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• Qantas signs agreement on algal jet fuel
  
• House passes private member's EPBC bill, another in the wings
  
• Garnaut reassesses emissions projections

• Close oil tax loophole to fund flood recovery: GetUp
  
• Sustainability expert takes up the reins as BCA chief executive
  
• Business wants an end to 'jerky, ad hoc' mitigation: Garnaut
  
• From laggard to leader: Converga achieves gold status in sustainability scheme

• Combet moves early to rein in solar PV support
  
• WA miners release environment code for exploration work
  
• Qantas appoints new carbon offset supplier
  
• NSW tightens grant rules after losing $425,000 to wound-up company
  
• Australian Services Union issues green guide

• Hazardous Waste Act review on the way
  
• NSW deems more wastes suitable for re-use
  
• Woolworths among WA Environment Award winners

Australia's 200 largest energy users have found ways to cut demand by an average of 8.3%, while almost 40 of them have identified fast-payback savings of at least 20%, according to results from the Energy Efficiency Opportunities program released by Energy Minister Martin Ferguson (with examples).

• NT to put carbon price tag on land clearing applications
  
• Renewable energy centre bill clears Senate
  
• Queensland pulls plug on solar hot water rebate scheme
  
• Cadbury, Xerox and GPT in the running for sustainability prize

• India to impose clean energy levy on Australian coal imports
  
• Qantas to install tri-generation systems
  
• Rudd Government belatedly responds to Senate waste report
  
• NSW people less concerned by environmental problems, survey finds
  
• DCC sets out revised annual RET targets

The Rudd Government's $75 million Carbon Trust, headed by former Liberal environment minister Robert Hill, will enter into a contract with its UK counterpart to maximise access to its database of energy efficiency options.

A BHP Billiton site has slashed energy use and turned a hazardous waste into a saleable product and News Ltd expects annual savings of $833,000 and a 12-month payback by optimising computer use, according to the latest reports under the Energy Efficiency Opportunities scheme.

• Ex-environment department chief to head oil spill inquiry
  
• Businesses hold climate talks with premiers
  
• Westpac moves on carbon risk and trading
  
• 'What Labor won't tell you': Nationals warn of 20% hit to regional economies
  
• Policy highlights and flops: WWF commissions global analysis