Queensland EPA plans massive fee hike * Woolies chief warns against corporate 'navel-gazing' * Victorian premier flags climate summit, water changes * Victorian government and Garrett broker deal with dredging opponents * Sustainability experts favour charging full ecosystem costs, but warn citizens won't buy it
Federal government proposes new guidance on estimating GHG emissions * NSW to overhaul approach to wastes of concern * EPA Victoria sets November 2009 deadline for Shell's refinery clean up plan *
National Pollutant Inventory online reporting tool set to go live * EREP obligation kicks in for Victorian business * Growth in coal seam methane prompts Queensland EPA to look at by-product water
Energy ministers approve 'stage two' energy efficiency package * Magistrate fines construction company $95,000 * Carbon risk – more than 40 ASX200 companies could suffer material losses * National Pollutant Inventory releases new guidance * NSW offers renewables funding * Sydney Water issues water conservation guidelines * SA approves $40 million foundry expansion
Soaring WA gas prices a 'greenhouse risk' says industry alliance; Qld amends environmental legislation; NSW offers green business grants; Concerns over slowing absorption of CO2; Pew Centre joins alliance to look at 'quality' offsets; NZ joins EU, US and Canadian carbon markets partnership; Greens call for home energy efficiency subsidies; NSW aerial sprayer fined
Queensland outlines proposed offsets policy and offsets exchange; (with video) Rudd releases YouTube climate ad; ’Solar assist’ the most promising high temperature solar thermal option; Sugar mill fined over effluent breaches.
Queensland has flagged the prospect of a “performance-based” landfill levy and raised the possibility of container deposit legislation and a new waste statute in a paper discussing possibilities for a revamped state waste strategy.
The Queensland Court of Appeal today unanimously found the Queensland Conservation Council was denied natural justice by a tribunal that rejected its bid to require an Xstrata mine to offset indirect emissions from the end-use of its coal.
Queensland court fines two for obstructing EPA officer; Export of nuclear waste gets EPBC Act clearance; NSW’s 2% ethanol obligation kicks in; Iluka Resources wins appeal against WA EPA ruling; Victorian Water Smart funding on offer; Victoria invites award nominations
