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• Iron ore miner heads to court over water licence refusal
  
• Newman targets rain tanks, solar hot water, biodiversity offsets
  
• New ozone regulation tighten air-con licensing procedures

• BCA seeks COAG action on EPBC approvals, carbon and energy
  
• Government warns against landfill carbon 'scare campaign'
  
• Council could have inspected bridge without pollution
  
• Australian geothermal company boosted by Indonesian guarantee
  
• TAFE college claims first carbon neutral certification in education
  
• Offshore credits help ESA to gain certification

• Slurry 'frac-out' into wetland costs driller $173,000
  
• Failure to check boundary costs company more than $80,000
  
• Solar Systems launches 16-dish PV demo plant

Santos has pledged to rapidly improve the environmental performance of recently-acquired NSW coal seam gas operations after its investigation showed elevated soil salinity levels.

• Burke rules out EPBC freeze while Barrier Reef assessment under way
  
• Robert Hill steps down from Low Carbon Australia post
  
• Victoria gazettes new marine pollution regulations
  
• New regulations issued for VEET energy efficiency scheme
  
• South Australia renews NOx exemption for Osborne cogen plant

• ACT kicks off large-scale solar auction
  
• Queensland's cropland protection regime in force from today
  
• Pollution prompts Hunt to seek new Port Philip Bay plan

• KPMG review of NSW waste levy won't examine 'general revenue' grab
  
• Government rejects Senate committee call to review land clearing laws
  
• Norske Skog slashes Derwent estuary discharges

Regulators are moving too slowly and the coal seam gas industry is developing too fast, according to the unanimous verdict of a Senate inquiry into the industry.

• Parliament toughens and extends ship oil spill penalties
  
• Institute issues carbon guide, schedules trading simulation
  
• Container deposits stoush leads to covenant council resignation
  
• Wildcat EPBC Act challenge fails

A new independent scientific body will provide advice on the likely water and groundwater effects of CSG and large coal projects, under the terms of a deal between Labor and key independents.