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A Magistrates Court has ordered a water utility to provide $100,000 for a waterways study by a Traditional Owners group, after it pleaded guilty to causing an environmental hazard.

A US-headquartered company that has an oil rig temporarily moored in Tasmania's Derwent River has refused EPA requests to allow a hull inspection for marine pests.

A partnership between environment group WWF and the Coca-Cola Foundation has successfully road-tested measures to cut fertiliser use on sugarcane farms and has left growers better-prepared for regulatory controls.

• Climate liability concerns prompt change in director attitudes: Grattan Institute
  
• CEFC unfazed by new investment mandate
  
• CS Energy wins Queensland government power contract
  
• Melbourne Water aims for 100% beneficial use of biosolids

• WA government introduces cash for containers bills
  
• NT overhauls Water Act
  
• Petroleum bill to establish new appeal rights

• NSW Upper House amends bill doubling asbestos penalties
  
• Federal Labor open to microbeads ban
  
• End-of-life mines face tougher environmental rules

• Mining company's solar PV plant back on track
  
• Court throws out challenge to $315,000 land-clearing fine
  
• State finalises major new water policy
  
• Water utility seeks approval for aquifer recharge

Kimberly-Clark has told the Federal Court there is no evidence that its wipes clogged sewerage systems, and contends an ACCC prosecution is a misguided substitute for regulation.

• Penalty notice challenge backfires for Adani
  
• ARENA hands out $22.1m for green hydrogen research
  
• Pacific nations back climate change insurance facility

• SA raises licence fees, cuts climate and waste funding
  
• Origin Energy to establish $20m virtual power plant
  
• NSW reviews recycled water pricing framework