The Clean Energy Countil, Australia’s peak renewable energy lobby, has released a paper calling for an indepedent carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, to be set up to oversee a carbon price and investment in clean technology. 
The …

Australia’s multi-party climate committee did not reach an agreement on how to put a price on carbon emissions, Climate Minister Greg Combet said after a committee meeting that was meant to shed light on the new …

Australia ranks last among wealthy countries in its ability to compete in a clean energy future, a new report has found.

Australia ranked 15th among G20 countries for its readiness to stay wealthy as it shifts …

The Australian parliament has passed an amended greenhouse gas and energy reporting bill, which removes the  requirement for Australian firms to publish corporate-level energy production, PointCarbon reported.

The legislation was first introduced in 2007 in preparation …

The Forests Product Commission (FPC) has acquired more than 5,000 hectares of land in south-west Western Australia for its tree planting project with Synergy Energy, the ABC reported.
As part of the one year deal, the …

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Association has called on the federal government to consider establishing a climate change crime investigation group, The Canberra Times reported. The group would look at a range of crises and …

The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) could win parliamentary support this year, after Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull appeared to back down on demands debate be put off until next year and as a poll found …

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Big business is unprepared for the national carbon emissions trading scheme set to begin within two years, a new urvey has found.
Only 36 percent of the senior executives surveyed were aware the federal …

The green energy sector may soon power on, creating thousands of jobs, according to a report in The Australian June 18.
The number of wind farms in Australia is about to grow and with it new jobs will …

Australia’s carbon trading scheme will start a year later than planned, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced on May 4, blaming the climate policy shift on the global financial crisis

“The worst global recession since the Great …