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SYDNEY, Wednesday 10 December 2025 — Greenpeace Australia Pacific has slammed the Victorian government’s decision to press ahead with two new gas exploration license tenders, saying it “flies in the face of science and community opposition”. The Allan government today has opened two new tenders for gas exploration in Gippsland and offshore at the … Continued
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Ku-ring-gai Council has been issued a $30,000 Penalty Infringement Notice after a leachate leak from a legacy landfill beneath the North Turramurra Golf Course in July 2025. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) was made aware of the incident on 10 July, when council reported that a pump used to manage leachate from the old … Continued
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NAB shareholders will vote on Australia’s first bank shareholder resolutions on deforestation at the bank’s annual meeting on Friday. The resolutions call on the bank, which is Australia’s biggest agribusiness lender, to disclose how much it lends to customers involved in deforestation and set a strategy to stop financing it. Italy’s largest asset manager Anima, … Continued
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Wednesday 10 December. Clean energy backed by storage is the lowest-cost source of electricity for Aussie households and businesses, and any delays to the renewable energy roll-out will cost us all, the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Integrated Systems Plan confirms. AEMO’s latest roadmap confirms that building more transmission – and fast – is … Continued
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For news grabs, visit: https://bit.ly/4pqh9ST Seven council-led initiatives will share $1.16 million to develop smarter, more cost-efficient waste and recycling services in the Northern Rivers, Hunter, Riverina, Central West, South West Sydney and South-East regions. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)’s Joint Procurement Funded Support program offers eligible groups up to $500,000 per project to … Continued
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A 12-month pesticide water quality monitoring project is underway on the Mid North Coast to better understand the presence of pesticides in the region’s waterways. Led by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), the project builds on previous monitoring work and will provide a clearer picture of pesticide detections in waterways in the Coffs Harbour … Continued
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Seven council-led initiatives will share $1.16 million to develop smarter, more cost-efficient waste and recycling services in the Northern Rivers, Hunter, Riverina, Central West, South West Sydney and South-East regions. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA)’s Joint Procurement Funded Support program offers eligible groups up to $500,000 per project to access tailored advice, build partnerships … Continued
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As another dangerous summer begins – with bushfires having already destroyed dozens of houses and one firefighter having been killed – Australian Conservation Foundation spokespeople are available for media analysis on extreme weather. ACF spokespeople can: Discuss the impact of bushfires on nature, threatened species and communities Join the dots between extreme weather, the unstable … Continued
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Australia’s big four banks are likely to be drastically underreporting the emissions from the deforestation they finance, as they all fail to track, manage or disclose the extent of deforestation occurring in their loan portfolios. New analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation estimates emissions from land clearing events on 77 agricultural properties financed by ANZ … Continued
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Almost half of the Northern Territory’s worn-out tyres end up in landfills – with the rest exported interstate for recycling – but a study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) is repurposing the discarded rubber to build stronger, sustainable roads that meet the NT’s unique needs. The research explores the performance of roads built from … Continued
