Tasmania's EPA will gain new powers to release company monitoring data, and the Minister will have the right to declare new environmental standards, under proposed legislative amendments.
A climate change Bill introduced today to the Tasmanian Parliament mandates the preparation of sector-based emissions reduction and resilience plans, and prescribes a net-zero target from 2030.
The Tasmanian government's rewrite of its climate law will mandate sectoral transition plans, while a new waste report says the state will ban problem plastics in 2025.
The Tasmanian government will review assessment requirements for large-scale clean energy projects, and might consider holding renewable energy reverse auctions, it revealed today.