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• Greenhouse data shows modest emissions increase in 2010
  
• Set a carbon price floor, Clean Energy Council tells climate committee
  
• ACT calls for environment grant applications

The ACT Parliament has passed legislation providing feed-in tariff support for medium-scale solar facilities and will later this year introduce further legislation to enable backing for larger solar plants.

Up to 20% of the ACT's waste streams could best be managed by recovering energy from them, according to research for a draft strategy released today by the Territory Government.

ACT Assembly passes law to ban plastic bags

* Silex to raise $89 million to fund pilot solar PV power plants

* Sydney councils propose new recycling and composting facilities

* Consultant sought for Western Australia renewables study

* Energetics, EPA Victoria win CitySwitch awards

* New website rates emissions performance of container ships, tankers

* Tasmania seeks comment on state taxes and sustainability

• Burke approves SA uranium mine expansion
  
• EPA cautions landowners after company fails to remove dumped waste from leased site
  
• ACT reviews Nature Conservation Act; seeks climate council members
  
• ACCC issues interim approval for fluorocarbons scheme
  
• Tasmania issues stormwater strategy

• Climate Institute proposes best practice standards for new fossil-fired power plants
  
• ACT passes emissions reduction bill
  
• Victoria canvasses views on changes to Energy Saver scheme

The ACT will follow South Australia and the Northern Territory in banning lightweight plastic shopping bags from July next year, the territory's environment minister, Simon Corbell, announced today.

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• We won't wait for Federal climate catch-up, Victorian and ACT ministers assert
  
• Victoria rejects gross feed-in tariff; ACT says medium PV 'the next big wave'
  
• Green Building Council releases pilot tool for public buildings
  
• NSW opens $209 million water recycling plant
  
• Wesfarmers inks carbon offset deal

• Rio Tinto's revised Weipa EPBC referral proposes massive dredging expansion
  
• EPA Victoria successful in all 13 prosecutions in 2009-10
  
• Victoria joins global electric vehicle campaign
  
• ACT releases clean economy scoping study

The ACT Government will expand its feed-in tariff regime to support solar power systems of all sizes – with support for large-scale systems determined through an auction process – and will also cap the total amount of solar power that the scheme can support.