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The Federal Court has ruled that the Commonwealth Bank didn't have to put to its AGM a shareholder resolution expressing concern at its approach to carbon emissions.

The ACCC remains unsure to what extent refrigerant suppliers rorted the carbon price, but its latest pricing report has cleared airlines and the construction industry of any wrongdoing.

In an important test case, a public interest litigant is asking the Federal Court to rule on the rights of Commonwealth Bank shareholders to put resolutions on carbon risk to the bank's AGM.

In a decision worth millions of dollars to Centennial Coal, the NSW Supreme Court has ruled that a 2002 contract allows it to pass through to Delta Electricity a portion of its carbon charges.

An Xstrata coal mine and the NSW Government have successfully relied on the looming carbon price scheme to argue against environment group demands that approval conditions should require the mine to offset greenhouse gas emissions.

Mining company Xstrata's main argument to justify a major Queensland coal mine - that 'if we don't sell the coal, someone else will' - employs the same reasoning drug dealers use to justify their actions, Australian Conservation Foundation president Professor Ian Lowe told a court hearing today.

The Climate Institute says the clean energy bill should allow citizens to launch legal proceedings against companies and governments if there are breaches, while generators says the Government's package doesn't fix any of the problems that caused it to reject the CPRS.

• Wong – 'we won't delay'
  
• Focus on big wins from forest protection, urges Hunt
  
• Wong seeks climate change adaptation experts
  
• 'Power companies can be sued' – U.S. Appeals Court overturns emissions ruling
  
• EU proposes list of at-risk industries
  
• NPI primer now available