A Wesfarmers-backed lithium refinery will cut its net emissions by 38% within 10 years, after the Western Australian EPA requested stronger carbon commitments.
NSW's Independent Planning Commission has applied a carbon offset condition to a coal mining project that is weaker than the company was prepared to accept.
A company owned by Sanjeev Gupta has told NSW's Independent Planning Commission it is open to a scope 3 offsets condition for its coal mine, and the Commission has also asked about deeper scope 1 cuts.
A man who previously failed to comply with an environmental protection order has failed to convince a court that he was wrongly refused new exploration permits.
Sydney Water breached an environmental obligation and a duty of care by allowing treated effluent to erode downstream creek banks, the Chief Justice of NSW's environment court has held.
Changes to the NSW clean air regulation could deliver benefits worth $600 million, and a long-stalled licensing review will finally be completed, according to the state government's draft clean air strategy.
The Victorian government has confirmed the start date for its new legislation that focuses on stopping environmental risk-taking, instead of just targeting polluters.
After its first attempt ran into legal problems, EPA Victoria has again approved a landfill to accept PFAS-contaminated soil from the West Gate Tunnel project.
After licence reviews lasting more than three years, EPA Victoria today announced it would not impose greenhouse gas limits on the state's three brown coal power stations.