Browsing: Built environment

• Garrett rejects rezoning, warns investors
  
• Australia's fossil fuel emissions still growing, Climate Institute says
  
• Trust honours Peter Cullen
  
• Victoria backs new solar power plant, introduces feed-in tariff Bill
  
• South Australia provides $2 million for green retrofits

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull tells an eco-cities conference a green depreciation scheme for retrofits could be cost-neutral, slams 'neglect' of public transport – and advises delegates to read their Garnaut on agriculture and land use.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's next meeting with state leaders will consider substantially tightening Building Code energy efficiency requirements, a 'six stars' efficiency standard for new homes and mandating disclosure of home energy, greenhouse and water performance.

The Federal Government will spend $2.7 billion in a push to insulate all owner-occupied homes, will double the insulation rebate paid to landlords and will boost its solar hot water rebate as part of a $42 billion economic stimulus package announced today.

• Turnbull promises tax breaks for green buildings
  
• NSW Government and environment groups offer fellowships
  
• NSW seeks views on energy efficiency activities

• NSW declares Woolies servo a remediation site
  
• Wong issues health research plan
  
• Green Building Council sets out Budget wish-list
  
• Carbon leakage not necessarily bad, says parliamentary library
  
• Clinton names climate envoy (with video)
  
• World can cut emissions 35% below 1990 levels by 2030, says McKinsey update
  
• British Airways to halve emissions by 2050

• NSW fudges on energy efficiency scheme
  
• Senate pressures Government on housing scheme sustainability
  
• Coalition Senator hits back at Climate Institute
  
• Energy revolution costly but possible, says IEA chief
  
• Victoria launches water conservation campaign
  
• UK Exchequer includes green initiatives in rescue plan

The Rudd Government's green car plan and housing affordability scheme must be accompanied by planning measures that avoid scattering new developments along the urban fringe, warns Infrastructure Australia council member professor Peter Newman, who says designing cities to cut greenhouse gas emissions can deliver huge savings in infrastructure costs.

• Rudd boosts $500 million green car fund by $800 million
  
• Study says sustainable consumption key to halving Victoria's emissions by 2020
  
• Tasmania reviews water quality policy

Professor Ross Garnaut this morning handed to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd an all-embracing set of policy proposals to combat climate change. Garnaut warned that a failure by this generation to deal with climate change 'would haunt humanity until the end of time'.