AGL has won approval for fracking at a NSW site, while the Victorian Government has introduced a bill to regulate the practice, ahead of a decision on whether to allow it.
A strong focus on local-level water cycle management could deliver a 15% cut in annual water sector costs by 2050, and reduce the sector's energy use by 35%, says a new draft plan for Melbourne's water future.
A $94m water recycling plant officially opened this week will supply Shell's Geelong refinery – put up for sale by the company last month – with sufficient Class A recycled water to meet all its process needs.
EnergyAustralia is seeking EPA Victoria approval to boost maximum permissible water discharges from its Yallourn brown coal mine, a month after it ended discharges authorised under emergency consents.
A Victorian court has fined a Melbourne company $95,000 for illegally storing 90 tonnes of industrial waste, while a court in Queensland has fined an underground coal gasification company $60,000.
A court has ordered Mobil to contribute $150,000 to an environmental project, pay $135,000 in costs and publicise its offence, following an oil spill that polluted Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay.