New NSW planning requirements to monitor embodied emissions will help grow the market for low-carbon building materials, according to industry experts.
NSW's deputy Auditor-General, Ian Goodwin, has concluded that NSW's biodiversity offsets scheme is seriously flawed, and has warned that there is no clear, long-term strategy to improve it.
In a decision that will have important ramifications for BlueScope, South32 today abandoned its second attempt to expand its Dendrobium metallurgical coal mine.
South32 has been asked to identify additional ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its proposed Dendrobium mine extension, and it must also provide an independent assessment of the risks to BlueScope if the project doesn't go ahead.
Sydney Water has failed to convince a court that its actions leading to a sewage leak were necessary to protect human health, but the utility will be found not guilty of a related pollution charge unless the NSW EPA lodges an appeal.
A healthcare company that was storing ethanol outside of bunded areas was today fined $297,500 for water pollution, after a large fire at its Sydney site that manufactured hand sanitiser.
The NSW government will overhaul key Treasury guidance to ensure climate risk is properly considered, and will require all agencies to report on progress towards climate change resilience.