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Tasmania launches first stage of Climate Change Act review

* Visy steamed up over 'clean energy' plant

* Flemington racecourse to install six more desalination plants

* Clean Energy Council criticises native forest biomass RET ban

* CO2 Group reports record revenue

* Carbon scheme won't have material impact, Incitec Pivot tells ASX

* Combet names land sector carbon board members

• R.M. Williams goes in 'boots and all' on carbon credits
  
• Melbourne City Council opts for low-emissions asphalt
  
• Xstrata seeks approval to double size of NT mine

• Victoria confirms energy efficiency scheme change
  
• Comment sought on new "carbon farming" activities
  
• Victorian agencies back new emissions calculator

• Carbon farming bills head to the Senate; Greens support likely
  
• EPA Victoria sets out what it wants from data analysts
  
• NSW specifies terms for coal ash and slag reuse
  
• Combet's climate ads plan slammed

A wide-ranging Victorian Climate Change Bill unveiled this morning that gives the EPA sweeping new powers and introduces soil carbon rights will put the State 'well ahead of the rest of Australia', Premier John Brumby has told Parliament.

The Victorian Government will introduce a bill mandating that the State cut greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below 2000 levels by 2020, give its EPA new powers to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and create a green carbon offsets scheme, says its long-awaited climate change white paper.

• EPA Victoria releases resource efficiency case studies (with video)
  
• 'Next government must compensate farmers on carbon and biodiversity': NFF
  
• Gillard a climate failure if there's no carbon price – Bob Brown

• EPA Victoria issues licence compliance guidelines
  
• National Power moves forward on 300MW windfarm
  
• Huge potential in soil carbon: U.S. scientist tells Australia

• NT to put carbon price tag on land clearing applications
  
• Renewable energy centre bill clears Senate
  
• Queensland pulls plug on solar hot water rebate scheme
  
• Cadbury, Xerox and GPT in the running for sustainability prize