ARENA has invited applications from companies, utilities, and industrial precincts for a share in grants totalling $43 million to fund "transformational" projects.
Sydney Water has failed to convince a court that its actions leading to a sewage leak were necessary to protect human health, but the utility will be found not guilty of a related pollution charge unless the NSW EPA lodges an appeal.
A healthcare company that was storing ethanol outside of bunded areas was today fined $297,500 for water pollution, after a large fire at its Sydney site that manufactured hand sanitiser.
A scientific committee that advises state and federal governments on coal mines has warned that South32's revised proposal to expand its Dendrobium project will still have severe and irreversible impacts.
Industry is set to face a range of new requirements when planning new or expanded projects, under a groundwater strategy being developed by the NSW government.
A $25 million project that will produce hydrogen and graphite from biomethane has started initial testing of its technology at a large sewage treatment plant.