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"Sustainability and Heritage Guidance Sheets: Improving the efficiency of heritage houses"

"Find out more about greenhouse gases and how they can influence our climate and weather."

"A home energy audit will help you to understand where you use energy at home and where you may be able to make savings.  You can do your own home energy audit online using the links on this page.  Each section contains questions about how you use energy and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. By the end of the audit you'll know what you can do to reduce your energy use and minimise your bills. "

NASA image of the day - "Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - September 26, 2012"

"The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Technical Guidelines (NGER Technical Guidelines) assist corporations to understand and apply the NGER (Measurement) Determination 2008."

"National Greenhouse Accounts Factors-July 2012"

Tackling the challenge of climate change

"Reducing our carbon footprint"

The Clean Energy Regulator is an independent statutory authority established by the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011. The Clean Energy Regulator does not sit within a Government Department although it is an agency within the Climate Change Portfolio

Each week NASA's State of Flux website features images of different locations, showing the effects of climate change, urbanization, or natural hazards such as fires and floods. If you select the 'map view' option you can view a Google Map of all the locations so far covered. If you then select a marker on the map you can view two images of the location that have been taken at different times. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you can also find a number of links to browse the images by different categories, such as 'extreme events', 'human impacts' and 'top picks'.

"Weather and climate touch all aspects of Australian life. What we experience here at home is part of the global climate system. The Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO contribute significantly to the international effort of weather and climate monitoring, forecasting and research. In State of the Climate, we discuss the long-term trends in Australia's climate. This is our third biennial State of the Climate report. As with our earlier reports, we focus primarily on climate observations and monitoring carried out by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO in the Australian region, as well as on future climate scenarios."

"The Clean Energy Regulator has today released the 2012-13 National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) data publication. The publication includes the total scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions, total scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions and net energy consumption data reported for the 2012-13 financial year for these corporations."

"From mid-September, more electricity customers will be able to consider new flexible pricing offers. You don't have to switch to flexible pricing - the choice is yours - you can stay on your current rate."

"President Obama believes we have a moral obligation to lead the fight against carbon pollution. Share the details of his plan to help make sure people in your community get the facts:"

"These weather maps are produced from computer models and are used by forecasters to develop the official weather maps, which contain added features such as cold fronts". Use Play & Stop buttons to watch how the models think the next 7 days might play out.

From the Australian Climate Commission comes this page chock-full of infographics related to Solar Energy as it relates to the Australian context

"EPA has released a draft guideline on Energy from Waste, consistent with the Victorian Government's Getting full value: the Victorian Waste and Resource Recovery Policy. The guideline outlines how the Environment Protection Act 1970 and associated policies and regulations are applied to the assessment of proposals that recover energy from waste. The document provides high level guidance for industry, government and the community on EPA expectations and requirements for the siting, design, construction and operation of such facilities."