Browsing: <a href="/tag/court-cases-fines">Court cases, fines</a> <i class="grey">•</i> <a href="/tag/air-pollution-odour">Air pollution, odour</a>

• Alcoa to close coal-fired power station
  
• Court fines builder for waste dumping
  
• Forestry regulators join forces

• Sydney Water, BHP Billiton enter guilty pleas
  
• WA poised to drop approvals process for 'low-impact' activities
  
• Queensland regulator issues update on gas contamination

A court has fined a Peabody Energy subsidiary $13,000 after it carried out blasting without taking steps to manage an increased odour risk.

Orica is facing a new pollution charge for a 2013 incident at its Newcastle plant, while it waits for penalties to be finalised for discharges from both its Newcastle and Botany sites in 2011 and 2010.

• Vapour release triggers evacuations, costs Nuplex $173,000
  
• Veolia gains limited leeway on legacy chromium contamination
  
• NSW environment court orders Ausgrid to pay $40,000

• Company ordered to pay $36,000 for not replacing carbon filter
  
• Eight companies give enforceable undertakings over water efficiency breaches
  
• Parliament approves water efficiency labelling scheme changes
  
• New GRI sustainability reporting guidelines open for comment

• Court orders shipping company to pay $200,000 for oil spill
  
• Nationals and Greens slam Orica's inquiry appearances
  
• Alcoa power contracts carry carbon cost for Victoria, Budget says

• WA Supreme Court jails farmer again after more land clearing
  
• NSW court rejects contamination case costs bids by Sydney Water and adversary
  
• Ai Group offers new environmental compliance program
  
• Smoky vehicle fine reduced on appeal

The NSW EPA has laid charges against Orica that jointly carry maximum penalties of more than $2 million after August's hexavalent chromium leak from its Kooragang Island ammonia plant, while an chemical discharge yesterday from the same plant prompted a NSW Greens call to revoke the company's licence.

• WA Environment Minister orders odour conditions inquiry, waste review
  
• Ai Group on board with congestion charging
  
• Environment court losers can still wield influence, Chief Judge says