In one of the largest penalties for a waste offence ever imposed in Queensland, Ipswich Magistrates Court has fined a landfill owner $300,000 for grossly exceeding the limit on the amount of waste it was entitled to receive.
In the final twist to a disastrous attempt by an environment department to take legal action over contamination at a mothballed mine, a court has ruled its application for a contempt order was vexatious.
Carbon abatement from projects with major environmental and social benefits will be purchased at more than twice the ERF auction price, under contracts being negotiated by the Queensland government.
Just days after Victoria flagged another renewables auction, Queensland's Palaszczuk government has pledged to establish a new $500 million clean energy fund.
The Queensland government has offered a total of $93 million in grants to proponents of 21 nature-based greenhouse gas abatement projects, including five proposed by carbon offsets company GreenCollar.
The Queensland government will provide $145 million to support the coordinated development of wind, solar and hydrogen projects in the state, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced today.
Environmental regulators in Queensland and Victoria today announced action against Cleanaway, after the waste company earlier this month received a prevention notice from the NSW EPA.