A peak refrigerants body has urged the Federal Government to move quickly to tighten legislative controls on the use and reclamation of widely-used greenhouse gases.
Latrobe Valley power plants would probably be shut down if they were subjected to Chinese emissions standards and it is now clear China's emissions from coal-fired electricity generation will be far lower than predicted, according to Ross Garnaut.
One of the world's most influential climate activist groups has co-launched a new research brief that accuses Australia's big four banks of financing the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef through loans to coal and gas projects.
Former Liberal leader John Hewson and ex-ACTU president Sharan Burrows are among those behind a new global campaign that says super funds are largely 'dodgers, stallers, tricksters and pleasers' on climate change, with Hewson accusing funds of hypocrisy for backing corporate transparency through the Carbon Disclosure Project but evading scrutiny of their own actions.