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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – June 14, 2013

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National Asbestos Exposure Register – Have you been exposed to asbestos?

Federal Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Bill Shorten has announced the establishment of a new National Asbestos Exposure Registerthat will record the details of members […]

New guidelines for reporting Natural Gas Liability

The Clean Energy Regulator has released a new guideline – Reporting natural gas liability: Interim Emissions Number reporting for natural gas suppliers who are required to […]

Exposure draft of Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Regulation – Released for comment

  The Federal Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education has released the Exposure draft of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) […]

Carbon pricing mechanism creates new audit responsibilities for liable entities with emission numbers above 125,000

If you are a liable entity and your emissions number is above 125,000, you will be required to submit a reasonable assurance audit report.  You will […]

Supporting renewable energy industry – new initiative for shared knowledge

Information, data and lessons learned, by the renewable energy industry, will be shared in a new Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA)  initiative – Supporting High-value Australian […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: Renewable Energy Programs

Emerging Renewables Program  The Emerging Renewables Program funds activities to support the development, demonstration and early stage deployment of renewable energy technologies with the potential to […]

Workshops and webinar shows implementation of Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) projects

Webinar  The Clean Energy Regulator has made available webinars for environmental plantings, piggeries or landfill projects to assist you in understanding what is involved with the […]

Planned burning of Victoria’s public land – Find out where and when planned burns are happening

The Victorian Government has achieved the largest amount of planned burning of Victoria’s public land in 30 years.  Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Ryan […]

Gippsland Lakes condition report 1990-2011 – released

EPA Victoria has released the Gippsland Lakes condition report 1990-2011 that examines the long-term trends in water quality of the Gippsland Lakes from 1990 to 2011.   […]

2013 Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards – now open

The 2013 Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards are now open to Victorian businesses who can demonstrate within their business practices –  efficient use of water, resources and […]

No decisions made on QLD Land Access reforms

QLD Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps has moved to reassure landholders and resource companies that while the process of altering Queensland’s land access […]

NABERS adopted in NZ

The success of a NSW rating tool initiative that measures the energy efficiency and emissions of office buildings – NABERS – has been recognised by our […]

NSW councils receive funding to reduce waste

NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker has announced that 72 councils in NSW will share in $38.7 million from the NSW Government to help them increase resource […]

Inspections planned for north-western NSW landfills

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is embarking on the next stage of its program aimed at improving waste management practices in north western NSW. EPA […]

NSW metropolitan service stations required to have vapor recovery technology

According to the NSW EPA, the state  is ahead of all others in introducing regulations requiring services stations to capture toxic petrol vapours at service stations […]

NSW emissions from coal trains report

To investigate the levels of dust generated by coal train movements in the Hunter, the NSW EPA issued the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) with a […]

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