The Montara oil spill highlighted the dangers of leaving states and territories responsible for nationally significant environmental matters, according to WWF's Gilly Llewellyn, who maintains there are ways to make the EPBC process work better for business without devolving approval powers.
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.
Australia could be almost totally reliant on zero emissions energy by 2050, or even earlier, if it rejigs and expands the Renewable Energy Target and develops a national transport electrification policy, according to a study by WWF and Climate Risk.
The ACF will run two more investor briefing on the James Price Point project next week, reflecting the investment community's growing interest in what environment groups have to say, according to the NGO's economic adviser Simon O'Connor.
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.
In an Australian first, investors will put resolutions to the AGMs of Woodside and three other ASX-listed companies demanding that they reveal details of their greenhouse gas emissions and carbon policies, with 'sustainability provocateur' Paul Gilding saying businesses won't act on climate change unless investors – or governments – force them into it.