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CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
The process to gain accreditation for Australian carbon credit unit (ACCU) methodologies under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is functioning in such a way to yield legally robust and proscriptive processes, according to a partner at law firm Norton ...

Low Carbon Australia and Quantum Power offer biogas services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... projects that are eligible for Clean Technology Program grants, and with businesses working with the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) voluntary carbon offsets scheme, McDonald said. Quantum Power is a developer, owner and operator of power stations generating ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... intensive rotational grazing and aspects of small landfill operation could potentially qualify under the Carbon Farming Initiative. The additions to the department's list covers five new areas - farm forestry, conversion of existing grazing land to intensive ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
As farmers and land managers examine the new structures of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) that will lead to the generation of Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs), industry professionals say a perceived cloud of political and financial uncertainty ...

Clean Energy Regulator and ASIC to work together

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... including the carbon pricing mechanism, the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) scheme, the Carbon Farming Initiative and the renewable energy target. CER will also provide for the Australian national Registry of Emissions Units. Any of the ...

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... AU$2m in funding to five research projects that will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. Biochar is a stable, carbon-rich type of charcoal that is made by "heating ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is moving ahead, having recently approved a fourth procedure to measure and calculate emissions reductions. But legal experts note that there are several areas under discussion associated with the set-up and establishment ...

Chloe Munro named head of Clean Energy Regulator

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Reporting Scheme, the Renewable Energy Target, the Australian National Registry of Emissions Units and the Carbon Farming Initiative. Munro is the current chair of the National Water Commission and has senior executive experience within Australia and ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Experts weighed in on costs and potential liabilities offered under the Clean Energy Future package: Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities Draft carbon tax legislation "faithful", but tricky in details Assistance will "significantly ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The launch of 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 ...