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Highlights in this week's issue include: * Greenhouse gas appeal fails. Atlas Iron has failed to convince the WA government that a mine's emissions shouldn't undergo EPA assessment. * Landfill levy jump. Victoria's landfill levy will increase to align with the NSW rate. * Bilbies

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Parties show their hands. The federal Opposition is wary of a climate disclosure Bill, while the Greens and Senator Pocock want mandatory scenario analysis. * 'Scorched earth'. The Victorian Opposition will try to overturn a planning amendment that smooths the way

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Ban this, and not that. BlueScope wants a new ban on exporting steel scrap, and Veolia says an imminent ban on exporting waste paper should be axed. * Circularity and directors' duties. ASIC should issue directors' guidance on the circular economy,

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Greenwashing hearing. Treasury, ASIC, the ACCC, and many others will today appear before a Senate inquiry hearing into greenwashing. * Companies disclose climate progress. Twenty five large emitters have disclosed information on their climate change pledges and progress, through the federal CERT program.

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Triple A. The Climate Change Authority says it will propose a 2035 emissions target that is ambitious, achievable, and advantageous to Australia. * Good, better, best. The Climate Leaders Coalition has released a guide to internal carbon pricing, which sets out three potential

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Four federal bills. The federal government has introduced four climate and environment bills. * Three inquiries. Key parliamentary inquiries have ended in Queensland and NSW, and a federal inquiry has started into a treaty with climate components. * EPBC reform progress. A Senate committee

Highlights in this week's issue include: * Nothing 'dodgy'. The Greens have secured an amendment to Victoria's climate and renewable targets Bill. * Hit the gas. In a national first, Greenpower has certified a Jemena renewable gas project. * 'The first step'. The NSW Parliament