The NSW Court of Appeal has rejected arguments by a coal company that it was unlawfully refused consent for a mine because of invalid concerns about scope 3 emissions.
In a decision with important ramifications for NSW industry, a court today found the state's EPA has failed to fulfil its statutory duties on climate change, and ordered it to do more.
Two Whitehaven subsidiaries have been fined a total of $372,500 for clearing three access tracks in the wrong locations, failing to prepare a rehabilitation plan, and drilling boreholes in the wrong places.
The NSW government is planning to strengthen assessment requirements for CCS projects, waste-to-energy projects, groundwater treatment activities, and large storage batteries.
The NSW EPA has slightly eased its proposed controls on ammonia emissions from waste to energy facilities, but has reserved the right to impose tougher limits where appropriate.
Councils and other planning agencies should "plan to rebuild for the future, not the present" in the aftermath of natural disasters, according to a new guide from the NSW government.
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.
Too little of NSW's coal ash is re-used and urgent action is necessary to achieve an 80% re-use rate, according to a state parliamentary inquiry report.
The NSW EPA will invite public comment on Delta Electricity's application to have its ageing Vales Point power station once again exempted from modern NOx limits.