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Subscription content please login to view - COAG officials sidestep building efficiency goals; BioBanking review; & more COAG officials sidestep building efficiency goals; BioBanking review; & more
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 3:56pm
* COAG officials leave efficiency goals out of draft building standard
* NSW reviews BioBanking scheme
* NZ to ban discharge of greenhouse gas refrigerants
* Virgin trials biodiesel for ground equipment
Subscription content please login to view - Business efficiency upgrades gain VEET recognition Business efficiency upgrades gain VEET recognition
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:28am
Victorian businesses can now more cheaply make four types of energy efficiency improvements, following changes to the state's VEET scheme.
Subscription content please login to view - Groundwater warning follows discovery of 1990s Coffey report; & more Groundwater warning follows discovery of 1990s Coffey report; & more
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 3:53pm
* SA EPA issues warning after 20-year-old contamination report surfaces
* WA falling short on best practice, uranium review says
* EPA Victoria issues new auditor guideline
Subscription content please login to view - How Australia Post pushes the envelope on energy efficiency How Australia Post pushes the envelope on energy efficiency
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 2:00pm
Australia Post's facilities management team has made giant inroads in reducing energy use, singlehandedly delivering more than the organisation-wide target for greenhouse gas abatement in 2010-11.
Subscription content please login to view - Land-clearing farmer argues legal incompetence led to unjust conviction Land-clearing farmer argues legal incompetence led to unjust conviction
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 11:52am
A farmer fined $408,000 for illegal land clearing has failed to have his conviction quashed by the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal, but the court has accepted that incompetent representation meant he was not treated fairly during sentencing.
Subscription content please login to view - Greg Bourne to chair ARENA; New climate ambassador; new NSW waste exemption Greg Bourne to chair ARENA; New climate ambassador; new NSW waste exemption
Monday, 14 May 2012 3:52pm
* Greg Bourne to chair key renewables agency
* New climate ambassador appointed
* New Climate Commissioner announced
* NSW EPA issues waste exemption criteria for roadworks
Subscription content please login to view - Swan urged to intervene on power bill carbon price claims Swan urged to intervene on power bill carbon price claims
Monday, 14 May 2012 3:32pm
Treasurer Wayne Swan should use Consumer Law powers to correct misleading carbon price messages that the NSW and Queensland governments plan to foist on energy retailers, says the Total Environment Centre.
Subscription content please login to view - Building Code ignores huge cost-effective energy savings Building Code ignores huge cost-effective energy savings
Monday, 14 May 2012 1:03pm
Efficient commercial buildings could by 2020 use an average 68% less energy than those simply complying with existing weak Building Code requirements, according to a Pitt & Sherry study commissioned by the climate department.

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