Former resources minister Matt Canavan has quizzed federal bureaucrats over requirements for Woodside to provide emissions data on its Browse LNG project, and has asked about 'national interest' exemptions from the EPBC Act.
Great Barrier Reef envoy Warren Entsch will seek a national ban on nearly all single-use plastics, and has also warned climate change is an 'existential threat' to the Reef.
As the government prepares to review the EPBC Act, more than 240 conservation scientists have called for more rigorous assessment processes and tougher compliance action.
The Minerals Council has called for changes to draft national guidance on light pollution, and has claimed there is a potential conflict of interest involving the consultancy that prepared it.