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Magistrate orders waste company and director to pay $97,500 * SA Legislative Council stands firm on changes to solar tariff law * Environment group calls for NOx trading * SA marine parks bill through * Green Building Council seeks more business partners *

The head of the UN has called for 'sweeping, concerted action now', as the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns even if greenhouse gas emissions peaked by 2015, temperatures would increase by up to 2.4°C and sea levels would eventually rise up to 1.4 metres – without factoring in melting ice. (plus extracts, audio)

Timber industry commits to doubling waste recovery * 'Most firms ill-prepared to mitigate carbon risks' * ACT moves on solar PV feed-in tariff * Report give mixed social assessment of water trading * Victoria establishes climate change advisory council

Australia needs a carbon price of at least A$45 a tonne to trigger large-scale investment in cleaner coal technologies, according to Ralph Hillman, head of the Australian Coal Association.

A federal Labor government would use the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target (MRET) scheme to ensure at least 20% of Australia's electricity is generated from renewable sources by 2020, Labor announced today. It would then want MRET phased out from 2020.

There would be net economic benefits from supporting emissions trading with a low to medium level clean energy target, says economic modelling commissioned by the Renewable Energy Generators of Australia (REGA).

Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard today announced a proposed Clean Energy Target (CET) scheme that would aim to generate an additional 30,000 gigawatt hours of renewable and low emission energy by 2020.