It will now be compulsory to assess the climate change impacts of key government policies, bills and spending initiatives, NZ's Minister for Climate Change James Shaw said today.
A former NSW Supreme Court judge has slammed as 'dangerous' a Bill that would abolish a long-standing provision requiring assessments of new mines to consider downstream carbon emissions.
Former NSW EPA chief, Anissa Levy, who resigned during the term of previous environment minister Gabrielle Upton, has returned with a much larger role.
Western Australia's EPA has suspended its carbon guidance, on the same day that new data shows the state's largest emitters increased their emissions by 10% in one year.
Despite Woodside's keen interest in a carbon-neutral hydrogen export industry, the company has emerged as a strong critic of the Western Australian EPA's backing for 100% carbon offsetting.