The WA mining department is failing to properly regulate the multitude of small mining projects in the state and its performance must be reviewed, the WA Conservation Council has told the EPA.
A bill introduced today into the ACT Legislative Assembly sets targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2020 and peak per capita emissions by 2013, while a separate report calls for east coast cooperation on carbon pricing.
EPA Victoria will shortly conduct a major review of its approach to compliance and enforcement, after being criticised for being aligned too closely with business, chief executive John Merritt has revealed.
Originally facing a criminal negligence charge attracting a potential $1 million fine for red dust that blew off-site from its Wagerup refinery, Alcoa now faces a maximum penalty of just $125,000 after the offence was twice downgraded.
A newly-released NSW planning guideline explains how development should be assessed within a coastal risk area based on a likely 2100 sea level rise of 90cm and proposes measures including 'time-limited' development consents.
