The ACF will run two more investor briefing on the James Price Point project next week, reflecting the investment community's growing interest in what environment groups have to say, according to the NGO's economic adviser Simon O'Connor.
The Queensland Parliament has passed changes to the state's environmental licensing regime that greatly simplify application processes and allow operators to have conditions for multiple sites prescribed in one document.
A waste company is considering an appeal after the WA Supreme Court rejected its attempt to secure licensing arrangements at two sites that would have exempted on-site clean fill disposal from waste levy charges.
In an Australian first, EPA Victoria has arranged for SITA executives to front a 'restorative justice conference' to hear community concerns about landfill odour problems, ahead of finalising an enforceable undertaking with the company.
Despite the commencement of the federal carbon price scheme, the WA EPA has recommended CO2 intensity and offset conditions for the Browse LNG hub, in a report released yesterday.