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• South Australia endorses first industry greenhouse agreement
  
• Gorgon expansion to undergo EPBC Act scrutiny
  
• Governments seek advice on merits of mandatory VOC limits
  
• Wong announces forests grants
  
• 'Leadership and funding' the main challenge facing CCS

• Australia to fund PNG forest carbon monitoring
  
• Capital cities set to cooperate on national green CBDs scheme
  
• Victorian climate adaptation advisory council holds inaugural meeting
  
• EPA Victoria inks sustainability covenant with Carbon Disclosure Project
  
• South Australia proposes landfill guidelines, Victoria issues landfill guide
  
• 'Keep thinking outside the bauxite', Pew climate chief tells aluminium industry

• Travelling north: Wong, Garrett and Garnaut head to PNG
  
• Federal government seeks advice on renewables target scheme revamp
  
• Productivity Commission to investigate 'regulatory burden' on upstream oil and gas
  
• G8 business groups set out climate policy expectations; IEA chief urges action; APP to meet again
  
• EPA Victoria issues urban design water guide, SA EPA issues wastewater irrigation guide

Environment ministers today failed to reach agreement on a national ban or levy for plastic bags, prompting South Australia to vow to go ahead with a state ban.



But they committed to an investigation into the merits of a national container deposit scheme and flagged that e-waste would be high on the agenda at its November meeting.

• GM crops an export boon, says ABARE
  
• Auto industry review seeks feedback on travel-based taxes
  
• Deloitte to advise on NT's climate policy
  
• South Australia to introduce new water heater standards
  
• Victorian regulator proposes regional water price increases

An OECD review of Australia's environmental performance says serious breaches are 'inadequately prosecuted' in some jurisdictions and recommends that enforcement be strengthened, especially against big polluters.



The OECD also says voluntary measures often don't have 'meaningful' monitoring and compliance mechanisms and recommends greater use of economic instruments.

• Rudd flags soil carbon push
  
• Sustainable buildings council briefs Garrett and Garnaut on 'white certificates' trading proposal
  
• Queensland EPA charges company directors over PCBs
  
• South Australia to ban plastic bags by year's end

Energy ministers approve 'stage two' energy efficiency package * Magistrate fines construction company $95,000 * Carbon risk – more than 40 ASX200 companies could suffer material losses * National Pollutant Inventory releases new guidance * NSW offers renewables funding * Sydney Water issues water conservation guidelines * SA approves $40 million foundry expansion