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AGL says the coal ash dam at its Bayswater power plant will be full within two years, unless it is upgraded, and the company also plans to reduce saline discharges from the site.

Latrobe Valley coal mines should speedily be filled with water once production ceases, and that might mean using treated wastewater or seawater, according to EnergyAustralia.

• Government reserves slab of CEFC finance for hydrogen
  
• EPA charges utility over discharges into low-flow river
  
• Drone scrutiny leads to EPA penalty for major Cleanaway landfill

It will take decades to create ground-stabilising lakes in the Latrobe Valley's three brown coal mine pits, partly because river inflows have declined, according to a new report.

• City of Sydney leads push for TCFD-style climate risk disclosure by governments
  
• Era of waste under-investment must end, NSW councils warn
  
• Water utility plans opt-in for AEMO payments to curtail electricity load

BHP has for the first time disclosed climate and water data by asset type, in its 2019 reporting suite released today.

• Greens introduce bill to prevent coal underwriting
  
• Small business climate plan highlights insurance and heat stress
  
• SA MP introduces bill to protect Great Australian Bight

• Biochar industry issues draft standard
  
• Five water-cycle plans to be developed for Melbourne
  
• NT EPA canvasses views on EIS guidance

• Food businesses flock to waste to energy plant
  
• First council accredited to test for PFAS
  
• Property group targets 'net zero'