Time to protect our water catchment
The Community Environment Network (CEN) says the recent detection of ammonia and PFAS near the Mangrove Mountain Landfill must be the final straw that makes the NSW Government take action…
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Future Sooner questions EPA statement on health of Lake Macquarie
Future Sooner has challenged an announcement from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) that it has “reassuring results” for the health of Lake Macquarie and that the “latest results demonstrate…
Leachate study ordered at Mangrove Mountain landfill
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has issued a prevention notice to Verde Terra, operator of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill, requiring a detailed leachate study after elevated levels of ammonia…
Wyong companies fined over asbestos storage
Two related Central Coast companies will have to pay $57,000 after being prosecuted in Wyong Local Court by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for waste offences. The offences, which…
Fined over asbestos disposal
A waste operator who operated an unlicensed facility at Wyong has been fined $90,000 over asbestos waste disposal. Adam O’Brien was the sole director of Rubbish King Pty Ltd which…
Peacock deaths explained
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) suspects the reckless misuse of pesticides is the cause of six recent peacock deaths at Ourimbah, after toxicology reports identified two chemicals ingested by…
Call for water testing around landfill site
The Community Environment Network (CEN) is calling for immediate water testing on all creeks surrounding the Mangrove Mountain landfill site. CEN wants the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to conduct…
Mysterious peacock death at Ourimbah – public assistance requested
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is appealing for information from the Central Coast community after a suspicious peacock death. On Thursday, January 2, the EPA received a report from…
Call to shut down Kanwal business over fuel tank leak
Minister for the Central Coast and Member for Wyong David Harris is calling on the owners of a Kanwal service station to shut down operations until leaking petrol storage tanks…
Join group to clean-up former Munmorah Power Station
Generator Property Management Pty Ltd (GPM) is inviting Central Coast residents to join a newly formed Community Consultation Group to provide input on the clean-up of the former Munmorah Power…
EPA to prosecute Delta Electricity over fish kill
Residents and environmentalist are applauding an announcement this week that the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is to prosecute Delta Electricity in relation to a fish kill near the Vales…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly News 5@5 for the third week of September 2022, now in a new compact format. In the bulletin this week: 1. Large protest at Wamberal Beach…
Double standards from EPA?
Local residents read with interest your story that “Environmental lawyers have cautioned the NSW EPA that its decision to give Delta Electricity a pollution exemption in December last year is…
Environmental lawyers caution EPA for “unlawful” Vales Point license decision
Environmental lawyers have cautioned the NSW EPA that its decision to give Delta Electricity a pollution exemption in December last year is “unlawful”.
Vales Point emission limits don’t satisfy campaigners
Vales Point power station has been issued with an order to limit its emissions of nitrogen oxide. In an application to the EPA, Vales Point requested a further five-year license…
Rally calls for crackdown on Vales Point pollution
Concerned community members rallied in Newcastle on Wednesday, urging the Environmental Protection Authority to make Vales Point Power Station clean up its act. Vales Point pollution rally at Centennial Park,…
EPA urged to deny Delta application and mandate better air pollution controls
On the eve of an expected decision from the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), environmental lawyers, conservationists and an international air pollution expert have condemned Delta Electricity’s third attempt to…
EPA’s power station pollution licence cut off date looms
Public submissions to the Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) review of Vales Point Power Station’s nitrogen dioxide emissions close at 5pm, Wednesday, November 10. According to James Gambian, CEO of the…
EPA asks community to comment on Vales Point pollution exemption
An application from Delta Electricity for a further exemption to the set emission limit for nitrogen oxide (NOx) at Vales Point Power Station is now open for public comment. The…
Red water from roof cleaning
The mystery of the source of red discoloured water at Lakedge Ave, Berkeley Vale has been solved. Early last week, September 6 and 7, residents started to notice red water…