A number of resources industry bodies have called for a reform of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, as an independent review into the legislation continues.
“Reforms to the Act are long overdue, and numerous reviews …
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Major BHP has announced a A$300-million investment over a five year period to improve air quality and reduce dust emissions across its Pilbara operations.
“BHP has reviewed global best practice dust management and air quality control methods and ident…
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The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has published its greenhouse gas emissions guidance, following more than 20 weeks of consultation and almost 7 000 submissions from the community and industry.
The new guidelines reaffirm…
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The Queensland Land Court this week ruled in favour of diversified junior Moreton Resources and its subsidiary MRV Metals, finding that the company was not liable for previous pre-existing environmental harm at the Texas silver project.
Moreton and th…
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Project developer Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) is confident of moving ahead with its Sandpiper marine phosphate project as it addresses all environmental recommendations following renewed environmental consultations. The group has been working to co…
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Project developer Namibian Marine Phosphate (NMP) is confident of moving ahead with its Sandpiper marine phosphate project as it addresses all environmental recommendations following renewed environmental consultations. The group has been working to co…
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Leaders of native tribes in Brazil issued a rallying call to protect the Amazon rainforest and its indigenous people from what they called the "genocide, ethnocide and ecocide" planned by the country’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.
A man…
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Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on.
Some 450 members of 47 tribes met for a second da…
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Brazilian indigenous leaders began a four-day tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture.
Protected tribal lands have…
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Brazil is pushing ahead with plans to allow mining in the indigenous reserves of the Amazon rain forest and will send a bill to Congress later this month to regulate the activity, according to the country’s minister for mines and energy.
The Brazilian…
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