A report from the Carbon Disclosure Product (CDP) confirms carbon management is moving up the corporate agenda as many companies now understand the need to handle their emissions.
 

Queensland's largest freshwater aquifer is at serious risk of being drained as a direct result of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction, independent hydro-geologist John Hillier says. Please see EI#93’s cover feature on the environmental risks of CSG extraction by clicking here: https://asp-uk.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=488/519/1177&lng=en

WA Premier Colin Barnett has decided to forcibly acquire land at James Price Point, 60 km north of Broome to house the Woodside Petroleum (ASX: WPL) – Browse joint venture liquefied natural gas hub, a move which the Australian Conservation Foundation undermines public confidence in decision-making around areas of great natural and cultural value.
 

Both Labor and the Coalition squared up to each other on energy efficiency and policies to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions ahead of the 21 August election. Through its Low Carbon Communities program Labor said it would support local councils and communities to take action on climate change and transition to a greener future. The Coalition meanwhile announced $10 million for green skills for farmers and a program to provide solar panels for sports clubs, scouts and other not-for-profit organisations.
 

National standards for car emissions in Australia, even after recently announced Labor policy, would still be weaker than that of the EU and of California, delegates at the 6^th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference said.
 

Australia’s electricity generators emitted less greenhouse gases in 2009 compared with a year earlier despite a continued reliance on coal-fired power stations and an increase in the use of some of the largest and most greenhouse intensive coal-fired stations in the country, the Climate Group said.
 

Timber company Gunns Ltd (ASX: GNS) is hoping to become “a leader in sustainable forest and environmental management”, according to its rebranded website, having sold Tasmamian native forests to a local conservationist and philanthropist and embarked on the road to full Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.