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• ACCC approves levy on paint sales to fund recycling trial
  
• NSW council releases sea-level rise policy
  
• Gunns asks Tasmanian EPA to vary pulp mill permit
  
• Time to rebuild public transport infrastructure, ACF says
  
• ESAA urges Garnaut to rethink power sector proposals

A newly-released NSW planning guideline explains how development should be assessed within a coastal risk area based on a likely 2100 sea level rise of 90cm and proposes measures including 'time-limited' development consents.

• Victoria launches solar grants program
  
• Geothermal company awarded $7 million grant
  
• Australian science academy warns on climate change
  
• WA minister tweaks Pilbara Iron approval conditions
  
• Climate change prompts winemaker to rethink sourcing strategy

• WA EPA recommends approval for Rio Tinto port proposal
  
• 'Heat stress' poses biggest long-term climate risk - report
  
• Water conservation awards requests entries

• EEO scheme cautions companies on deadline, details verification strategy
  
• Iron ore company releases environmental review for new WA mine
  
• Research centre details energy efficiency policies in APEC economies
  
• NZ issues climate change flooding guides for local government

• NSW coal mine submits EPBC Act referral for waste gas generator
  
• Uranium miner seeks clearance for acid leach trial
  
• UK climate scientists 'slightly disorganised' but honest

A company that this month won consent for a proposed 201-home project on condition that it dismantle and move houses if coastal erosion encroaches has potentially had its plans thrown into disarray by a court ruling that it unlawfully cleared the site and an order to remediate it.

• WA Parliament considers environmental approvals bill
  
• Reporting burden overwhelming: business group
  
• Talk of action 'in isolation' precedes ACCI poll quiz on CPRS delay
  
• Better vehicle choices could slash emissions, says NTC report
  
• WWF report warns of 'tipping point' risks

• Sustainability index dumps OneSteel, adds Boral
  
• No call for EPBC Act 'greenhouse trigger', says AIGN
  
• Court clears way for expansion of Lake Cowal mine
  
• Human actions override Arctic cooling trend