G7 nations are urging all parties to the UN climate change convention to end fossil fuel subsidies and reduce emissions by 40% to70% of 2010 levels by 2050, and to preferably shoot for the "upper end of the latest IPCC recommendation".
A new Federal regulation specifies how importers can bring in timber from Indonesia, the Solomons and other countries without breaching the Illegal Timber Act.
Labor says a proposed free trade agreement could allow South Korean mining interests to mount international challenges to Australia's environmental legislation.
The World Heritage Committee overnight endorsed unamended a draft decision that leaves open the prospect of an 'in danger' listing for the Great Barrier Reef.
A peak refrigerants body has urged the Federal Government to move quickly to tighten legislative controls on the use and reclamation of widely-used greenhouse gases.