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Queensland's best agricultural land resources will be protected from mining and urban development under a set of new legislative and planning instruments to be introduced early next year.

• Origin maintains green energy dominance, snaps up low-price RECs
  
• Macarthur Coal's mining emissions rise 13%
  
• WA uranium panel not up to scratch: Conservation Council
  
• Victoria boosts funding for five cleaner coal projects
  
• Reform of Victorian Water Act 'urgently needed': EDO
  
• Australian company wins $300 million Thai solar contract

• WA to scrutinise uranium mining laws
  
• Gillard: we're not ruling things in or out
  
• Feed-in tariff leads to 520% boost in ACT solar PV
  
• WA opens 'world-first' solar-diesel power station

Australians should not have to wait until 2015 for tougher national vehicle emissions standards to come into effect, said NSW Energy Minister Frank Sartor, with the minister also committing $1.8 million to tackle particle pollution.

'A pox on both major parties', Rob Oakeshott told parliament earlier this year, while describing the Greens' carbon tax as 'a sensible option', Tony Windsor in 2008 introduced his own climate bill and Bob Katter says believing CO2 warms the earth is as crazy as insulating your house with chicken wire.

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

CE Daily's election policy wrap, outlining climate and environment policies of the ALP, the Coalition and the Greens (with links).

• Sydney's ozone levels to skyrocket
  
• Labor promises $40 million for 'emerging renewables'
  
• Orica wins approval to export first batch of hazardous waste
  
• Overdue Collie air study to be released 'imminently'
  
• ClimateWorks Australia wins 'Eureka' climate innovation award

Polluters can be fined up to $2.5 million under amending legislation passed by the NT Parliament, while Territory Environment Minister Karl Hampton has extended consultation on Environmental Assessment Act changes and has specified the containers to be covered by a new deposit refund scheme.

The Queensland environment department has ordered Boyne Smelters in Gladstone to meet tough new emission limits for fluoride, dust and other pollutants.