An independent audit by Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel has found the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (Nopsema) was applying stringent environmental regulation in considering applications for oil exp…
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Waste from a nickel plant in Papua New Guinea owned by Metallurgical Corporation of China spilled into the adjacent Basamuk Bay over the weekend, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
Locals noticed red discharge clouding parts of the bay that is n…
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The main objective of a tender, issued by the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF), calling for service providers to take a fresh look at the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions guidelines and carbon space allocation, is to rev…
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The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has again urged for public comment as the deadline for submissions to its greenhouse gas assessment guideline looms.
EPA chairperson Tom Hatton on Friday said that the EPA wanted to hear …
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Mexico’s environmental prosecutor Profepa said on Saturday it ordered the partial and temporary closure of mining and transport firm Grupo Mexico’s Guaymas facility after it spilled sulfuric acid in the Gulf of California.
Grupo Mexico last week said …
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The US Supreme Court agreed to use a Montana case involving a BP unit to consider shielding companies from environmental cleanup lawsuits that go beyond what federal regulators have ordered.
The justices will review a Montana Supreme Court decision th…
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Agricultural organisation Agri SA has launched court proceedings in the Pretoria High Court against the granting of environmental authorisations and explorations rights for shale gas to Africa-focused oil and gas exploration and development company Rhi…
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Environmental justice group groundWork, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights, has launched High Court proceedings against Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and President Cyril Ramaphosa and is asking the court to set aside …
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The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has granted environmental approval for the development of the Beyondie sulphate of potash (SOP) project.
Kalium Lakes MD Brett Hazelden said on Monday that achieving EPA approval for the …
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