The timing of the next ERF auction will be influenced by levels of interest in new methods for earning credits, according to Jody Swirepik, acting chief executive of the Clean Energy Regulator.
Two well-known carbon companies have given enforceable undertakings over consent forms that the Clean Energy Regulator alleges were improperly amended.
Buying international carbon credits might end up more expensive than purchasing units created through domestic forestry projects, New Zealand's climate change minister Paula Bennett told business leaders today.
Labor has stormed into office in the Northern Territory promising to rewrite environment laws and consider carbon emissions when large new projects are assessed.
The Queensland Government today sought to stave off a World Heritage 'in danger listing' for the Great Barrier Reef after the defeat of its land clearing bill.
The ERF should provide primary industry with incentives for avoided soil carbon loss, just as it rewards avoided deforestation, according to leading soil carbon experts.