A damning report by Western Australia's Auditor General has found state agencies are failing to ensure the mining industry meets its environmental obligations.
The West Australian environment department has charged Cockburn Cement with air pollution, alleging the company was responsible for the release of lime kiln dust from its premises in April last year.
Cockburn Cement has won a WA Supreme Court battle to overturn a ministerial deadline for new air pollution control equipment on a kiln that one community member last month told the company is 'making our lives horrendous'.
The WA Conservation Council intends challenging a State EPA decision not to assess an unconventional gas fracking project, while APPEA has launched a new coal seam gas advocacy campaign.
Chevron has lost an appeal against a requirement to offset CO2 from its Wheatstone LNG project, while WA's environment minister has asked the EPA to review the adequacy of existing greenhouse gas controls imposed on a coal-fired power station.
The WA Government should more carefully test the merits of paying organisations in exchange for their commitments to cut energy use at times of very high electricity demand, says the state's energy market regulator.
