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• Investa uses the 'people factor' to turbocharge efficiency
  
• Woolworths' two-step approach to proving efficiency gains
  
• Cogeneration helps BASF beat energy and emissions targets
  
• Government seeks consultant to review $1.5bn Water Smart program

• Burke names Government's coal seam gas scientific advisors
  
• TRUenergy lodges EPBC referral for open-cycle gas plant
  
• World business body releases quarry rehabilitation guidelines

• KPMG review of NSW waste levy won't examine 'general revenue' grab
  
• Government rejects Senate committee call to review land clearing laws
  
• Norske Skog slashes Derwent estuary discharges

• Cougar Energy loses bid to suspend decommissioning order
  
• Victoria to fix 'regulatory gap' on closed loop water recycling
  
• How we hand out cash to businesses: EPA Victoria

• Second court appearance in three months leads to $50,000 fine
  
• Geothermal company signs $25m agreement with Victoria, continues Alcoa talks
  
• BOM releases inaugural national water account
  
• Cougar Energy welcomes Government finding on bore contamination

• Paint company fined for failing to comply with resource efficiency scheme
  
• Alcoa and Victorian Government finalise new special agreement for coal mining
  
• Retailer efforts to 'green' supply chains risk ACCC scrutiny, IPA says
  
• P&O cuts water use, carbon emissions intensity

• More to come to secure EPBC protection for national parks, Burke says
  
• Centennial Coal to pay $1.45 million EPBC Act penalty
  
• Business seeks changes to Sydney trade waste plans, NSW incident reporting bill
  
• Toyota misses some five-year sustainability targets

Federal changes mean companies will find it easier to buy and use Australian carbon credits, a NSW review is likely to result in tougher environmental incident notification rules and a Western Australian appeal decision confirms that backers of major projects will face carbon offset obligations.

City West Water's latest resource efficiency success stories include a conveyor belt manufacturer that cut water use by 30% in 12 months, after aiming for less than a 15% reduction, and a tissue-maker that halved trade waste discharges and water consumption.

Emissions of 52 of 93 reported substances decreased in 2009-10, but emissions of cyanide from metal ore mining almost doubled, reveals new National Pollutant Inventory data.