'Perfect' fruit and vegetable standards would be banned, food miles labels introduced in supermarkets, and sustainable living classes added to school curriculums, under an ambitious policy announcement by the NSW Greens.
The NSW government will measure the cost of carbon for new government infrastructure projects across the state to help cut emissions and building costs.
Sydney Water has been fined $200,000 in a sentencing hearing after being found guilty of a serious pollution incident in 2019 when its actions caused untreated sewage to overflow into a nearby creek.
The NSW EPA has committed to regulating greenhouse gas emissions with the help of specialised advisory groups under its new Climate Change Policy and Action Plan released today.
The NSW Land and Environment Court has dismissed an appeal by the former director of a liquidated waste oil company who claimed charges filed against him by the NSW EPA for failing to comply with clean-up notices were duplicitous.