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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – December 7, 2012

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Company fined for illegally dumping industrial waste

Drum Brokers Australia Pty Ltd has been convicted and found guilty of eight charges in the Dandenong Magistrates Court and ordered to pay over $100,000 for […]

Call for Adaptation and Sustainability Partnership committee members

The Victorian Government is recruiting new members to join a ministerial advisory committee for the Victorian Adaptation and Sustainability Partnership, previously known as the Victorian Local Sustainability Accord. […]

Neutral Fuels’ Dandenong biodiesel plant

Victorian Innovation, Services and Small Business Minister Louise Asher recently launched, in conjunction with McDonald’s Australia, Neutral Fuels’ new biodiesel processing facility in Dandenong. Neutral Fuels […]

SA makes customer hardship policies mandatory for energy retailers

New consumer laws passed in the SA parliament recently, create a more competitive energy market, according to SA Minister for Minerals Resources and Energy Tom Koutsantonis. […]

Support for Resources and Energy Infrastructure Development

SA Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy Tom Koutsantonis has outlined a comprehensive plan to support the development of infrastructure required to drive expansion of the […]

QLD Nature Conservation Act under review

The QLD Government is undertaking consultation with industry groups from across the state, as a review of Queensland’s Nature Conservation Act gets underway. National Parks Minister […]

CSG to LNG compliance plan now available

QLD Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection Andrew Powell has released a compliance plan outlining the state government’s “commitment to regulate the Coal Seam Gas to […]

Consultation on draft Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Wind Farms) Regulation 2012

The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is seeking comments on the draft Protection of the Environment Operations Amendment (Wind Farms) Regulation 2012 . The draft Regulation will […]

Smart Meter discussion paper

The NSW Government’s Smart Meter Task Force has released a Discussion Paper examining a range of customer-focused options for the potential introduction of smart meters in […]

NSW Government to allow inefficient hot water systems

NSW Energy Minister Chris Hartcher has announced the reversal of the previous government’s decision to phase out electric hot water systems. The previous policy involved banning […]

Orica pleads guilty to three further charges

Orica Australia Pty Ltd has now pleaded guilty to an additional three charges brought by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in relation to three separate […]

Update to the register of solar water heaters

The Clean Energy Regulator has announced Version 15 of the Register of solar water heaters took effect on November 27.  A copy of the eligible list […]

LMS issued with first Australian carbon credit units

The Clean Energy Regulator issued the first Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) for an eligible offsets project under the Carbon Farming Initiative on with 66,797 Kyoto […]

Simplot installs co-generation plant

Vegetable processor Simplot will slash its carbon emissions by 39,000 tonnes a year thanks to a new $16 million clean technology plant at its Ulverstone facility in […]

Efficiency of Reporting under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme – submissions sought

The Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency is seeking submissions on ways that the efficiency of reporting under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting […]

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