Browsing: SA

• Wong to skip 'major economies' meeting
  
• Stern backs equal per capita climate rights by 2050
  
• Survey finds mixed views on climate response economic impacts
  
• South Australian Upper House passes ethical super amendments
  
• Queensland state of the environment report notes burgeoning coal industry

• GM crops an export boon, says ABARE
  
• Auto industry review seeks feedback on travel-based taxes
  
• Deloitte to advise on NT's climate policy
  
• South Australia to introduce new water heater standards
  
• Victorian regulator proposes regional water price increases

An OECD review of Australia's environmental performance says serious breaches are 'inadequately prosecuted' in some jurisdictions and recommends that enforcement be strengthened, especially against big polluters.



The OECD also says voluntary measures often don't have 'meaningful' monitoring and compliance mechanisms and recommends greater use of economic instruments.

• 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

Release of a study showing abnormally high rates of lung cancer in Whyalla, has prompted the SA government to announce it will mandate high-dust-day limits for OneSteel's Whyalla steelworks, two years after it pushed through legislation giving the steelworks a licence with no dust level limits.

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

GHG permits likely to be worth $105 billion over a decade; Gore sees 'limited role' for nuclear; EBA seeks clean energy pledges from major parties; Qenos signs major recycled water deal; SA sets out details of licence fee restructure.