The ACCC will shortly start an internet sweep of various environmental claims by Australian businesses, and says it might have to develop new anti-greenwashing regulations and standards.
After Rio Tinto advised that it couldn't clean up the Ranger uranium mine site by 2026, the Albanese government has introduced a Bill that will allow the company to take as long as it needs.
In a landmark move, the NSW EPA will become the first state environmental regulator to use its licensing regime to cut industry greenhouse gas emissions.
New NSW planning requirements to monitor embodied emissions will help grow the market for low-carbon building materials, according to industry experts.
The Northern Territory's industry department has questioned plans by the NT EPA to ask for estimates of scope 3 emissions when assessing large-emitting projects.
Allowing Safeguard facilities to use international units is off the table for now, but might be considered in the future, according to the government's Safeguard Taskforce.