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.
Four waste management strategies have the capacity to deliver 50 million tonnes of abatement annually, according to environmental advisory company MRA Consulting.
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.
The Coalition will have an unprecedented opportunity to put its stamp on national environmental laws and schemes, due to a host of reviews that are either imminent or already under way.
Former NSW EPA chief, Anissa Levy, who resigned during the term of previous environment minister Gabrielle Upton, has returned with a much larger role.