The NSW Government has announced environmental audits of 42 of the state's major hazard facilities that store large quantities of toxic, hazardous or dangerous substances.
Chemical company Orica, explosives supplier Dyno Nobel and miner Centennial Coal are among 53 companies placed on Pollution Reduction Programs following inspections of businesses in NSW's Hunter region.
The South Australian EPA has alerted the public to its third separate finding of groundwater contamination in the Adelaide suburb of Edwardstown in just six months.
As the South Australian EPA comes under fire for a lack of transparency in its handling of groundwater contamination in an Adelaide suburb, Greens upper house member Mark Parnell will today notify State Parliament of his intention to revamp SA pollution law to increase community access to environmental information.
An onsite groundwater treatment plant would be necessary for at least 30 years to manage the seepage of contaminants from the Barangaroo development on the site of a former gasworks adjoining Sydney Harbour, according to an expert report.
The cumulative effects of coal seam gas projects are poorly understood and the companies involved should bear the full environmental, social and economic costs of any effects on water systems, says a National Water Commission position statement.