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• Climate liability concerns prompt change in director attitudes: Grattan Institute
  
• CEFC unfazed by new investment mandate
  
• CS Energy wins Queensland government power contract
  
• Melbourne Water aims for 100% beneficial use of biosolids

Kimberly-Clark has told the Federal Court there is no evidence that its wipes clogged sewerage systems, and contends an ACCC prosecution is a misguided substitute for regulation.

• Penalty notice challenge backfires for Adani
  
• ARENA hands out $22.1m for green hydrogen research
  
• Pacific nations back climate change insurance facility

A new government paper asks whether the 4,000 facilities that report through the National Pollutant Inventory should bear a greater responsibility for providing accurate emissions data and pay more of the scheme's running costs.

• Federal Court to hear EPBC Act challenge
  
• Court grants more time for Montara oil spill class action
  
• Industry groups to appear before federal waste inquiry
  
• Australia elected to World Heritage Committee

• Bill to protect mine clears NSW Assembly, despite 'over-reach' claims
  
• Federal government streamlines illegal logging controls
  
• Auditor-General finds WA failing to protect rangelands

A national snapshot of hazardous waste says tighter pollutant controls could 'fundamentally change' how biosolids are managed and describes saline water from coal seam gas projects as an enormous challenge.

A meeting of environment ministers today reviewed a draft PFAS national management plan, endorsed a tyres strategy, and gave industry until mid-2018 to complete a microbeads phase-out.

The federal government has released two regional assessments of the likely cumulative impacts of coal and gas projects on water resources.

The company responsible for one of Australia's worst offshore oil spills has received an improvement notice after failing to provide adequate spill response training to staff.