Joint Organisations funded to employ net zero officers
Nine regional joint council organisations will be funded to employ a dedicated net zero officer to drive emission reductions.
20 February, 2023
Posts Tagged: climate
Qld LGAs most at risk from climate change
Queensland LGAs are most at risk from climate change, an extensive analysis reveals.
11 November, 2019
Govt warns of refrigerant gas price gouging
The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet was concerned that prices being circulated by wholesale refrigerant gas suppliers show significant hikes unrelated to carbon pricing. In many cases, these price rises have been similar in quantum across different wholesalers. For example, a refrigerant like R22 has no carbon price attached […]
5 July, 2012
Opinion on the Climate Change Plan
By Dr Steve Hodgkinson, research director at Ovum For most organisations this means that they will need to invest in systems to monitor operational processes and to analyse and report on their energy consumption, the energy efficiency of production facilities and offices and their overall CO2 emission outcomes. Putting aside the politics of […]
12 July, 2011
Coastal communities land $3.2m adaptation
By Paul Hemsley “Long-lived assets” and infrastructure will be the focus to plan investment in sewerage and stormwater systems, roads and residential housing. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet said sea level rises increase the need for communities to build resilience to the impacts. “Climate change will lead to […]
11 May, 2011
WA assessed for renewable energy
The Australian Government has awarded a contract for work to begin on a detailed assessment of the renewable energy potential of the Mid-West and Pilbara regions of WA. Evans and Peck, the successful tenderer for the Western Australia Regional Renewable Energy Assessment, will deliver a study to address some of the barriers to investment […]
21 April, 2011
DECCW stores data with NetApp
By Lilia Guan Growth of data storage forced the DECCW to expand its storage requirements. David Schneider, Director of Information Management and Communication Technology for the DECCW, said, through a tender process, the Department looked for a flexible, scalable storage solution that was able to keep up with its growth and meet the […]
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