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The regulator of offshore oil and gas projects says there is a natural link between its environmental and OHS compliance responsibilities.

The NSW Land and Environment Court has upheld an appeal by Boral and the NSW Planning Minister against a ruling by commissioners that blocked the company's plans to continue and expand its coal mining operations.

Governments are wrongly taking at 'face value' company assurances on groundwater risks posed by Galilee Basin coal mines and no more mines should be granted EPBC approval until the cumulative impacts have been determined, says a former top Queensland water bureaucrat.

Newly-released scientific advice shows the Queensland Government was warned in May of serious deficiencies in the environmental impact statement for the Waratah Coal mine proposed for the Galilee Basin.

Breaches by coal seam gas companies should result in 'high fines' and all relevant information should be stored in an open-access repository that also accepts 'citizen data', according to NSW's chief scientist.

• SA EPA issues new guide on calculating penalties
  
• Greens seek no-go zones, fast-track listing of threatened species
  
• Water meter tampering leads to $28,000 fine

A new plan to improve Adelaide's coastal water quality shows that soda ash company Penrice's decision to cease production at its Osborne plant was partly driven by the prospect of having to cut nitrogen discharges by more than 50%.

• Hand over EPBC approval powers, Productivity Commission says
  
• Energy ministers endorse coal seam gas best-practice principles
  
• Victoria to issue ministerial statements on energy and resources

Tasmania's Supreme Court has overturned a planning tribunal ruling that the EPA could not direct a business to put in place containment measures for hazardous chemicals.

• NSW EPA imposes new requirements on BHP Billiton colliery
  
• Cool it: Orica instructed to investigate new effluent controls
  
• WA EPA recommends data disclosure condition for new mine
  
• Second attempt at WA tailings code
  
• NSW EPA instructs council to develop effluent reuse scheme