Former ACCC chair, Professor Allan Fels, has called for the development of an independent integrity tribunal to monitor claims being made by governments about their emission reduction activities.
The Ai Group has issued a strongly worded statement urging the Greens and Coalition to support the Safeguard Mechanism amendments, and pleaded with politicians on all sides not to restart the climate wars.
The Australia Institute has filed a complaint with the ACCC claiming the Australian government's carbon neutral certification, Climate Active, is misleading under consumer law.
The NSW Greens have announced a $300 million plan to immediately end native forest logging in the state, including a job guarantee for industry workers and a 33,000-hectare expansion of sustainable plantations.
Greens leader Adam Bandt said this afternoon that former Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, who announced her intention to quit the party today, will continue to vote with the Greens on climate issues.
The NSW Greens have revealed their $800 million plan to deal with the waste crisis after the state's EPA ordered Coles and Woolworths to dump more than 5200 tonnes of stored soft plastics from the failed REDcycle scheme.