A taskforce advising the Queensland Government has called for a cutting-edge mix of legislation and incentives to cut pollution from farms and new developments in Great Barrier Reef catchments.
Origin, APPEA and the Queensland Resources Council have urged the Queensland Parliament not to reinstate environmental offset requirements abolished by the former Newman Government.
Too many states have a lax approach to biodiversity offsetting and that is partly why legislative reform is proving so difficult, according to conservation expert Hugh Possingham.
Emissions from a spike in land clearing rates, especially in Queensland, will needlessly cost the economy well over $1 billion between now and 2030, a new report by CO2 Australia shows.
Skyrocketing rates of landclearing in Queensland triggered by Newman Government legislation won't be fixed by the Palaszczuk Government's hasty new five-point plan, according to WWF.
Two BHP joint ventures and Cockatoo Coal will satisfy their federal and state biodiversity obligations by supporting the rehabilitation of threatened brigalow belt country owned by the Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council.
Environment ministers have agreed to strengthen controls on particle pollution, speed up work on a national clean air agreement and establish a national standard for the environmental management of chemicals.