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The Northern Territory Government has temporarily stymied a Coca Cola Amatil court challenge against its container deposits law, while at the federal level beverage industry manoeuvrings are causing disquiet in other sectors.

The Northern Territory's independent EPA will inquire into the investigation and prosecution of Darwin Port Corporation, including the decision to downgrade the charge to environmental nuisance.

In the first prosecution in 13 years of the Northern Territory's Waste Management and Pollution Control Act, Darwin Ports Corporation has been fined $19,000 after pleading guilty to a downgraded 'environmental nuisance' charge.

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A company that claimed the NT environment department had been evasive, elusive and threatening has secured some changes to guidelines it must follow when preparing an EIS for its proposed mining project near Batchelor.

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Inpex's Darwin LNG project will be subjected to far less onerous greenhouse gas offset requirements than similar projects in Western Australia.

Most companies are closely watching the Federal carbon price push – and the likely outlines of a deal are starting to emerge – but state, territory and local governments are also taking action that has major implications for business.

The WA EPA should apply its Wheatstone 'best practice' CO2 benchmark to Woodside's Browse Basin LNG hub, while the EPA's Wheatstone move also highlights lax constraints imposed on Inpex by the Northern Territory Government, says the WA Conservation Council.

The Northern Territory Government will allow the Inpex LNG project to go ahead, but expects greenhouse gas offsets to 'feature prominently' in the joint venture's management plan.