Browsing: <a href="/tag/qld">Queensland</a> <i class="grey">•</i> <a href="/tag/air-pollution-odour">Air pollution, odour</a>

• Iron ore miner heads to court over water licence refusal
  
• Newman targets rain tanks, solar hot water, biodiversity offsets
  
• New ozone regulation tighten air-con licensing procedures

• Poor measurement to blame for 'doubling' in Hazelwood's particle emissions
  
• Orica faces court order after cyanide discharges
  
• Call to use government contracts to improve sustainability
  
• Geothermal trial receives Victorian grant
  
• Combet unfazed by claims of Constitutional breach

Particle emissions from the Hazelwood brown coal power station more than doubled in a year, particle emissions in Gladstone increased more than 50% and a plunge in BP Kwinana refinery particulate almost entirely offset a hefty increase from CSBP, the latest NPI data shows.

• Northern Territory unveils pollution law changes
  
• Call to amend new NSW requirement to publish monitoring data
  
• We'll mandate utility disclosure of carbon charges, Queensland LNP says

• Second court appearance in three months leads to $50,000 fine
  
• Geothermal company signs $25m agreement with Victoria, continues Alcoa talks
  
• BOM releases inaugural national water account
  
• Cougar Energy welcomes Government finding on bore contamination

Federal changes mean companies will find it easier to buy and use Australian carbon credits, a NSW review is likely to result in tougher environmental incident notification rules and a Western Australian appeal decision confirms that backers of major projects will face carbon offset obligations.

Resources giant Xstrata says plans announced today to phase out copper smelting at Mount Isa and refining operations at Townsville are not linked to requirements to submit environmental management plans for the operations by Friday.

• Site owner 'untruthful, selfish, grossly irresponsible', judge says
  
• Tribunal crushes council's veto of construction waste recycling plant
  
• Court orders water utility to pay $63,000
  
• Changes at Sustainable Business Australia

The Queensland environment department has ordered Boyne Smelters in Gladstone to meet tough new emission limits for fluoride, dust and other pollutants.

• Queensland boosts coal seam gas inspectorate
  
• Victorian utility sets course for carbon neutrality by 2020
  
• Gladstone air pollutants not at levels of concern: major health study
  
• Climate change a key issue for many voters: ACF polling