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A total of 26 carbon offset projects succeeded in registering with the Clean Energy Regulator in March, compared to only five in the same period last year.

New rules mean that companies, state governments and councils can earn carbon credits by installing anaerobic digesters to treat biosolids removed from effluent.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt has gazetted a new carbon credits method that will allow companies and other organisations to obtain ERF money for energy efficiency upgrades.

The Abbott Government plans to overhaul its 'carbon neutral' certification scheme and might outsource its administration.

Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has issued new rules that enable airlines, shipping companies, transport businesses, mobile plant operators and coal mines to earn and sell carbon credits.

Western Australia's environmental regulator isn't requiring Woodside to offset any Pluto LNG greenhouse gas emissions, even though the company is subject to an offset obligation.

The new Victorian Government should use its powers to allocate carbon rights so that companies can help fund national park plantings, and other states should follow suit, says a leading offset provider.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt has this week gazetted a new rule for earning carbon credits from commercial building upgrades, and has issued revised versions of two other methods.

Emissions Reduction Fund eligibility criteria should be tightened and the government should regularly check whether abatement can be more efficiently achieved by regulation, says the Climate Change Authority.

Cattle farmers would be big winners under a new draft carbon credit method, and four Tasmanian forest protection projects that are no longer entitled to earn credits would be rescued under another.