Michael Nicholls 
⚠️ The flexibility to estimate your way through Scope 3 reporting is coming to a hard stop. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has just proposed its first major structural overhaul since 2011. The defining change is a strict 95% minimum boundary for Scope 3 emissions.
🧬 We have officially crossed the line from academic debate to active human biomonitoring for microplastics. The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences has released an evidence brief grouping micro- and nanoplastics alongside PFAS as priority contaminants.
🏗️ Catching illegal dumpers used to be about issuing fines after the damage was done. Now, the focus is shifting to physical remediation and surveillance technology.
🔬 “An ecosystem-based framework recognises PFAS as a contaminant that cycles through rivers, sediments, aquifers and even biological systems.”
That framing from Dr. Arash Zamyadi captures well the regulatory direction now being formalised internationally.
🦅 Preparing for a viral pandemic usually means biosecurity lockdowns. For Australia’s native species, it means aggressively eradicating feral pigs and invasive weeds.
💬 “It’s fantastic to add new ACCU methods to the scheme at the same time as sectors take up the huge potential that exists in remaking older methods to incorporate the latest scientific developments.”
Those are the words of Josh Wilson, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, commenting o
PFAS management in NSW just underwent a major shift with the launch of a new statewide ambient monitoring programme. The NSW EPA is now collecting water, sediment, and biota samples across more than 200 sites within 17 catchment areas.
🔋 30 petajoules of gas demand has been offset across Australia’s main electricity grid — and the pace is accelerating. A new Climate Council report published yesterday confirms that grid-scale battery storage is actively decoupling our energy market from fossil fuel price volatility.
⚠️ Mark your calendars for 4 June 2026, or risk your WA mining and petroleum approvals hitting a hard wall. The Western Australian Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) is permanently retiring its legacy Environmental Assessment and Regulatory System (EARS).
📉 Historical baseline data will no longer cut it for your next EPBC Act referral. The National Environmental Science Program has released a new framework designed to translate complex climate data into defensible regulatory advice for Australian threatened species assessments.