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.
Allowing hydrocarbons to naturally degrade is the best option more often than previously realised, according to new research from Australia's top site contamination think-tank.
Transurban must fight legal battles on two fronts over PFAS contamination on Victoria's West Gate Tunnel project, after failing to secure a Supreme Court injunction that would have put on ice arbitration of its dispute with contractor CPB.
A council will incur clean-up, performance improvement and penalty costs totalling more than $1 million after failing to report a caustic soda spill from a sewage treatment plant.
More polluting companies would be prosecuted and their executives could face jail, under new environmental and clean energy proposals released by US presidential contender Joe Biden.
A court has rejected an environmental regulator's application for a contempt order against a mining company and its director over the alleged failure to comply with clean-up orders.