Enviro News

Congratulations to Tony Chappel on his appointment as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the federal Clean Energy Regulator.

Six statutory charges in the Darwin Local Court show that self-disclosing an emissions accounting error will not automatically shield major industrial operators from EPA prosecution.

If your next development application in New South Wales relies only on traditional flood and bushfire overlays, expect a sharp challenge from planning consent authorities.

Carbon projects across Northern Australia can now credit tree biomass and standing dead wood alongside fire emissions avoidance, under technical guidance released for the 2026 Savanna Fire Management determinations.

Hiding behind a spouse’s name on company registry documents will not shield an executive from personal environmental prosecution in New South Wales.

Regional NSW councils are closing the door on deferred environmental screening.

If you are measuring baseline ecological conditions near regional watercourses this winter, have you factored in regulated environmental flow deliveries?

“It leads to contamination of soil and surface water, including runoff into nearby waterways, and the leaching of hazardous substances into groundwater, which affects nearby farms.”

EPA Victoria Northwest Regional Manager Paul Ratajczyk issued that warning following a targeted compliance sweep acro

On 30 June 2027, thirty years of statutory exemptions for regional forestry operations will officially end. From 1 July 2027, every forestry operation across Australia must meet standard federal assessment requirements under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth).

Western Australian mining regulators have used satellite moisture tracking to catch an unauthorised hypersaline groundwater discharge two months after it began.