The government could unlock the creation of an extra 2.5 billion carbon credits over the next decade, by introducing a new ERF method, according to the Carbon Market Institute. Read more...
Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor today introduced a Bill that will establish a long-awaited licensing framework for offshore wind projects. Read more...
As the ERF reaches a key milestone, Clean Energy Regulator chief executive David Parker says industrial companies are becoming much more engaged in the scheme, and important enhancements are on the way. Read more...
Labor has sided with the Coalition to vote down a Greens-backed attempt by One Nation to retrospectively make Woodside liable for remediation of an ageing oil processing vessel that it sold in 2015. Read more...
A Liberal Senator has criticised Woodside for selling an ageing asset to a company unable to decommission it, and One Nation will move a Bill amendment to hold Woodside to account. Read more...
Subject to any legal challenge, ARENA's remit will now extend to include soil carbon and CCS projects, as well as abatement activities in key industries that aren't linked to renewable energy. Read more...
Farmers will find it easier to earn carbon credits from small-scale projects on their properties, under changes gazetted by the federal government. Read more...
The federal government is considering a new type of renewable energy certificate, as part of a national scheme to certify that businesses are producing "clean hydrogen". Read more...
A new federal strategy that will pick 100 threatened species for special intervention has been challenged by environment groups, with WWF calling for a broader 'zero extinctions' approach. Read more...
Environmentalists have warned industry not to use native timber sourced from VicForests, as they prepare to go to the High Court over a Federal Court decision today in favour of the logging agency. Read more...
