Michael Nicholls 
🚜 Soil-bound contaminants might not be staying in the soil. A new study has detected Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs) drifting through the air over agricultural regions. The source is volatilisation from sewage sludge fertiliser applied directly to fields.
🏗️ Large-scale battery storage in Australia is no longer just a technology challenge. It is a dual-jurisdiction regulatory challenge, and the two rulebooks do not always align. Two major Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) developments hit critical milestones in New South Wales today.
🔋 “Too many of the battery related fires we’re seeing are preventable. These reforms are about stopping them before they start.”
NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has just announced new mandatory legislation to tackle toxic waste fires.
🔥 34.9 million hectares of northern Australia spans the eligible area for a completely overhauled carbon accounting framework. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has officially released two new 2026 Savanna Fire Management methods under the ACCU Scheme.
Capturing short-chain PFAS is one of the most stubborn challenges in groundwater remediation. A new Australian technology just achieved 98% removal. Congratulations to the research team at @Flinders University and @UNSW for developing a novel ‘nano-cage’ filter. By embedding mole
🛑 It wasn’t a chemical spill that shut down this Victorian demolition yard. It was a 50-metre stockpile blocking a fire truck. On 9 April 2026, EPA Victoria issued an immediate prohibition notice to a Campbellfield waste facility.
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🔬 ‘Nature Positive’ is no longer just a policy buzzword. It now has a strict scientific definition that challenges how we approach biodiversity offsets. A paper published in Frontiers in Science has established a scientific framework for achieving a Nature Positive future by 2030.
⚖️ The days of assuming a major waste facility will eventually secure its Development Licence on appeal are over. VCAT has formally backed EPA Victoria in its decision to refuse Veolia a Development Licence for a new waste and resource recovery facility at Hampton Park.
What happens when a fundamental assumption in hydrogeology is proven wrong? For decades, coastal groundwater models have assumed that heavier saltwater naturally sinks below freshwater. New Australian research published in EGUsphere has overturned this classical density-driven mo