Suggestions by the Minerals Council of Australia to the Australian Government about looking at regions of the nation as a whole rather than getting several separate assessments within the one region before accepting mining applications. The Council stated that this would benefit both mining companies and the environment.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/09/2441461.htm




Business orders from customers have been put on hold for wind turbine company Keppel Prince until the Federal Government announces its renewable energy targets. This has caused Keppel Prince’s general manager to consider the possibility of cutting jobs to make ends meet.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/09/2441387.htm




Details on the alliance formed between Queensland Tourism and environmental groups to protect the state’s natural assets, and promote sustainable tourism.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2435995.htm




Research uncovers uncertainty of the emissions trading scheme felt by unprepared businesses in the Hunter Valley in New South Wales. This uncertainty is putting busness investments on hold.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2435471.htm




Report by the Crawford Fund calls for research into growing food in northern Australia, to not only provide food supplies during climate change, but also pass on valuable knowledge to

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/15/2420711.htm




A new report says it will not be possible for the Federal Government to include agriculture in the emissions trading scheme by 2015.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/03/2408748.htm




Forestry Tasmania says it will be a big winner under the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/31/2407187.htm




The Australian Industry Group is pushing for more time for businesses to adapt to the emissions trading scheme, as well as increasing the number of free emissions permits.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/07/2383798.htm




A peak petroleum body says the proposed carbon emissions trading scheme needs to change to make liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants economically viable.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/27/2375831.htm




The CSIRO says the future of the biofuels industry in Australia is looking shaky because production costs are outstripping the profits being returned for alternative fuels.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/23/2372205.htm




The Queensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) says farmers should be exempt from the Federal Government's proposed emissions trading scheme.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/22/2370837.htm




Australia's energy generators say they hope new Government investment in clean coal technology will overcome the reluctance by banks to lend money for such projects.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/20/2369727.htm




New research into Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme shows compensation for businesses is not enough to stop many of them scaling back or moving offshore.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/21/2342691.htm




A representative of timber company Gunns has told a public forum in Launceston the proposed pulp mill would have a positive effect on climate change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/21/2341932.htm




Australia's leading forestry union says Woolworths should choose an Australian manufacturer to supply its paper products.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/08/2328164.htm




Electricity suppliers are being accused of planning to rip off consumers under the Federal Governments' emissions trading scheme.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2326577.htm




A Perth-based clean energy company could start building a wave farm off the South Coast within two years.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2326593.htm




The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) says a Federal Government proposal to heritage list 17 million hectares of the Kimberley will deter mining companies from investing in the region.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2323804.htm




The newly re-elected president of the NSW Farmers' Association has sounded a warning over the way carbon emissions in agriculture are accounted for.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/30/2319085.htm




The Federal Government has launched a $26 million scheme to give farmers access to training programs to deal with the impacts of climate change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/29/2318058.htm




Geothermal company Torrens Energy says it hopes an area between Mallala and Port Wakefield, just north of Adelaide, will be a source of hot rocks-generated energy.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/29/2317496.htm




Alice Springs businesses are being encouraged to become more energy efficient under a new subsidy scheme.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/11/2300986.htm




Australian farmers could have a huge impact on greenhouse emissions and the government needs to start seriously encouraging them to sequester carbon in their soils, say some experts. Professor Peter Grace of the Queensland University of Technology, an expert on agriculture and greenhouse emissions, estimates that in an ideal situation, more than 900 Megatonnes of CO2 equivalents could be sequestered per annum through improved pasture management.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/04/2294803.htm?site=science&topic=enviro





A CSIRO report predicts a carbon emissions trading scheme will require three million workers to be trained or re-skilled by 2015.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/26/2286129.htm




A seminar in Hobart today is examining the practical impact of climate change on Tasmanian business and the economy.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/11/2271049.htm




The Opposition leader, Brendan Nelson, has pledged support for Australia's timber industry, ahead of the Gippsland by-election on June 28th.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/21/2251588.htm





The Victorian Government has launched a new facility that will help prospectors accurately locate the state's untapped oil, mineral and gas deposits.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/18/2248205.htm





The Queensland Government says means testing the solar rebate will not stop people from buying a renewable energy system.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/16/2247712.htm




The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) wants mining and transport companies excluded from getting fuel subsidies in next week's Federal Budget.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/06/2236235.htm




Australian company Exergen says a multi-million-dollar investment will allow it to build a new plant to make brown coal more environmentally friendly.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/02/2234203.htm




The Rudd Government may be forced to give every voter a slice of a $10 billion income tax cut and increased welfare payments to prevent inflation and interest rates from blowing out as a result of the energy price rises that will flow from an emissions trading system.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23448121-11949,00.html




The NSW Government will lobby Kevin Rudd to compensate power generators, which face multi-billion-dollar losses if the latest recommendations of the party's climate change adviser are implemented. Ross Garnaut's interim climate change report, released this week, said power generators should not get compensation to cope with emission cuts imposed by the Government.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23261640-11949,00.html




Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon has flagged potential reform of the forestry industry in response to climate change, vowing not to squib on recommendations of the Garnaut review.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23261577-11949,00.html




Ross Garnaut's push for incentives for business to capture and store greenhouse gases in forests will provide a windfall for Andrew Grant and his fledgling company CO2 Australia. Large companies including Qantas, Woodside and Origin Energy have already begun investing in large-scale forest plantations across Australia in anticipation that these carbon sinks will be included in a future trading scheme.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/
0,25197,23261575-11949,00.html





A new report concludes the economic benefits of the Gunns Tasmanian pulp mill have been vastly overstated and the controversial project will most likely have an overall negative economic impact. The report by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research, to be released today, finds Gunns's estimate of a $3 billion-plus positive impact to be based on flawed modelling.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,
23124478-11949,00.html