TNFD Introduces Nature-Related Disclosure Standards for Alternative Fuels
🌱 Decarbonisation credentials alone are no longer enough to prove an alternative fuel project is sustainable.
Michael Nicholls
Landowner Fined $60,000 in Record-Breaking Victorian Asbestos & Waste Dumping Prosecution
💰 A $60,000 fine for the landowner, but the real sting is the $1 million clean-up order that stays with him even if he sells the property. The Heidelberg Magistrates Court has handed down a significant individual fine under Victoria’s Environment Protection Act 2017.
Shire of Broome Completes BRAC1 Site Remediation for Future Youth Precinct
🏗️ Congratulations to the Shire of Broome on successfully completing the environmental remediation of the BRAC1 site. This milestone clears the path for construction of the new Broome Youth Precinct, transforming a contaminated land liability into a safe community asset.
Completion of $19M Truegain waste oil refinery remediation in NSW
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A $19 million clean-up of one of the Hunter Valley’s most contaminated legacy industrial sites is finally complete.
Victoria’s Worst Illegal Dumper Fined Record $60k and Ordered to Pay $1M+ Cleanup
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“This was a brazen and highly organised criminal waste dumping operation conducted on an industrial scale.”
EPA Victoria Regional Manager Joss Crawford did not mince words following a recent ruling in the Heidelberg Magistrates Court.
EPA Victoria permanently revokes Barro Group licence for Sunshine Landfill in Kealba
⚠️ ‘The landfill will never operate again. This decision gives community certainty, today.’
EPA Victoria CEO Joss Crawford made this declaration following the permanent revocation of the operating licence for the Sunshine Landfill in Kealba.
Aerial applicator fined $72,750 for pesticide overspray in NSW
💰 Spraying by eye can cost far more than just your reputation. An aerial pesticide applicator has been ordered to pay $72,750 in fines and costs by the Tamworth Local Court.
EPA Victoria permanently revokes Barro Group operating licence for Sunshine Landfill while maintaining ongoing remediation notices
Surrendering or losing an EPA operating licence does not erase a landowner’s environmental liability. EPA Victoria has permanently revoked the operating licence for the Sunshine Landfill in Kealba, bringing an end to landfill operations at the site.
Nvidia weighs $250B credit guarantee for OpenAI’s 10GW Ohio data centre campus
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“Instead of a billion people using computers, we will have 100 billion agents and billions of robots all using computers.”
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just laid out the physical reality of this vision.
London startup Humanoid raises $152M Series A at a $1.35B valuation, becoming Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn.
🤖 “What we have accomplished in such a short time would typically take a decade.”
This quote from Artem Sokolov, Founder and CEO of Humanoid, marks a reported milestone as his company reportedly becomes Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn following a $152 million Series A funding rou