The oil and gas industry has identified disproportionately large potential opportunities to cut energy use, but its implementation rate is very low, newly-released Federal Government data shows.
Armed with a new Ernst & Young analysis, Australian Industry Group chief executive Heather Ridout has delivered Labor and the Coalition separate 'to do' lists to make their climate change policies acceptable to industry.
Shadow Climate Change and Environment Minister Greg Hunt has given in-principle support for funded closure of some coal-fired generating capacity, describing it as a rip-off of the Coalition's direct action proposal.
Once a carbon price is in place, banks must be willing to 'stare down' activists wanting to stymie investments in certain types of energy and resource projects, Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said today.
Two factors lie behind today's launch of a new alliance of organisations owning almost 60% of Sydney's CBD – the council's ambitious sustainability targets and recognition that efforts to 'green' individual buildings are no longer sufficient.
The Greens want a climate deal with 'upward flexibility' for tougher emissions cuts, Leader Bob Brown said today, while a CE Daily source says bills will likely go before parliament in September or October.
Melbourne's City of Whitehorse aims to increase the proportion of its total procurement budget spent on environmentally-friendly products to 30%, building on achievements that this month earnt it an award for excellence in green procurement.
Sustainability Victoria is the lead agency for the state's 2005 'towards zero waste strategy' but didn't begin to develop an implementation plan until six years later, says a scathing report released today by Victoria's Auditor-General.
