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Big emitters should realise it is in their own interest to back robust native vegetation protection laws, according to biodiversity expert Professor Hugh Possingham.

Emissions from a spike in land clearing rates, especially in Queensland, will needlessly cost the economy well over $1 billion between now and 2030, a new report by CO2 Australia shows.

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• 'Waste to energy' company wins right to earn credits
  
• Top companies send climate message to Canberra and business peers
  
• Use rates and stamp duty to encourage building efficiency: Study

Official estimates of how many tonnes of greenhouse gas must be abated to achieve a 5% target are now laughably over-stated, says the ANU's Andrew Macintosh, who also warns Queensland's wind-back of land clearing laws will cause an emissions spike.

• Coal miner signs $1.8 million BioBanking agreement
  
• IBM reports big HVAC energy savings
  
• New carbon credit rules finalised
  
• New Zealand clarifies trading scheme changes

• Water planning rules need review: Victorian Tribunal
  
• Victoria establishes smart meter advisory council
  
• CO2 Australia tests new eucalypt in first Queensland project
  
• Queensland reviews licensing regulations for solar hot water installations

• Fuel leak fine for citrus processer, but Shell pays for clean-up
  
• NSW EPA prosecutes DuPont
  
• The EPBC 'streamlining' that's still stuck in the pipeline
  
• $12.4 million on offer to help develop carbon credit project rules
  
• Council landfills carbon price national forum

• Government to register CFI auditors
  
• International carbon company takes stake in local business
  
• Sims seeks hazardous waste permit

• Government proposes new forestry carbon credit rules
  
• WA EPA launches 'waste-to-energy' review
  
• WA Health intervenes in major expansion of oil recycling facility

• $38 per tonne: BP specifies CO2 cost for new projects
  
• Shell refinery problems lead to fuel vapour exemption
  
• 'Avoided logging' carbon credits potentially worth more than forestry, says WA council