In a crucial ruling for public interest litigants, a NSW Court of Appeal majority today rejected arguments by Delta Electricity that a lower court erred in ordering it could recover no more $20,000 from a group alleging it polluted a river, even though its legal costs are likely to be more than $230,000.
The NSW Land and Environment Court has warned that contractors cannot simply rely on the assurances of those hiring them, ruling that a small earthmoving company should be fined $30,150 for illegal clearing.
The NSW Government has approved a $500 million proposal to add 100MW of generating capacity to the coal-fired Munmorah power station and extend its life by 20 years, despite a warning that it is 'significantly below best practice' for coal- and gas-fired technology.
A medical company is guilty of air pollution even though there was no standard in place for emissions of the carcinogenic substance emitted from its Sydney factory, the NSW Land and Environment Court has ruled.
