A program that will require about 280 Victorian facilities to develop plans to better manage energy, water and waste is likely to deliver a net economic benefit of about $65.4 million over 10 years, says a regulatory impact statement for the proposal.
A water efficiency labelling scheme administered by the federal government is not well enforced and about 10% of the products authorised to use the label carry a ‘zero stars’ version that means they don’t meet basic water efficiency standards.
The NSW Land and Environment Court yesterday ordered Sydney chemical company Nalco Australia to contribute $50,000 to an environmental project and pay $10,000 in costs after about 9,000 litres of ethylene glycol escaped into a waterway leading to Botany Bay.
The NSW environment department today proposed an overhaul of the state’s main regulation on waste. The changes would alter the rules governing the use of waste as a fuel and its application to land, simplify the waste facility licensing regime and amend some criteria for non-waste environmental licensing.
Australia will contribute up to $30 million to a project that aims to protect more than 200,000 hectares of peatland in Indonesia's Kalimantan region, with BHP Billiton also pledging its support.
Despite reports of serious misconduct by water brokers and some legal proceedings pending in NSW, a report for the National Water Commission released today says the claims of misconduct are not widespread and there is no need to introduce a licensing scheme for brokers or for substantial new regulatory measures.
NSW allows application of bauxite processing waste to farms; Garrett takes Downer to task for climate targets comment; NSW approves new coal mine; WA waste oil crisis; and SA and Federal governments to extend water recycling scheme
Today's report into lead contamination in the WA port township of Esperance has delivered a scathing assessment of the mining company that transported lead carbonate to the town, the port that loaded for it export and the WA Department of Environment and Conservation.
A WA parliamentary inquiry into lead contamination in Esperance says that failing to identify or prevent the pollution points to a lack of compliance culture within the state's environment department.