Proponents should use a range of carbon prices in cost-benefit analyses prepared for development consent applications, the NSW planning department has advised.
Proposed new environment legislation for NSW would allow former directors to be held accountable, increase penalties, strengthen controls on contaminated land, and boost the EPA's independence.
The NSW Court of Appeal has rejected arguments by a coal company that it was unlawfully refused consent for a mine because of invalid concerns about scope 3 emissions.
A NSW parliamentary inquiry has recommended changes to ensure State Environmental Planning Policies aren't used to prevent legitimate court challenges.
The NSW government is planning to strengthen assessment requirements for CCS projects, waste-to-energy projects, groundwater treatment activities, and large storage batteries.
NSW's Independent Planning Commission has applied a carbon offset condition to a coal mining project that is weaker than the company was prepared to accept.
Sydney Water breached an environmental obligation and a duty of care by allowing treated effluent to erode downstream creek banks, the Chief Justice of NSW's environment court has held.
Changes to the NSW clean air regulation could deliver benefits worth $600 million, and a long-stalled licensing review will finally be completed, according to the state government's draft clean air strategy.
The NSW EPA will invite public comment on Delta Electricity's application to have its ageing Vales Point power station once again exempted from modern NOx limits.
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has criticised South32 for failing to explore ways to minimise environmental impacts, and refused it consent to expand a mine that supplies coking coal to BlueScope.