The NSW Government now forecasts that the state's emissions will halve by 2030, instead of falling by about a third, and the recalibration is being driven by changes already underway in business, agriculture, transport and the coal industry.
The director of a company facing multiple waste charges has failed to convince a court that evidence extracted by the EPA from his password-protected mobile phone was inadmissible.
Mining companies, environmentalists, planners and local governments have all told a NSW parliamentary inquiry that the state's biodiversity offsets scheme is seriously flawed.
NSW's planning policy on infrastructure will be amended to tighten controls on wind and solar farms near the fringes of regional cities, under a draft proposal.
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.
In a decision with important ramifications for NSW industry, a court today found the state's EPA has failed to fulfil its statutory duties on climate change, and ordered it to do more.
Two Whitehaven subsidiaries have been fined a total of $372,500 for clearing three access tracks in the wrong locations, failing to prepare a rehabilitation plan, and drilling boreholes in the wrong places.
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.
In a move that underlines the risks for landlords in leasing property to poor-performing waste companies, the NSW EPA has ordered a landowner to clean up hundreds of tonnes of abandoned e-waste.