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Federal changes mean companies will find it easier to buy and use Australian carbon credits, a NSW review is likely to result in tougher environmental incident notification rules and a Western Australian appeal decision confirms that backers of major projects will face carbon offset obligations.

The National Farmers Federation and coal seam gas companies today appeared before a Senate coal seam gas inquiry, which quizzed companies on groundwater protection and salt disposal.

• NSW to overhaul planning and assessment law
  
• Queensland prosecutes coal gasification company
  
• NSW tightens groundwater controls on mining exploration
  
• Environment department seeks advice on waste emissions

• NSW imposes 60-day moratorium on coal seam gas exploration
  
• Arrow caps Queensland coal seam gas well blow-out
  
• Tribunal grants windfarm substation permit after council fails to act

• Bungled clean-up costs company $63,000
  
• Anglo American seeks EPBC approval for NSW coal mine
  
• BlueScope won't be exposed to upstream carbon costs, Deutsche says
  
• Queensland to monitor cleantech sector

• Rio Tinto under investigation over Yarwun acid spill
  
• NSW council hit with $100,000 EPBC Act penalty
  
• Rod Sims: how to give investors more carbon price uncertainty
  
• Combet brings BlueScope, Woodside, into the fold for industry support talks
  
• Latrobe magnesium project could offer cement industry carbon benefits

• Site owner 'untruthful, selfish, grossly irresponsible', judge says
  
• Tribunal crushes council's veto of construction waste recycling plant
  
• Court orders water utility to pay $63,000
  
• Changes at Sustainable Business Australia

Underground coal gasification company Cougar Energy today described State Government plans to shut down its flagship Kingaroy project as 'completely disproportionate' to BTEX monitoring results at its site, with managing director Len Walker decling to rule out legal action.

Just days after a 4 Corners report on Australia's burgeoning coal seam gas industry, Environment Minister Tony Burke has approved a major CSG-to-LNG project, as dispute rages over the dangers of fraccing fluids.

• Rio bauxite mine boosts capacity to handle extreme rain
  
• 'No-effort' offsets should prompt 5% cut rethink: ANU study
  
• Queensland launches LNG enforcement unit