State bodies can regulate greenhouse gas emissions via conditions of approval. What effect will the new Carbon Price Mechanism have in this decision-making? Brendan Bateman and Trisha Cashmere find answers in a recent case.
12 Apr 2012
Exposure draft regulations amending the Clean Energy Regulations 2011 and the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 have been released for public comment.
30 Mar 2012
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations held in Durban last November resulted in a suite of decisions, including an "agreement to agree" to develop a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol which legally binds all parties to the UNFCCC. This is a milestone for international climate change negotiations setting the challenge for the international climate change negotiations and mapping out the future of global climate change action, at least as far as 2020.
22 Mar 2012
Land use and resources projects in the Upper Hunter and New England areas are under the microscope with the NSW Government's release of new draft plans and guidance on high-quality agricultural land, water, and mining and coal seam gas projects.
7 Mar 2012
Climate change action group Rising Tide has failed in its attempt to curtail Macquarie Generation's emission of CO2 from the Bayswater power station using NSW pollution laws. Brendan Bateman and Jo Ong look at the implications.
19 Jan 2012
