The Port of Geelong has made an environmental referral for a $130 million facility that would produce hydrogen and nitrogen from imported green ammonia.
A West Australian court has rejected arguments that the head of the environment department is obliged to consider whether to suspend or cancel or licence when a breach has occurred.
Proponents should use a range of carbon prices in cost-benefit analyses prepared for development consent applications, the NSW planning department has advised.
Western Australia's Supreme Court has rejected arguments by conservationists that the EPA should have comprehensively assessed Woodside's plans to process Scarborough field gas at its Pluto LNG plant.
South Australia's EPA will review business environmental licence conditions to ensure they take proper account of the increasing risk of extreme weather, according to a new climate change position statement.
Western Australia's EPA has recommended approval for Oz Minerals' West Musgrave copper and nickel project, on condition that it keep within prescribed emissions limits.
Starting-point limits on pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from Perdaman's proposed $4 billion urea plant can readily be strengthened if the science warrants it, according to the Western Australian government.
Under a worst-case scenario, it will take Engie 35 years to fill the Hazelwood coal mine pit with water, but the company is aiming to do it over 10 to 20 years, new documents show.
Proposed new environment legislation for NSW would allow former directors to be held accountable, increase penalties, strengthen controls on contaminated land, and boost the EPA's independence.