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Decisions by state regulators make it clear that approvals for coal mines and infrastructure won't consider emissions from coal burning, despite calls from activists.

• WA to revamp water trading rules
  
• ACT opens its borders to other environment agencies
  
• Queensland to review contaminated sites legislation

A new WA Government policy recommends notices be placed on title for properties likely to be affected by sea level rise, sets out four adaptation measures including 'planned retreat' and more than doubles the expected rise over the next 100 years.

• New carbon and energy grants on offer
  
• CO2 Group reports record profit; Trading revenue grows to $38m
  
• New WA climate change-readiness strategy under fire

• WA mines department to strengthen enforcement capacity
  
• Victoria to extend ceiling insulation scheme carve-out
  
• ABS moves forward on linking environmental and economic accounts

A new, long-delayed draft state coastal planning policy expands WA coastal areas deemed at risk from sea level rise and proposes hazard disclosures on land titles, as well as a hierarchy of risk management actions.

• EPA Victoria gears up for coal plant approval challenge
  
• NSW MPs warned of 'solar recession'
  
• Climate Commission releases WA report

• Chevron secures works approval for first-phase of Gorgon LNG plant
  
• Hunt – emissions-intensive businesses will have their say
  
• Report urges 'policy flexibility' to protect fisheries

• IT moves help Macquarie Group meet carbon commitments
  
• Murray Goulburn strategy a model for climate adaptation action: AiGroup
  
• Innovation laggard: energy industry spends 'about 1%' of turnover on R&D
  
• Nominations sought for WA waste awards

• Federal Court rules GreenPower company breached ACCC undertaking
  
• Clean Energy Council warns NSW of 'boom-bust' feed-in tariff risk
  
• WA recycling rate still 'well below' other states: report
  
• Controversy over climate action video ad; Royal Society science guide