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After a falling-out between two businesses that transported NSW waste to Queensland for levy-free landfill disposal, a court has awarded one of them $611,734 in damages.

In a preliminary skirmish, an appeal court has ruled in favour of the former executives of a company that was fined $4.5 million for wilfully causing serious environmental harm.

A man who previously failed to comply with an environmental protection order has failed to convince a court that he was wrongly refused new exploration permits.

The state Opposition has criticised the Palaszczuk government for slow progress in securing federal waste funding, during debate on a Bill to ban some single-use plastic items.

A court has reduced a mining company's rehabilitation security by $46 million, after finding that a higher assurance amount determined using a standardised calculator was not binding.

New Hope Group today suffered a comprehensive High Court defeat that means all aspects of its New Acland coal project – including its carbon emissions – must be relitigated.

A legal dispute between farmers hosting an ERF project and a couple seeking to mine for opals has ended with a court awarding the farmers modest compensation.

Carbon offsets company CO2 Australia has emerged as the biggest winner in round one of Queensland's Land Restoration Fund, receiving $33.63 million out of $91 million awarded.

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The company behind the 1,000 kilometre-long, $1.5 billion proposed CopperString transmission line today announced it has signed an implementation agreement with the Queensland government.