A man who previously failed to comply with an environmental protection order has failed to convince a court that he was wrongly refused new exploration permits.
The state Opposition has criticised the Palaszczuk government for slow progress in securing federal waste funding, during debate on a Bill to ban some single-use plastic items.
New Hope Group today suffered a comprehensive High Court defeat that means all aspects of its New Acland coal project – including its carbon emissions – must be relitigated.
Carbon offsets company CO2 Australia has emerged as the biggest winner in round one of Queensland's Land Restoration Fund, receiving $33.63 million out of $91 million awarded.
In one of the largest penalties for a waste offence ever imposed in Queensland, Ipswich Magistrates Court has fined a landfill owner $300,000 for grossly exceeding the limit on the amount of waste it was entitled to receive.
In the final twist to a disastrous attempt by an environment department to take legal action over contamination at a mothballed mine, a court has ruled its application for a contempt order was vexatious.
Carbon abatement from projects with major environmental and social benefits will be purchased at more than twice the ERF auction price, under contracts being negotiated by the Queensland government.