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• NT to introduce "chain of responsibility" law
  
• WA consults on environmental offsets guidance
  
• Queensland signs hydrogen MoU with Port of Rotterdam

New Northern Territory guidance says the government is wary of approaches to environmental offsetting that focus heavily on paying money instead of taking action, and proposes a novel strategy for determining offset requirements.

Aspects of the Northern Territory's new assessment and approval law can serve as a role model for other jurisdictions, according to NT EPA Chair Dr Paul Vogel.

• NSW to release Finkel decarbonisation report
  
• Federal inquiry underway into 'scope 3' emissions Bill
  
• Federal government to revise NT bilateral EPBC agreement

A Supreme Court judge has described as 'extraordinary' the NT EPA's handling of a land-clearing project that would add significantly to the Territory's greenhouse gas emissions.

• Urgent need for strong climate action, warns Great Barrier Reef Authority
  
• WA sets ambitious 2040 goals for renewable hydrogen
  
• Fonterra backs NZ zero carbon bill
  
• Defence signs solar deal with Lendlease

Unprecedented clean-up standards set for Rio Tinto's Ranger uranium mine will focus global attention on the company and how successful it is in rehabilitating the site, according to a new report.

• NT government looks for fracking experts to join EPA board
  
• NSW offers 'fixed-rate' payments for perpetual conservation
  
• New report on pesticides regulator

The Northern Territory government is resisting potential changes to the EPBC Act's 'water trigger' that would result in all shale gas projects being assessed under the federal law.

The Northern Territory government has appointed a NSW Land and Environment Court judge to chair its inquiry into fracking.