A total of 64 South Australian councils have applied to the ACCC to jointly tender for electricity, with many of them interested in sourcing renewable power.
South Australia's EPA will review business environmental licence conditions to ensure they take proper account of the increasing risk of extreme weather, according to a new climate change position statement.
With South Australian government backing, The Nature Conservancy is examining ways to make wetlands restoration financially viable, partly by earning ERF carbon credits, and by establishing a 'blue carbon' insurance fund.
The Morrison government has given South Australia at least $560 million to help fund clean energy and emissions abatement actions, after last year allocating $960 million to NSW.
The South Australian government is using the paucity of ERF vegetation projects in the state to bolster support for a Bill that would introduce 100-year pastoral leases.