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Carbon credits from human-induced regeneration projects are trading at a premium, even though their integrity has been called into question, according to carbon and energy analyst RepuTex.

• Court orders Boral to pay $100,000 for environmental projects
  
• Seven WA ministers to lead work on sectoral emissions plans
  
• Boom in farmer interest in soil carbon prompts new partnership

• Spot carbon price now more than double 2020 level
  
• WA Bill will make Forest Products Commission a carbon trader
  
• City of Melbourne targets embodied emissions in construction materials

• ASX through to second-round for Australian carbon exchange
  
• Fire protection company fined over greenhouse gas discharge
  
• Tasmania offers carbon rebates

The government could unlock the creation of an extra 2.5 billion carbon credits over the next decade, by introducing a new ERF method, according to the Carbon Market Institute.

Farmers will find it easier to earn carbon credits from small-scale projects on their properties, under changes gazetted by the federal government.

The South Australian government is using the paucity of ERF vegetation projects in the state to bolster support for a Bill that would introduce 100-year pastoral leases.

South Australia should try to join California's emissions trading scheme, according to a new briefing commissioned by the state government and prepared by climate economist Ross Garnaut.

The federal government will tip an extra $1.8 billion into climate action over 10 years, with a stronger emphasis on hard-to-abate sectors, hydrogen, transport, energy productivity, soil carbon and CCS.