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• WA EPA rejects Margaret River coal mine
  
• 'Voluntary NGER audit can reduce risk of mandatory audit'
  
• Tasmanian iron ore project to undergo EPBC Act scrutiny
  
• IEA backs coupling carbon price with renewables support

• Qantas signs agreement on algal jet fuel
  
• House passes private member's EPBC bill, another in the wings
  
• Garnaut reassesses emissions projections

A regulatory impact statement on banning illegally-logged timber recommends mandating compliance with accredited codes of conduct, while a related study estimates less than 20% of Asia-Pacific wood and paper imports are covered by schemes that effectively verify they are from legally-sourced timber.

• NSW Government under fire over 'Solar Bonus' blow-out
  
• Company wins hearing reprieve, falls behind in court-ordered payments
  
• IPA warns on carbon tax, plugs climate sceptic book launch

• Tighter energy efficiency controls on industrial equipment could save $1.5bn: report
  
• Mining, agriculture buck national energy intensity trend
  
• WA awards geothermal, algal sequestration grants
  
• Malaysian Government teams with carbon company
  
• 'Substantial improvements' in fish stocks: ABARE
  
• Renewable energy regulator to establish technical advisory panel

• Food and grocery body backs sustainable palm oil push
  
• Auspoll finds faster climate action has voter appeal, ACCI favours 'support'over trading
  
• EPA Victoria updates ballast water policy

Australian companies sourcing paper from Indonesia-based Asia Pulp and Paper are buying from a company destroying swathes of Sumatra's peat swamp forests, according to a Greenpeace report released today.

• Plan transmission lines, Queensland cleantech inquiry told
  
• $40 million SA prawn fishery aims for international sustainability certification
  
• NSW Opposition cautious on ministerial powers in biodiversity certification bill
  
• APEC business leaders urge 'low-carbon pathfinder' project
  
• Combet to headline voluntary carbon market conference

• WA program delivers major cuts in business water use
  
• AEMO: principles to remove barriers to decentralised energy systems
  
• New international alliance targets illegal wood trade
  
• Most shoppers won't pay more to be green: survey
  
• Mayors urge action on renewables, decentralised energy

The degradation of ecosystems and biodiversity from deforestation alone is causing global economic losses of between $1.9 trillion and $4.5 trillion a year, says a report released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.