Browsing: Water

• Government reserves slab of CEFC finance for hydrogen
  
• EPA charges utility over discharges into low-flow river
  
• Drone scrutiny leads to EPA penalty for major Cleanaway landfill

• Water Corporation loses appeal against 'extreme risk' classification
  
• NSW releases impact statement for AGL $400m, 250MW gas/diesel plant
  
• BP gives enforceable undertaking to federal environment department

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.

• City of Sydney leads push for TCFD-style climate risk disclosure by governments
  
• Era of waste under-investment must end, NSW councils warn
  
• Water utility plans opt-in for AEMO payments to curtail electricity load

• EPA issues guidance on PFAS in leachate and soils
  
• New WA air guidance for approval and licence applications
  
• Water pollution costs council $105,000

• Qenos, Fulton Hogan, share in $1.6m grant allocation
  
• New regulatory arrangements for Queensland mine closures
  
• Water availability drops by up to 21% in southern Victoria: New study

BHP has for the first time disclosed climate and water data by asset type, in its 2019 reporting suite released today.

In a move likely to be widely welcomed by water utilities, the ACCC will appeal a Federal Court decision that cleared Kimberly-Clark of misleadingly claiming wet wipes were flushable.

• Greens introduce bill to prevent coal underwriting
  
• Small business climate plan highlights insurance and heat stress
  
• SA MP introduces bill to protect Great Australian Bight