The NSW government should abandon or overhaul a Bill that limits the type of carbon emission conditions that can be imposed on new projects, a state parliamentary committee has recommended.
Fans and critics of a NSW government bill to limit the Independent Planning Commission's duty to consider carbon emissions when assessing new mines and gas fields agree on one thing – the proposed law is badly drafted.
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.
Concerted global action on climate change is necessary to prevent continued deterioration of the Great Barrier Reef, acknowledges a federal government report released today.
The climate stance of the Business Council of Australia will come under intense scrutiny, as a major global investor alliance makes corporate lobbying reform a top priority.
Project approval conditions should only be used to constrain downstream greenhouse gas emissions in exceptional circumstances, according to a top NSW bureaucrat.
Making coal mining companies responsible for carbon emissions from combustion of their coal in other countries 'may not be reasonable', according to the NSW government.