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As Australia continues a struggle that has lasted more than two decades to find a site for low-level radioactive materials, a Royal Commission today added a new dimension by proposing the importation and storage of high-level nuclear waste.

• 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

• Origin maintains green energy dominance, snaps up low-price RECs
  
• Macarthur Coal's mining emissions rise 13%
  
• WA uranium panel not up to scratch: Conservation Council
  
• Victoria boosts funding for five cleaner coal projects
  
• Reform of Victorian Water Act 'urgently needed': EDO
  
• Australian company wins $300 million Thai solar contract

The International Energy Agency says almost a quarter of global electricity could come from nuclear power plants by 2050, if the world returns to peak build rates of the 1970s.

• Lawyers for WA Conservation Council urge minister to hold uranium mine inquiry
  
• Regulator rules PV owners losing off-peak tariff to be compensated
  
• Australians more confident in government action on environment
  
• WSAA releases urban water metering framework

Emissions trading can't work, coal must be phased out and nuclear must be part of the world's energy mix, says renowned NASA climate science James Hansen, who warns those opposing climate change action are perpetrating a 'great hoax' about the validity of the science.

• Minerals Council says CPRS to 'cost' $120 billion, gets smelting emissions wrong
  
• 'Governments must do more to reassure mainstream investors'
  
• Obama offers $8 billion in loan guarantees for nuclear reactors (with video)

The Rudd Government's 2020 targets are 'insufficient', China would like Australian uranium to help wean itself off conventional coal and claims that Australia's actions don't matter are wrong, an adviser to China's climate negotiators said today. But Climate Change Minister Penny Wong and a senior Australian negotiator defended the targets.

The costs of cutting emissions will be greater than expected, according to soon-to-be-released OECD research. Meanwhile, a separate study to be released next month says global nuclear capacity could increase almost four-fold by 2050.

• Economic modelling – Garnaut names the day
  
• Consider nuclear, Rio Tinto tells NT Government
  
• WorleyParsons seeks sites for large-scale, solar-thermal plants
  
• New Zealand issues renewables policy
  
• National Pollutant Inventory launches video
  
• Al Gore's new ad pushes 100% renewables (with video)