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• Good 'corporate character' fails to convince judge not to record conviction
  
  
  
• Productivity Commission quibbles with, but praises, Stern
  
  
  
• Property Council pushes for Adelaide CBD cooling towers to use recycled water
  
  
  
• TEC, EnergyAustralia disagree on coupling 'smart meters' with in-home displays
  
  
  
• EPA Victoria issues HazWaste Fund guide

Submissions from major energy industry players have criticised South Australia's proposed residential energy efficiency scheme for being too different from Victoria's planned scheme and have urged South Australia to put its plans on hold or simply 'piggy-back' on the Victorian program.

• Rudd flags soil carbon push
  
• Sustainable buildings council briefs Garrett and Garnaut on 'white certificates' trading proposal
  
• Queensland EPA charges company directors over PCBs
  
• South Australia to ban plastic bags by year's end

Queensland's climate change strategy is less than a year old, but new scientific findings and the changing policy landscape mean it must be updated, says state climate change minister Andrew McNamara. Plus:

* South Australia poised to mandate efficiency action by energy retailers

* I've got an open mind on container deposit schemes, says Victorian Premier

* Engineers throw their support behind Garnaut

NSW pollution prosecutions steady * Uranium exploration company investigated * Australia and New Zealand tackle inefficient chillers * Wong to attend U.S. climate summit * NZ government says 2025 free allocation deadline not fixed in stone *



WBCSD launches 'eco-patent commons' scheme * Asia-Pacific Partnership releases 'clean steel' handbook * Victoria and Queensland issue new eco-efficiency tips

Energy ministers approve 'stage two' energy efficiency package * Magistrate fines construction company $95,000 * Carbon risk – more than 40 ASX200 companies could suffer material losses * National Pollutant Inventory releases new guidance * NSW offers renewables funding * Sydney Water issues water conservation guidelines * SA approves $40 million foundry expansion

Goward: it's very easy to fix climate change * Deadline looms for EEO filings by large energy users * Climate change to push up food prices, says ACF study * SA EPA launches video info clips * Chemical agencies investigate multiple chemical sensitivity * 'BadBuster' pop-up rates companies as you click to their site