SA Water's main sub-contractor will provide $500,000 to the South Australian EPA, after it sent 77,000 tonnes of waste to two sites that a court found it had no reason to believe were licensed. Read more...
A total of 64 South Australian councils have applied to the ACCC to jointly tender for electricity, with many of them interested in sourcing renewable power. Read more...
* BlueScope EIS says biochar could cut annual emissions by 450,000 tonnes
* RepuTex warns of large over-supply of ACCUs
* Susan Close to take on environment and climate roles in SA Read more...
South Australia's EPA will review business environmental licence conditions to ensure they take proper account of the increasing risk of extreme weather, according to a new climate change position statement. Read more...
* WA Bill will boost decarbonisation activities on pastoral leases
* SA introduces Bill to mandate emissions and renewables targets
* Recycled water drastically under-used: New audit report Read more...
* SA to write climate targets into legislation
* WA reveals new details of Woodside hydrogen plan
* Queensland and Japan to recover cobalt from mine waste Read more...
A court has fined Nyrstar $35,000 over an acid spill at its Port Pirie smelter, while SA Health says lead levels in children living near the smelter are increasing. Read more...
With South Australian government backing, The Nature Conservancy is examining ways to make wetlands restoration financially viable, partly by earning ERF carbon credits, and by establishing a 'blue carbon' insurance fund. Read more...
The Morrison government has given South Australia at least $560 million to help fund clean energy and emissions abatement actions, after last year allocating $960 million to NSW. Read more...
