The Australian Conservation Foundation has asked senators to strengthen the climate Bill's wording on the 2030 target, and to ensure it requires disclosures of Australia's exported emissions.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today undertook to stop activists undermining the coal mining industry and prevent them using similar tactics against other big emitters.
A parliamentary inquiry today proposed punishing environmental organisations that train people in civil disobedience and denying them tax-deductible donations if they mostly engage in legal work, research or education.
Now that Xstrata has abandoned its plans for a coal export terminal on Balaclava Island in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, the island's zoning should be changed to prevent other development, says WWF.
Modelling shows the Gillard Government's proposed power station CO2 emission standard could imperil efforts to cut emissions unless they are tightened, according to WWF and the Climate Institute, but the ESAA says standards represent an "unnecessary market intervention".
What to look for in web-based carbon accounting tools; Greenpeace tallies coal investments by big four banks; and U.S. provides half a million in funding for Global CCS Institute.
The Greens have today written to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd seeking Parliamentary debate of their fixed-price carbon proposal, with organisations including WWF, ACF and Greenpeace voicing their support.