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CE Daily trawls through Carbon Disclosure Project responses, released in New York overnight, and looks at how Australian companies are gearing up for the new climate policy regime. Plus, which companies responded – including Boral, AMP and News Corporation – and which didn't – including Nufarm, St George Bank and Fairfax.

• Federal Court upholds appeal over 'secondary boycott' environment defence
  
• Anti-mill lobby group moves on class action
  
• Government moves to ban carbon storage in reef
  
• Garrett launches new urban planning website
  
• National Water Commission sets out priorities
  
• Infrastructure Australia seeks submissions
  
  EPA Victoria issues domestic wastewater code

• Coal-fired power plant assessment challenge fails
  
• Banksia Award winners announced
  
• National Pollutant Inventory issues new manuals
  
• Gore urges U.S. to be 100% renewable in a decade (with video)
  
• OECD calls for policy shift on biofuels

There is still a tendency to indulge in 'trophy cabinet' reporting on sustainability and climate change, despite dramatic improvements in the quality of reporting, says Colonial First State's Amanda McCluskey.



Meanwhile, the Carbon Disclosure Project sets out best practice measures to encourage supply chain reporting of emissions and carbon strategies.

It's Labor's first commitment period – with the Rudd government last night setting out where its climate change and environment cash will be spent over 2008-2012. New Budget climate measures will get $341.6 million in 2008-09 and a total of $2.3 billion over 2007-08 to 2011-12.



Meanwhile, Treasurer Wayne Swan says the review of the tax system – due to report by the end of 2009 – will 'look at the role to be played by environmental taxes'.

CE Daily looks at where the money will go and guides you through the maze of Budget papers.

• National Water Commission to scrutinise water use by mines
  
• Federal energy program issues detailed efficiency guide
  
• NSW issues exemptions for land-applied wastes
  
• Shipping company fined $35,000
  
• Queensland council fined $40,000
  
• National Pollutant Inventory offers training on new reporting system
  
• Queensland EPA offers sustainability grants
  
• GM crops a boon for regional economies, ABARE says

• WA issues compliance reporting guidelines
  
  
  
• Australia's black coal-fired plants emit more CO2 than EU and US plants
  
  
  
• CCS too slow, risky and pricey: Greenpeace
  
  
  
• 'Contraction and convergence criticisms flawed'
  
  
  
• Six steps to avoiding greenwash
  
  
  
• Greens parties to establish international base in Australia

• Push for 'bill of rights' approach in Victorian climate Bill
  
• Change laws, not just light bulbs, says Gore in new video
  
• Rudd to sign Australia up to international carbon markets partnership
  
• New NPI boiler manual released
  
• Tasmanian government tables water and sewerage reform bills
  
• Garnaut deadlines loom
  
• Moving beyond 'learn, burn and give': should MBAs involve a 'green Hippocratic oath'?

• Wong heads to China
  
• Coal mines should brace for tougher approach, warns lawyer
  
• Channel Ten launches new environmental strategy
  
• WBCSD issues forest products guide

EPA Victoria trading scheme to start by mid-year (with audio) * NPI releases new fuel tank emissions handbook, Queensland releases stormwater best practice guide * Defence seeks site remediation companies * Petrol vapour project awarded $480,000 federal grant * 'Don't focus on the green consumer' (audio link)