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Risk of conflict of interest in Australian appointments to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Australians can watch with interest to see the if the Labor government proves as much a puppet of commercial interests as the Howard government, as Australia appoints new Coordinating Lead Author, Lead Author and Review Editor roles for the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) process. (Full Article)

Figure 6.2: Water diverted by licensed users in the major NSW regulated valleys, 1999-00 to 2007-08

Water Week - use from rivers in NSW over 9 years; drought impact

Water diverted by licensed users in the major NSW regulated valleys, 1999-00 to 2007-08. (Full Article)

Percentage changes in average surface water availability by Murray-Darling region under the median 2030 climate

Water Week - Murray-Darling Basin median climate change forecast: 11 percent reduction, or 2481 GL/year less

The impact of the median 2030 climate on average surface water availability across the Murray-Darling Basin would be 11 percent reduction, or 2481 GL/year less surface water. (Full Article)

Quantified economy-wide emissions targets for 2020 Annex I Parties Quantified economy-wide emissions targets for 2020

Coal generation projects back in Australian landscape, after Copenhagen Accord delivers big blank nothing

Full text of Copenhagen Accord (Full Article)

If waste heat was defined as a renewable under RECs, then a 100MW baseload gas unit could earn an extra $1 million a year

Enerji's waste heat adds 4.5MW turbine to 24 hour gas stack heat. (Full Article)

One million tonne CO2-3 VEET shortfall revealed

There was a shortfall between the tonnes of CO2-e to be reduced by activities as prescribed by the Regulations and the number of certificates that can then be created. (Full Article)