http://www.cedaily.com.au/index.php CE Daily en-au Copyright CE Daily 2008 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/RDF/manage_head1.gif http://www.cedaily.com.au/ CE Daily http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37408 The Federal Government should double the size of its Green Car Innovation Fund to $1 billion if it proves successful, recommends the Bracks review of the automotive industry. The review, released today, backs including transport in the emissions trading scheme, but warns that imposing vehicle emissions targets as well would be 'overly burdensome'. CE Daily 2008-08-15T13:42:49+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37407 CSR will pay a penalty and costs totalling more than $430,000 following a chemical spill, after the NSW Land and Environment court criticised it for emphasising the need to continue production at the expense of minimising pollution risks. The judge found the possibility of the company re-offending 'cannot be excluded'. CE Daily 2008-08-15T13:38:43+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37384 * Economic modelling – Garnaut names the day * Consider nuclear, Rio Tinto tells NT Government * WorleyParsons seeks sites for large-scale, solar-thermal plants * New Zealand issues renewables policy * National Pollutant Inventory launches video * Al Gore's new ad pushes 100% renewables (with video) CE Daily 2008-08-13T13:56:34+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37332 The federal, state and territory governments should create a new standard-setting body to manage the environmental impact of chemicals, according to a Productivity Commission report released today. CE Daily 2008-08-07T10:56:41+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37307 Two reports issued today take very different positions on Australia's logged native forests. A report by the National Association of Forest Industries says forest industries stand ready to provide very large amounts of cheap abatement by storing carbon in plantations and well-managed, logged native forests. But ANU research says the debate needs to be reframed, as logging native forests massively reduces the amount of carbon they can store. CE Daily 2008-08-05T15:08:52+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37296 * States have a strong case for ETS compensation, says Australia Institute * NSW issues draft construction noise guideline * Liberals criticise new Victorian hazardous waste restrictions CE Daily 2008-08-04T13:42:17+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37286 * Energy ministers establish trading working group * Aluminium accounts for half total greenhouse benefit of recycling * South Australia finalises EPBC Act bilateral CE Daily 2008-08-01T16:15:00+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37232 * Queensland to introduce new geothermal legislation * Insurers won't cover CCS, says Shell * Trading scheme will drive shift to clean energy, says Climate Institute * SA wine industry the major user of treated timber * National Pollutant Inventory issues revised handbooks CE Daily 2008-07-25T14:48:15+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37198 * Treasurer to NZ: don't mimic our trading scheme * Federal CCS Bill: Victoria and Woodside warn of delays * BP to pay $200,000 after ACT service station leak CE Daily 2008-07-22T14:38:55+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37186 * Coal-fired power plant assessment challenge fails * Banksia Award winners announced * National Pollutant Inventory issues new manuals * Gore urges U.S. to be 100% renewable in a decade (with video) * OECD calls for policy shift on biofuels CE Daily 2008-07-21T14:29:39+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37118 * Minerals Council sets out draft principles for environmental offsets * Climate Group launches business-backed campaign for consumer action * AIGN, ACF on COAG’s renewables proposals * Renewables growing strongly, ABARE says * Federal Government seeks environmental and climate lawyers * Aluminium industry issues sustainability report * IEA outlines energy efficiency measures, energy strategies, to G8 CE Daily 2008-07-11T15:31:26+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37108 * Rudd urges global ‘grand bargain’ on climate change * EPA Victoria: ‘we’ve got an open mind on hazardous waste reforms’ * Queensland EPA issues emissions report card CE Daily 2008-07-10T15:42:07+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37083 The NSW Land and Environment Court has ordered Caltex to pay $78,000 to the Department of Environment and Climate Change for failing to control odours at the company’s Kurnell refinery during the 2006 Christmas holidays. Meanwhile, the WA environment department has issued a $25,000 penalty to gold miner Barrick (Kanowna) Ltd following a tailings spill. CE Daily 2008-07-08T13:55:51+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37055 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and state and territory leaders yesterday agreed to finalise by the end of the year a framework for identifying regions suitable for strategic assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. COAG also agreed to implement before the end of the year a suite of reforms to the regulation of chemicals. CE Daily 2008-07-04T10:21:28+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37038 * Tasmania issues new purchasing