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PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... resource cost terms, and can loosely be thought of as the 'price' of abatementachieved by particular policies." The government asked the Productivity Commission to provide advice on the effective carbon prices that result from countries' various policy ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... and a carbon price, or you can have neither." Swan spoke at the Press Club in the continuing push to put forth the government's case for its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Last week, Professor Ross Garnaut released an update to his 2008 climate ...

New water accounting standard to measure quantity, rights and obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... enterprises and related parties "such as lenders, creditors, suppliers, insurers and water traders and water brokers"; government representatives and advisers; water industry regulators, water managers, including environmental water managers and water ...

Virgin Australia certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon neutral certification by Low Carbon Australia. The publicly listed airline formerly known as Virgin Blue received government approval through the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). The carbon neutral initiative is a voluntary certification ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... to engage with international markets during what promises to be a challenging period of economic change." See Also: Government introduces carbon emission pricing plan

CAMAC releases review of executive remuneration governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC). CAMAC released its report on executive remuneration this week, a response to a government request for advice on the need to reduce the complexity of executive remuneration reports and revising the remuneration-setting ...

Goodman Group announces DIISR building development win

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... a four-star Green star and five-star NABERS rating mixed laboratory and office space development for the Australian government's Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) in North Ryde, NSW. The building will accommodate approximately ...

Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Nearly 80% of the world's energy supply could be met by renewables by 2050, if supported by public policies, according to a report from over 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Additionally, increasing ...

NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... important change has been the increase in water usage due to the saturation of mining in the Hunter Valley," a senior government representative is quoted as saying in the report. "I would add that with the big operators there has been an increased commitment ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
Rio Tinto reported falling injury frequency rates, a year-on-year uptick in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity and a 40 per cent increase in community contributions against a backdrop of record US$14bn in underlying earnings and falling debt in ...