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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – April 18, 2014
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The Federal Department for Environment had recently released the exposure draft of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment Regulation 2014 and seeks comment by 2 […]
The Federal Department of Environment has released Australia’s National Greenhouse Accounts that provides national, state and territory and industry greenhouse gas emissions data and estimates. The […]
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) joined Parliamentary Secretary for Industry the Hon Bob Baldwin MP at the official opening of a solar thermal demonstration plant […]
The Essential Services Commission (ESC), the administrator of the Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (VEET) scheme, is undertaking a review of the Commercial Lighting Upgrade activities and […]
Mr John Merritt, CEO EPA Victoria will be departing the organisation to take up a role as CEO of VicRoads. Mr Merritt has served as CEO […]
EPA Victoria has introduced a new joint process which enables parallel processing of EPA works approval and planning permit applications. Works approvals are issued by EPA […]
Developing a new exploration, mine or quarry project or making major changes to an existing project requires considerable planning, particularly in relation to gaining the right […]
Last week, EPA Victoria had issued a Post Closure Pollution Abatement Notice (PC PAN) to a former landfill site for the first time since August 2010. […]
The Victorian Government is providing an additional $500,000 in funding to 5 Victorian councils to assist them to combat illegal dumping. It is believed that the […]
The Liberal member for Pittwater, Rob Stokes is the new NSW Environment Minister. Mr Stokes, who was parliamentary secretary for renewable energy in the previous O’Farrell […]
NSW EPA has released 2 new guidelines that relate to service station sites and landfarming. They are – ? Best Practice Note – Landfarming outlines the […]
The number of green walls and roofs in Sydney is set to grow following support for the City of Sydney’s recently released Green Roofs and Walls […]
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released its draft decisions on average regulated retail gas prices for 2014-16 and the benchmark range of […]
The first community recycling centre funded by a grant from the NSW Environment Protection Authority has opened in Lake Macquarie. NSW Environment Minister Robyn Parker opened […]
NSW Minister for Resources and Energy Anthony Roberts has knocked back two Petroleum Exploration Licence Applications (PELAs) in the Northern Rivers region. “The Office of Coal […]
The Bega Valley Shire Council and local renewable energy group Clean Energy for Eternity have turned the first sods on a project to create a solar […]
The NSW EPA and Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has handed the Chester Hill waste recycling facility back to the operators after working for weeks to […]
The Queensland Government is continuing to reform and streamline its environmental impact statement (EIS) process with a cabinet committee endorsing a set of standardised outcome-focused conditions […]
The Whitsunday Regional Council will conduct random checks on businesses that produce trade waste in a bid to reduce pollutants in the outflow from the council’s […]
The Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has released a draft regulatory impact statement covering technical services for contaminated land. Under the new proposals, developers […]
The Queensland Government will consider a ministerial ‘call in’ of the development application for a proposed wind farm near Mareeba in North Queensland, following a request […]
Queensland’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has charged a gas company for allegedly breaching environmental laws and causing serious environmental harm. Minister for Environment and […]
A newly designed online applications and payments system for South Australia’s EPA licensees will be released in June 2014. The Environment Licensing Forms (ELF) upgrade is […]
The South Australian EPA has launched an investigation into the extent of groundwater contamination in the Keswick area. It has written to 1500 residents and property […]
The SA Water Corporation has applied for an electricity generation licence to operate a 9.9 MW gas fired generation unit at the Bolivar wastewater treatment plant. […]
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