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• Carbon sink tax changes welcomed
  
• NSW gazettes waste exemptions
  
• NZ parliamentary committee proposes biofuels bill changes

• Time to upgrade NSW waste policy, auditor-general says
  
• 'Environmental professionals must spotlight government failures', EIANZ told
  
• Science academies urge governments to move faster on carbon capture and storage
  
• NPI issues new reporting guide

NSW flags assessment fee hike for chemical destruction technologies

* Wong steers steady course in international talks

* Australia's forests offset 9% of emissions, government report says

* Turnbull slams solar rebate means test

* National Pollutant Inventory overhauls fuel tanks manual

* New Zealand Budget flags major push on energy efficient homes

* Pew Centre looks at trading lessons from the EU

NSW today introduced a bill to establish a 'clean coal' fund that could receive hefty contributions from the coal industry. But, unlike similar Queensland legislation passed last year, it doesn't commit the state to lobby for industry contributions to be treated as offsets under an emissions trading regime.



Meanwhile, Prime Minister Rudd and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong announced funding for cleaner coal projects in China and for a carbon accounting pilot project to help China prepare for 'possible participation in future global carbon markets'.

• Company manager faces fine and costs totalling almost $50,000, gets dressing down from judge
  
• NSW to tighten rules for underground fuel tanks
  
• Climate change means rethinking conservation, CSIRO says
  
• WA issues new licences for brickworks
  
• Pew climate centre issues 'sectoral approaches' brief

High Court rules licence variation invalid; Alcoa hit with million dollar legal bill; Turnbull and Garrett slug it out in Canberra debate; Tax carbon and abolish fuel tax, says Australian thinktank study; NYC mayor favours tax over trading