NEWS Portal

Enviroment Network Weekly (ENW) E-News – July 10, 2020

The articles that appear on this site, are articles that appear in AEBN’s ENW e-news which is distributed to members each fortnight. SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES: Articles are placed in a chronological format. You may SEARCH ( refer to right column ) for articles by using the ‘Search’ feature on this site, OR you can search by –

  • TOPIC (links provided to the right side of this site under ‘TOPIC TAGS’);
  • STATE (links to the right side of this page under ‘NEWS’); or
  • DATE.

Issues paper: Examining the legal transport of dangerous goods Released for comment

National Transport Commission (NTC) has released an issues paper – Examining the legal framework for the land transport of dangerous goods. The paper provides an overview […]

New sampling requirements and guidance for measurement-based soil carbon methods in the Emissions Reduction Fund

The Clean Energy Regulator has released new sampling requirements and guidance for projects under the following Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) methods: • Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming […]

Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence – Partnership

The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is inviting suitably experienced and skilled entities to submit a partnering proposal to establish a Product Stewardship […]

Product Stewardship initiatives – Announced

The Federal Government is seeking proposals for the first Round of grants from the new $20 million Product Stewardship Investment Fund to encourage manufacturers, retailers and […]

GRANTS OPPORTUNITY: for dairy businesses to improve energy efficiency

The Energy Efficient Communities Program – Dairy Farming Business Grants is now open to dairy cow farming businesses from across Australia to improve energy efficiency, reduce […]

GRANTS OPPORTUNITY: for small businesses to improve energy efficiency

The Energy Efficient Communities Program – Small Business Grants is now open to small businesses to improve energy efficiency and save energy. The grants will support […]

GRANTS OPPORTUNITY: for high energy using businesses Opening soon

High energy-using businesses consuming over 0.05 petajoules each year will be able to apply for a grant of up to $25,000 with a matching co-contribution required. […]

Clean Energy Regulator compliance and enforcement priorities

The Clean Energy Regulator (CER) has released its 2020-21 compliance and enforcement priorities. The CER administers programs legislated by the Federal Government to report on or […]

Clean Energy Regulator reports over 80M tonnes of emissions reduced

The Clean Energy Regulator is reporting that over 80 million tonnes of emissions have been reduced under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) following a record year […]

Electric vehicle-to-grid trial

ARENA has announced $2.4 million in funding towards the ActewAGL to demonstrate the largest electric vehicle (EV) vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trials in Australia. The full cost of […]

Waste and recycling fund: Recycling and Modernisation Fund

The Federal Government will commit $190 million to a new Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) that is intended to support innovative investment in new infrastructure to sort, […]

New Chair of EPA Victoria commenced 1 July 2020

Professor Kate Auty has been announced as the new Chair of the EPA Victoria. Dr Auty brings significant experience in the field of public sector governance […]

EPA drones reveal non compliance of combustible waste material at facility

A waste and recycling operator in Laverton North was fined twice by EPA Victoria for offences at two of its sites. The facility in Melbourne’s Northern […]

NSW EPA puts industry on notice

NSW EPA has conducted unannounced compliance inspections at numerous waste facilities on 29 June 2020. Over 50 EPA officers carried out simultaneous inspections of facilities at […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: for NSW manufacturers to improve energy efficiency

Applications are now open to NSW manufacturers for Round 2 funding to improve energy efficiency in – • equipment upgrades; and• optimising energy metering and monitoring […]

New NSW study shows less food waste

A new study, Food Management in COVID-19 which was commissioned by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and undertaken by social research company, Instinct […]

Local government waste and resource recovery data report 2018-19

The NSW Local Government Waste and Resource Recovery Data Report 2018–19 was released by NSW EPA. The report provides data about domestic waste and recycling in […]

Improving SA Waste Tracker – Comment sought

EPA SA is undertaking to make improvements to its online Waste Tracker, or Waste Tracker.In 2019, EPA SA had identified areas of potential improvements to Waste […]

Seach Now

Disclaimer

Disclaimer: All information on this site is of a general nature only and is not intended to be relied upon as, nor to be a substitute for, specific legal professional advice. No responsibility for the loss occasioned to any person acting on or refraining from action as a result of any material published can be accepted.

Upcoming Events

News

Topic Tags

Latest Post

Visit Us On FacebookVisit Us On Linkedin