Chatswood Chase Sydney is the first shopping centre to sign up for the Green Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA) Green…[Read More]
New South Wales News
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Company prosecuted for ammonia incident.
Published: April 11, 2014
NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has begun legal action in the Land and Environment Court against a global mining services…[Read More]
Farmers sign land access deal with energy companies.
Published: April 4, 2014
A landmark agreement on land access for coal seam gas drilling and exploration has been signed between farmers and two…[Read More]
Council pleads guilty to water pollution and instructed to develop and implement an Incident Response Plan.
Published: April 4, 2014
A council is Sydney’s west has been convicted and fined $165,000 and ordered to pay $47,000 in legal costs after…[Read More]
Native vegetation clearing codes.
Published: April 4, 2014
The NSW Government has announced the first three self-assessable codes for clearing under the Native Vegetation Act 2003 which are…[Read More]
Company fined for harbour water pollution.
Published: April 1, 2014
One of the world’s biggest coal handlers has been ordered to pay more than $38,000 in fines and costs following…[Read More]
Freeze on exploration licenses and audit of existing petroleum exploration licences.
Published: March 28, 2014
The NSW Government has placed a 6 month freeze on the processing of new petroleum exploration licence applications (PELAs) –…[Read More]
Draft NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for major projects.
Published: March 28, 2014
The Draft NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects has been released for public consultation until Friday 9 May 2014.…[Read More]
Coal fire to be excavated.
Published: March 28, 2014
Work has commenced on tackling a slow-burning coal fire burning at Crangan Bay in Lake Macquarie State Conservation Area in…[Read More]
AGL to challenge ACCC rejection of its bid for Macquarie Generation.
Published: March 28, 2014
AGL Energy says it will challenge the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) rejection of its bid for Macquarie Generation.…[Read More]
