Sydney Water breached an environmental obligation and a duty of care by allowing treated effluent to erode downstream creek banks, the Chief Justice of NSW's environment court has held.
Waste company Bingo Industries has again failed to convince a court that people disposing of waste at its facilities are partly to blame if it is found to owe damages to a construction company over allegedly contaminated aggregate.
Changes to the NSW clean air regulation could deliver benefits worth $600 million, and a long-stalled licensing review will finally be completed, according to the state government's draft clean air strategy.
In a case that highlights the need to immediately report pollution incidents, the NSW EPA is prosecuting Cleanaway for taking five hours to report a spill at its Queanbeyan premises.
The NSW EPA will invite public comment on Delta Electricity's application to have its ageing Vales Point power station once again exempted from modern NOx limits.
The NSW Independent Planning Commission has criticised South32 for failing to explore ways to minimise environmental impacts, and refused it consent to expand a mine that supplies coking coal to BlueScope.
A company that supplied processed waste for use on farms and mine sites – before the EPA suddenly banned the practice – has had a win in its fight against a charge that it provided false or misleading information.