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Xstrata's "purported lack of knowledge" that its mining and smelting activities are causing high blood lead levels in children in Queensland's Mount Isa is no longer tenable, according to a new research study published today in the Medical Journal of Australia.

A Queensland court has ordered a Gladstone alumina refinery to pay a total of $110,000 for emitting caustic fumes from a torn pipe over an area of up to 6km, stripping paint from cars.

• Xstrata denies Mount Isa mine breached lead levels
  
• Hamilton: 'Denialists launching cyber-bullying campaigns against scientists'
  
• Green Building Council steel credit set to shift focus from recycling

• NSW laws for GGAS phase-out and Solar Bonus scheme now in force
  
• New papers out on RET inquiry
  
• RET anti-gaming regulations now in force
  
• DCC looks for permit auction expertise
  
• Queensland proposes air, noise and hazardous materials policy

• Xstrata stalling on Mount Isa lead, says lawyer
  
• Forum failure an indictment of Rudd approach, Greens say
  
• Report warns of ’conflict’ between environment and safety in oil and gas projects
  
• Garrett gazettes ozone protection regulations
  
• Energy officials take second shot at smart meter rules
  
• Queensland Government launches recycling policy for building materials
  
• Gore, Pachauri and Flannery to speak to Sydney youth summit

• SA prepared to 'go it alone' on key wastes
  
• Report assesses research gaps on climate change and emergency services
  
• Queensland EPA sets out plans for Gladstone air study
  
• Victorian program targets water use in cafés

• Energy efficiency scheme RIS deficient, ESAA tells inquiry
  
• Oil leak costs company $135,000
  
• Slater & Gordon initiates third claim over Mount Isa lead
  
• Greens pick up fourth ACT seat
  
• Ferguson launches biofuels grant round
  
• Don't squander U.S. policy momentum, Pew Centre warns

NT EPA set to review environmental assessment law

Reef will die if we fail to act, warns Queensland Premier

* Garrett to boost energy labelling scheme compliance regime

* Sustainability Victoria and EPA Victoria issue best practice guides

* You might not get what you expect, Tasmanian EPA reminds minister

* More high-lead children identified in Mount Isa

* Lawyers urge Senate to recommend EPBC Act changes

* Queensland Parliament passes amendments to framework Act

• Queensland to introduce new geothermal legislation
  
• Insurers won't cover CCS, says Shell
  
• Trading scheme will drive shift to clean energy, says Climate Institute
  
• SA wine industry the major user of treated timber
  
• National Pollutant Inventory issues revised handbooks

• Rudd urges global ‘grand bargain’ on climate change
  
• EPA Victoria: ‘we’ve got an open mind on hazardous waste reforms’
  
• Queensland EPA issues emissions report card