Sustainability & Climate Change: Quarterly Update June 2010
In this issue:
- Energy co-generation agreements
Co-generation is the simultaneous production of electricity, heating and cooling using a single fuel source. The heat that would otherwise be wasted in the production of electricity is captured and utilised to produce steam, which is used, in turn, for heating and cooling.
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- Reform of natural resource management in Victoria
Natural resource management in Victoria is undergoing major reform. The Victorian Government’s White Paper for Land and Biodiversity released in December 2009 (White Paper) sets out new directions for land, water and biodiversity policy and new institutional arrangements that will be implemented over the next three years. The underlying aim of the long-term, strategic framework proposed in the White Paper is to secure the health of Victoria’s land, water and biodiversity in the face of ongoing pressures and a changing climate.
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- NSW Coastal Protection Bill 2010
In March 2010, the N SW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water released an exposure draft of the Coastal Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 for consultation.
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- How far can environment protection laws go in reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
When the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 (Act) was originally enacted in New South Wales, it was most probably unforeseen that the objective of ‘protecting the environment and public health from potential harm’ would be applied in relation to the release of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere from certain industrial activities. More than a decade on from the Act’s inception, this is the very issue that the NSW Land and Environment Court (Court) has been called upon to consider in the recent decision of Gray & Hodgson v Macquarie Generation [2010] NSWLEC 34.
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- Changes to the Renewable Energy Target Scheme
On 24 J une 2010, parliament passed amendments to the national mandatory Renewable E nergy Target (MRET). Under these changes, which are effective from January 2011, the MRET will include two parts...
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