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• Cougar Energy defends performance in face of Queensland charges
  
• Tasmania seeks comment on new agvet chemicals regulations
  
• Climate politicians to speak at upcoming business conference
  
• Carbon agency to fund office block retrofit

Bills before the Senate mean businesses will need an ASIC licence to deal in carbon credits, says Baker & McKenzie's Martijn Wilder.

The fixed carbon price will likely start somewhere between $21 and $25, according to a CE Daily source close to discussions on the package.

Carbon price proposals could cost coal miners $18 billion over nine years, says industry association executive director Ralph Hillman

• EPA Victoria issues new licence to Hazelwood power station
  
• Montara spill company says EPBC scrutiny not needed for floating LNG platform
  
• Virgin Australia goes bush for biofuels

• New SA stormwater roadmap aims to harvest 20,000ML annually
  
• CO2 group launches new offsets business
  
• Climate department revises national greenhouse factors

Santos is attempting to turn the tables on South Australia's EPA over the authority's demand to see documents on contamination at Port Bonython prepared for the company's lawyers by consultancy URS.

The climate change package to be unveiled this week is likely to specify a minimum permit price for the early years of emissions trading, and it might also nominate a permit price cap. Plus a CE Daily analysis of other expected deal components (unlocked article, feel free to forward).

States have lost their stomach for grand efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but are using project approval processes to secure best practice, say climate change lawyers.

NSW in particular has fared badly in efforts to support household solar power, but lawyer and former Victorian Deputy Premier Minister John Thwaites says the Federal Government can learn a great deal from state government successes on energy efficiency.