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• Government delays green tax breaks scheme
  
• Expect 'modest' abatement from forests and soils, CSIRO tells Senate
  
• NZ wind farm decision-makers obliged to consider 'national interest'
  
• Don't scapegoat renewables, Climate Institute says
  
• Major emitters to meet next week

The Victorian Government will introduce a bill mandating that the State cut greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 2000 levels by 2020, give its EPA new powers to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and create a green carbon offsets scheme, says its long-awaited climate change white paper.

• Show us Morgan Stanley, Macfarlane insists
  
• NZ farmers push for exemption
  
• Wong heads to Spain
  
• Rudd to make urban funding conditional on climate measures

The Greens today released a comprehensive package of 12 bills they say would tackle the climate change challenge on all fronts – from native forest protection through to energy efficiency.