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Government launches coal mining abatement package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government has launched a $70m Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package, aimed at developing technologies and processes to aid the coal industry. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson The package provides funding for three areas ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Thus far, four methodologies have been approved - capture ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... there will also be information about strategy that has been missing. "We would expect to see more information on actual abatement," said Holmes. "At this point, we would expect that companies would have worked through what their opportunities would be ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Thus far, four methodologies have been approved - capture ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... IGCC CEO. "This is important in a period when low international carbon prices could encourage investment in emission abatement offshore." The expert panel's recommendations will inform the draft legislation that will be introduced later in 2012 to allow ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... also creates financial incentives to undertake emission avoidance and sequestration offset projects and increase carbon abatement in line with the protection of Australia's natural environment. Following the CFI's official launch last December, clients ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the Carbon Farming Initiative brings opportunities for landholders to generate tradeable carbon credits from carbon abatement and sequestration activities. At the moment, the CFI only recognises three procedures to generating carbon credits, and industry ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... government's Coal Sector Jobs Package provides AU$1.3bn in assistance to support jobs in gassy mines, while Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package will provide AU$70m in grant funding via matching grants for research into new technologies to ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Charlton (Victoria) feedlot in January 2011, due to the damage from severe flooding. The operation received a pollution abatement notice from the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority, which was subsequently closed after the feedlot fulfilled ...

Low Carbon Australia relaunches Carbon Offset Guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian market. CFI provides incentives to landholders, farmers and forest growers incentives for undertaking land sector abatement projects. CFI will generate credits called Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that can be on-sold and traded.