The Howard Government today released eight principles to guide its decisions under the EPBC Act on development proposals seeking to “offset” environmental harm.
EPA Victoria has fined Australian Native Landscapes Pty Ltd for breaching a pollution abatement notice, in the latest twist to long-running efforts to resolve residents' complaints about odour.
When Caltex discovered a diesel leak at its Moree bulk fuel depot in 2002 it replaced the pipeline but failed to notify the local council or the NSW environment department.
Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull today gave Gunns the go-ahead for its controversial pulp mill in Tasmania, but with new conditions that would allow maximum effluent concentrations for dioxins and other substances to be altered.
It would be "impractical" to use legislation to deal with illegal logging, says federal forestry minister Eric Abetz in the foreword of a long-awaited Australian government policy to eliminate trade in illegally sourced forest products.
South East Queensland Councils will conduct random audits of up to 15% of the region’s largest water users under proposed ‘level 6’ water restrictions that will enter into force in mid-November.
Despite chronic staff shortages triggered by the state’s resource boom, the WA Department of Environment and Conservation conducted more site inspections in 2006-07 than in the previous two years, new figures show.
The WA EPA has conditionally cleared Hamersley Iron’s proposal to boost iron ore shipments through Dampier port, saying a huge increase in dust emissions will affect an industrial precinct and not the town.
The Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie Bank and St George Bank are among a minority of Australia’s largest companies that refused to participate in this year’s international Carbon Disclosure Project, results released yesterday in New York show.