Environment Minister Sussan Ley has approved a coal company to clear 529 hectares of koala habitat west of Mackay, only months after refusing a wind farm in the same part of Queensland because of its impact on the koala population.
The spiralling costs of biodiversity offsets in NSW is often a problem for proponents of clean energy projects in the state, according to the Clean Energy Council.
Aspects of the Northern Territory's new assessment and approval law can serve as a role model for other jurisdictions, according to NT EPA Chair Dr Paul Vogel.
The organisation representing the upstream oil and gas industry says state environmental agencies shouldn't be involved in regulating greenhouse gas emissions.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today urged all states and territories to negotiate EPBC approval bilateral agreements with Canberra, and praised a WA bill that will make the task easier.
A company that received EPBC approval to clear vegetation for sand mining has been blocked by the Western Australian Supreme Court, which upheld a state government ministerial decision to refuse permission for clearing.
Including a greenhouse gas trigger in the EPBC Act would be unwarranted and inappropriate, according to the department administered by Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor.
The scientists that assess the water impacts of coal mines have warned governments that revisions to a proposed mine expansion in Sydney's water catchment haven't overcome their concerns about environmental damage.