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The Latest Breaking News from NSW Environment Protection Authority

"Dirty Deeds" report lifts lid on power station's environmental impact

Vales Point Power Station and its associated coal mining operations have had 57 licence breaches over the 23 years.

Newcastle Herald · May 12, 2023

Coles and Woolworths offer to ensure stockpiled plastic rubbish does not go into landfill

The supermarket chains say they will take responsibility for the 12,000 tonnes of waste stockpiled after the collapse of the REDcycle recycling scheme

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Tanya Plibersek urged to intervene to stop stockpiled soft plastics from being dumped

Environmentalist alliance says plastic waste from failed supermarket-backed recycling scheme can be safely warehoused until it can be recycled

The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2023

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Coles and Woolworths ordered to dump more than 5,200 tonnes of recycled soft plastic in landfill

NSW environment officials alert Fire and Rescue over concerns plastic is being stored dangerously following suspension of the REDcycle scheme

The Guardian - AU · Feb 3, 2023

"We are already feeling the very real, costly and devastating impacts of climate change": EPA launches climate change action plan

Greenhouse gas emissions will be treated like any other pollutant under the NSW Environment Protection Authority's new climate policy and action plan.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 19, 2023

EPA puts Metropolitan coal mine on notice for repeated pollution spills into Royal National Park

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is reviewing the licence of the Metropolitan coal mine following repeated incidents of coal pollution spilling into waterways in the Royal National Park.

ABC News · Nov 18, 2022

Hunter industry will be required to meet ambitious emissions reduction target

Hunter industries would be required to halve their emissions from 2005 levels by the end of the decade, under a proposed NSW Environment Protection Authority climate policy.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 7, 2022

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Health impacts of coal ash dams in the spotlight

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is reviewing the regulation of the state's ash dams in response to growing concerns about their impact on human and environmental health.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 31, 2022

EPA seeks top legal advice about power station pollution exemption

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is under increasing pressure to reveal the legal advice it has received about the legality of a pollution exemption provided to Vales Point power station.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 24, 2022

EPA monitoring clean-up at scene of Hexham scrap heap fire

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is monitoring the clean-up of an industrial site at Hexham, after firefighters spent most of Sunday battling a blaze that broke out in a large scrap heap.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 15, 2022

EPA prosecutes Forestry seeking $18m fines

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is prosecuting the state-owned Forestry Corporation for allegedly failing to retain trees in koala habitat.

AAP · Jul 13, 2022

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