In a move that will lead to scrutiny of companies including Macquarie-owned Bingo Industries, the NSW EPA has asked the ACCC to examine skip bin pricing in the state. Read more...
In a significant victory for the recycling industry, the NSW EPA today abandoned plans to tighten restrictions on using residues left over from construction waste. Read more...
Imposing tougher air pollution controls on old facilities will have a net benefit of $665 million over 20 years, according to the NSW EPA. Read more...
Proponents of renewable energy projects need earlier guidance on what biodiversity offsets are likely to cost, the Clean Energy Council has told the NSW government. Read more...
Proponents should use a range of carbon prices in cost-benefit analyses prepared for development consent applications, the NSW planning department has advised. Read more...
The NSW Parliament has passed a Bill that gives the EPA new powers to target company directors, and strengthens its ability to take action on site contamination and waste dumping. Read more...
A senior NSW judge has rejected arguments by Santos that a community action group should pay its legal costs, after the group lost a climate change test case. Read more...
In an unusual move, the NSW EPA has appealed the sentence imposed by a judge in a waste test case, two years after it successfully appealed her initial ruling in the matter. Read more...
