NSW's planning department today recommended that Santos be allowed to proceed with its controversial $3.5 billion Narrabri coal seam gas project, which could supply half the state's gas needs.
The scientists that assess the water impacts of coal mines have warned governments that revisions to a proposed mine expansion in Sydney's water catchment haven't overcome their concerns about environmental damage.
A NSW Bill extends the lifespan of development consents, empowers the government to overhaul the state's energy efficiency scheme, and establishes an exemption regime for its container deposit program.
An environment group will be allowed to cross-examine witnesses for a mining company that has taken the NSW Independent Planning Commission to court over a refusal of consent for a coal mine.
The NSW government will fast-track its assessment of the Snowy 2.0 main works, as well as major projects proposed by TransGrid and Brickworks Ltd, as part of its economic response to COVID.
The NSW government should abandon or overhaul a Bill that limits the type of carbon emission conditions that can be imposed on new projects, a state parliamentary committee has recommended.