In an important case considering the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s powers to issue stay orders under the state’s revised Environment Protection Act, big global meat products company Van Hessen has been denied a stay of a prohibition notice that will potentially cost it up to $200,000 per week and result in the loss of 30 full time jobs.
Under a worst-case scenario, it will take Engie 35 years to fill the Hazelwood coal mine pit with water, but the company is aiming to do it over 10 to 20 years, new documents show.
A utility is seeking EPA approval to install water recycling technology never before used in Australia in a housing estate that will consume 70% less potable water than a typical development and use half the energy.
Latrobe Valley coal mines should speedily be filled with water once production ceases, and that might mean using treated wastewater or seawater, according to EnergyAustralia.
It will take decades to create ground-stabilising lakes in the Latrobe Valley's three brown coal mine pits, partly because river inflows have declined, according to a new report.