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Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – October 3, 2014

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Feasibility study of Product Stewardship for End-of-Life Refrigerators and Air Conditioners with small gas charges

The Federal Department of Environment is undertaking a study to explore the feasibility of a product stewardship approach for end-of-life refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC) equipment […]

Tackling carbon emissions from the use of fossil fuels

Federal Minister for Industry Ian Macfarlane has welcomed the formation of an industry led Low Emissions Technologies for Fossil Fuels (LETFF) Leadership Roundtable to focus on […]

Round 1 of 20 Million Trees Program – now open

The Federal Government has announced the opening of Round 1 of the 20 Million Trees Programme.  $50 million over 4 years has been committed by the […]

Global bioenergy research

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide funding to Bioenergy Australia of $360,000 to help shape the global research and knowledge agenda for developing bioenergy industry […]

GRANTS OPPORTUNITY: For minerals exploration in regional Victoria

The Victorian Department of State Development, Business and Innovation is calling for registrations of interest from exploration and mining companies to be involved in the TARGET […]

Waste levy review to go to natural resource management

The New South Wales Government will provide $79.5 million from waste levy revenue to its regional Local Land Services (LLS) program over the next three years. […]

Eligible draft water report on discharge – Released

The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released a draft water report on discharge factors for non-residential customers. In setting water utilities’ sewerage usage […]

Grants assist with contaminated land

NSW Environment Minister Rob Stokes has announced $450,000 in grants to assist with contaminated land management in rural and regional communities. The successful grant applicants will […]

Breach of mining approval conditions costs mine more than $100,000

A breach of mining approval conditions has cost a NSW coal miner more than $100,000, with the Land and Environment Court supporting findings by the NSW […]

Water Reform bill introduced to QLD Parliament

The QLD Government has introduced its Water Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Bill into State Parliament. The legislation is before the Parliamentary Agriculture, Resources and Environment […]

Annual report shows increase in complaints

Complaints to Queensland’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) jumped by half in 2013-14, according to the department’s annual report. The annual report shows complaints […]

SA signs on to streamline environmental approvals through one-stop-shop reforms

The SA Government has signed a bilateral agreement with the Federal Government to streamline environmental assessments as part of the Commonwealth’s ‘One-Stop-Shop’ reforms. The new agreement […]

Smelter operator fined for failing to meet federal air testing standards

A smelter operator in South Australia will pay a $21,000 civil negotiated penalty for failing to meet federal air-testing standards, a move which could have compromised […]

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