As energy ministers meet in Perth today, NSW has unveiled an electricity strategy that will reduce peak demand and establish a new target to ensure it has sufficient supply.
A former NSW Supreme Court judge has slammed as 'dangerous' a Bill that would abolish a long-standing provision requiring assessments of new mines to consider downstream carbon emissions.
NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes today introduced a Bill that means assessments of new mining and gas projects will no longer consider downstream greenhouse gas emissions.
Highlights include new long-awaited ERF guidance from the Clean Energy Regulator, and a Victorian parliamentary hearing into waste and recycling. Jobs include a senior post managing NSW's contribution to national energy policy.
Former NSW EPA chief, Anissa Levy, who resigned during the term of previous environment minister Gabrielle Upton, has returned with a much larger role.