State governments are again active on climate change and this time around they are doing things differently, says ClimateWorks Australia chief executive Anna Skarbek.
A case that dragged on for eight years has concluded with a ruling that land clearing controls didn't rob a farmer of carbon rights or other entitlements.
A coal-fired power generator has lost an appeal against a Supreme Court ruling that it is liable for carbon charges passed through by the mine that supplies it.
In a year of huge regulatory change for environmental managers, the Federal Government has started the process of handing core environmental responsibilities to states and abolishing carbon charges for large emitters, while all governments began targeting 'green tape'.