instructions on environmental impacts *Tasmania initiates container deposit inquiry * Rudd Government joins forces with Engineers Australia to overhaul infrastructure manual * Productivity Commission says review packaging covenant in 2010, questions labelling compliance programs * Queensland finalises environmental offsets policy CE Daily 2008-07-02T16:20:41+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37023 * EEO changes kick in, as new reporting scheme kicks off * Rudd and Turnbull spar on trading * Less than 4% of energy R&D directed to energy efficiency * Coles, Woolworths and IGA to trial voluntary plastic bag scheme * Environment groups launch ‘low carbon’ website, Greenpeace releases Hunter Valley report * SA EPA audit finds poor compliance in surface coatings sector CE Daily 2008-07-01T15:30:00+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37010 The NSW Government has tabled a bill in Parliament that would strengthen the duty to notify contamination and give the environment department new powers to regulate contaminated sites. CE Daily 2008-06-30T14:26:15+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=37000 * ACCC deflates Goodyear tyre claims * AWU's nuclear vision 'fanciful' says coal mining union leader * Attorney-General highlights climate change national security risks * ACT signs Principles for Responsible Investment * NSW releases trade-exposed, emissions-intensive seminar papers * NSW flags contaminated sites auditor accreditation fee price hike Low-carbon economy poses massive skills challenge CE Daily 2008-06-27T15:40:15+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36981 The investment community has a key role to play in "creating wealth worth having" by dramatically redirecting investment away from carbon and towards activities that don't undermine the natural wealth of the earth's atmosphere and biological systems, Climate Change Capital founder James Cameron has told a Sydney forum. CE Daily 2008-06-26T10:04:07+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36955 * Carbon sink tax changes welcomed * NSW gazettes waste exemptions * NZ parliamentary committee proposes biofuels bill changes CE Daily 2008-06-23T16:22:57+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36927 * Ferguson tables CCS bills: 'liability lies where it falls' * Marine oil spills bill goes before Parliament * WA review native vegetation laws * EU emissions fall slightly * Shell urges CCS action, ex-BP chief says dismantle fossil fuel subsidies CE Daily 2008-06-19T13:01:54+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36922 * Garnaut to hold town hall meetings * SA bag-banning bill goes before Parliament * Garrett tweaks impact assessment process for Great Barrier Reef * EPA Victoria issues greenhouse inventory * NSW seeks nominations to chair environmental education council CE Daily 2008-06-18T15:37:50+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36905 * Garrett canvasses views on Anvil Hill coal mine decision * Water diversions under EPBC Act scrutiny, says Wong * Senate considers carbon sink forest tax concession * Queensland proposes new housing standards * Odour complaints lead to $25,000 fine * NZ ministry issues summary of NZ trading bill changes * Department of Climate Change offers graduate intake CE Daily 2008-06-17T14:04:50+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36897 * EPA Victoria prosecutes Mobil * NZ parliamentary committee releases trading bill report * Federal Court rejects EPBC challenge to Xstrata mine CE Daily 2008-06-16T15:41:40+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36885 * Use more green levies, regulatory body tells NSW Government * Well-known brands yet to join IT recycling scheme * Wong funds mapping for high-inundation risk areas * Sustainability Victoria issues bioenergy report CE Daily 2008-06-13T15:34:29+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36874 * Time to upgrade NSW waste policy, auditor-general says * 'Environmental professionals must spotlight government failures', EIANZ told * Science academies urge governments to move faster on carbon capture and storage * NPI issues new reporting guide CE Daily 2008-06-12T14:21:17+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36852 A NSW chemical firm will pay a total of $192,000 in penalties, clean-up costs and legal costs after sulphuric acid leaked from a tank not properly designed to safely store the substance. CE Daily 2008-06-10T16:14:32+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36815 * Greens Senator tells Rudd Treasury modelling is 'irresponsible' * Senate committee rejects bills, urges national energy efficiency strategy * NSW Budget keeps a tight rein on environment department * Queensland EPA criticises Office of Best Practice Regulation CE Daily 2008-06-04T16:41:10+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36808 The Queensland Budget has massively increased funding for the state EPA. CE Daily 2008-06-04T10:58:38+10:00 http://www.cedaily.com.au/nl06_news_selected.php?act=2&selkey=36798 * Federal environment department raises doubts over drink containers bill * NSW issues site contamination compliance report * Garrett and Stanhope propose assessment agreement * Rudd government releases 2020 summit report * Rudd government seeks advice on climate change risks to Indigenous communities * NSW allows land application of lime slurry CE Daily 2008-06-03T15:40:00+10:00