Browsing: Built environment

• Jail sentence 'excessive', environment court rules
  
• NT to oppose Paladin Energy uranium mine
  
• China explores regional emissions trading; tax measures
  
• Productivity Commission releases urban water reform paper
  
• U.S. EPA's Clean Air Act turns 40

• Gillard flags changes to water efficiency, ozone legislation
  
• Combet urges Coalition to join climate committee, Garnaut backs new process
  
• Melbourne City Council gains green financing powers
  
• Commonwealth Bank teams with Lend Lease Solar

• Major study of Australia's cities confirm air pollution health risks
  
• NSW offers grants for energy efficiency courses and training
  
• VECCI 12-step sustainability program delivers cuts to utility bills
  
• New SA greens skills centre to target construction workers
  
• Lower rainfall will make logging unsustainable in WA south-west, WA EPA says
  
• CE Daily reader survey closing soon

• Tasmanian EPA to conduct 40 'voluntary' audits
  
• KPMG study looks at WA dam desalination options
  
• Geocycle secures permit to import hazardous waste
  
• WA glass crushing plant open for business
  
• Green Building Council offers master classes
  
• Consultant sought for Northern Australia climate change study

• Queensland Parliament passes geothermal bill
  
• ACT moves to regulate household energy assessors
  
• New homes environmentally efficient only to meet building standards

• ALP commits to ban on illegal timber, puts onus on suppliers
  
• NSW Court finds no-show abattoir guilty of water pollution
  
• Another GECA standard gets 'green building' tick

• Energy bills a guide to NGER obligations
  
• BlueScope rejigs $1.2 billion cogeneration project
  
• Wong: Carbon Trust will get extra $100 million
  
• Coalition promises comprehensive 'green tape' audit

A major life cycle data project for building materials, which is near completion, will result in significantly better building rating and eco-label schemes, says project manager Nigel Howard.

The Federal Government has assured a leading textile company that value for money is the primary consideration in government purchasing, and that companies holding Good Environment Choice certification won't receive preference in government buying decisions.

• WA exempts aquaculture industry from environmental legislation
  
• Gladstone dredging project receives green light
  
• Coalition to suspend marine sanctuaries planning processes
  
• Greens propose tougher vehicle emission standards
  
• South Hobart council to buy energy use monitors in bulk for residents