LEDs, lighting controls and the use of daylight.

Click on ‘listen to presentation’ or the presenter’s photograph to [...]

Posted on August 10th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: COUNCILS GOVERNMENTS, ECO REPORTS, EDUCATION CAREERS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY STORAGE, EVENTS, GENERAL, GOVERNMENTS, GROUPS, INFORMATION LINKS, LIGHTING, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SAVE ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, VIDEOS | No Comments »

Energy, Utilities and Sustainability, Department of

227 Elizabeth Street
Sydney  NSW  2000
PH: 02 8281 7777 FAX: 02 8291 7799
Email: Unknown
Website: www.deus.nsw.gov.au
or                www.energysmart.com.au
Sourced & published by Henry Sapiecha

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: COUNCILS GOVERNMENTS, ECO REPORTS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GOVERNMENTS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SAVE ENERGY | No Comments »

National Oil and Gas Safety Advisory Committee

51 Allara Street
Canberra  ACT  2600
PH: 02 6213 7961 FAX: 02 6213 7945
Email: Unknown
Website: Unknown
Sourced & published by Henry Sapiecha

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO GAS, BOTTLED GAS, COUNCILS GOVERNMENTS, ECO REPORTS, GENERAL, GOVERNMENTS, NATURAL GAS | No Comments »

HANDY ENERGY SITE LINK FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
Ministerial Council on Energy

51 Allara Street
Canberra  ACT  2600
PH: 02 6213 7789 FAX: 02 6213 7904
Email: Unknown????
Website: www.mce.gov.au
Sourced & published by Henry Sapiecha

Posted on July 8th, 2010 by Editor
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Fraser Coast Regional Council
www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au

is inviting the community to make submissions on its draft of
our Sustainable charter
View it on the council web site or at council offices/service centres or libraries
SUBMISSIONS CLOSE NINTH JULY 2010
Register on line or address your comments to:

Chief Executive Officer
Fraser Coast Regional Council
PO Box1943
Hervey Bay Q4655
Published by [...]

Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Editor
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Eco Investor is Australia’s specialist environmental investment magazine. It focuses on companies and funds whose business activities can solve environmental problems. These solutions include clean technology, clean energy, recycling, waste management, and a variety of other environmentally positive products and services.
Eco Investor assists environmental, ethical, sustainability and [...]

Posted on June 19th, 2010 by Editor
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Turning Trash Into Power
Biological Engineers Generate
Natural Gas with Bacteria

October 1, 2006 — A new kind of waste digester uses two different strains of bacteria in different tanks. This would normally take place in the same environment, but microbiologists have now separated it into two stages that increases natural-gas production. The technology [...]

Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: BIO DIESEL, BIO GAS, BIO MASS, BOTTLED GAS, BY-PRODUCTS, ECO REPORTS, ENERGY COLLECTION, ENVIRONMENT, FUEL, METHANE, POWER GENERATION, WASTE | 1 Comment »

Is your power bill too high????

Free Home Sustainability Assessment

Accredited home sustainability assessors provide a face to face opportunity for people to ask and hear about other programs and rebates that can help them improve the environmental performance of their home.
Households are often overwhelmed by the amount of information available describing the best actions to save [...]

Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Editor
Filed under: ECO ISSUES, ECO REPORTS, ELECTRICITY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN LOANS, PLANS DIAGRAMS, SAVE ENERGY | No Comments »