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• NSW finalises pollution notification review terms after Orica incident
  
• NABERS building rating scheme goes 6-star
  
• Alinta Energy to upgrade Port Hedland gas-fired power plant

Two factors lie behind today's launch of a new alliance of organisations owning almost 60% of Sydney's CBD – the council's ambitious sustainability targets and recognition that efforts to 'green' individual buildings are no longer sufficient.

• NSW solar audit finds major defects in 18.5% of units
  
• NGER data 'a major step forward' for energy statistics
  
• EPA Victoria releases licence monitoring guidelines
  
• Carbon price would drive green building demand, council says

A trigeneration network switched on today in Sydney has adopted a commercial fix for a technical problem that has plagued the roll-out of tri-gen units in Australia – and it could prove a better model for Sydney City Council's efforts to deploy the technology, says Investa's Craig Roussac.

Legislation passed by the NSW Parliament establishes a new funding mechanism to help building owners finance environmental upgrades, according to NSW environment minister Frank Sartor.

• City of Sydney unveils $950m trigeneration plan; seeks green infrastructure experts
  
• Improving existing buildings crucial in efforts to cut emissions, says Carbon Trust
  
• Academy crunches the numbers on Australia's low-carbon power options
  
• AGL challenges 'tyranny of dominant thought' on hidden wind costs

• Council to pay $131,000 penalty for EPBC Act breach
  
• Court fines quarry for breaching production limits
  
• New guide details how to use crushed glass in construction work
  
• Albanese issues urban policy paper

• Jail sentence 'excessive', environment court rules
  
• NT to oppose Paladin Energy uranium mine
  
• China explores regional emissions trading; tax measures
  
• Productivity Commission releases urban water reform paper
  
• U.S. EPA's Clean Air Act turns 40

• ALP commits to ban on illegal timber, puts onus on suppliers
  
• NSW Court finds no-show abattoir guilty of water pollution
  
• Another GECA standard gets 'green building' tick

• NSW court rejects Walker Corp's land clearing defence
  
• No role for councils in mandating building sustainability: Victorian inquiry
  
• Meatworks and winemakers big winners in climate grants round