Browsing: NSW

The Richmond review of NSW waste management policy recommends targeting commercial and industrial waste, establishing new systems to drive source separation and recycling, with a three-year transition period.

• EPBC Act breach costs oil and gas company $102,000
  
• Developer fined $37,500 for illegal clearing
  
• ACCC warns on 'biodegradable' claims
  
• Training boost for environmental regulators

The NSW Government has exempted Shell and Caltex from 90% of their liabilities under its Energy Savings Scheme – up from the 60% exemption originally granted in 2009.

A NSW court has ordered an abattoir to pay a $60,000 fine and the EPA's expenses of up to $58,000 for polluting a creek in the state's central west with almost 100 kilolitres of effluent.

The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal has rejected an appeal over costs made by three landowners who successfully defended charges that they had harmed endangered swamp sclerophyll forest.

Legislation passed by the NSW Parliament establishes a new funding mechanism to help building owners finance environmental upgrades, according to NSW environment minister Frank Sartor.

New details on how the City of Sydney will embrace trigeneration – detailed in a study by Kinesis, Cogent Energy and Origin – reveal plans to connect 65% of commercial floor space, 50% of retail and 30% of residential floor space to low-carbon electricity and zero-carbon heating and cooling.

• City of Sydney unveils $950m trigeneration plan; seeks green infrastructure experts
  
• Improving existing buildings crucial in efforts to cut emissions, says Carbon Trust
  
• Academy crunches the numbers on Australia's low-carbon power options
  
• AGL challenges 'tyranny of dominant thought' on hidden wind costs

• Council to pay $131,000 penalty for EPBC Act breach
  
• Court fines quarry for breaching production limits
  
• New guide details how to use crushed glass in construction work
  
• Albanese issues urban policy paper

• Combet moves early to rein in solar PV support
  
• WA miners release environment code for exploration work
  
• Qantas appoints new carbon offset supplier
  
• NSW tightens grant rules after losing $425,000 to wound-up company
  
• Australian Services Union issues green guide