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…
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…
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 have cautioned the NSW EPA that its decision to give Delta Electricity a pollution exemption in December last year is “unlawful”.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
With so much land on the Peninsula classified as bushfire-prone the community may be relieved to learn the outcome of a recent court challenge which makes the NSW Environmental Protection…
A detailed assessment of the former Empire Bay Marina site commissioned by the NSW Government has identified unacceptably high levels of contamination. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch,…
Hymix has “categorically” rejected claims that capital works underway at its Kincumber concrete batching site is further contaminating Kincumber Creek. Community activist Cori Hopper, who has been monitoring conditions at…
A company that unlawfully stored asbestos waste on a Berkeley Vale property has been fined by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). EPA officers noticed 13 bags marked with asbestos…
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) for allegedly failing to mark a protected zone during a logging operation at Olney State Forest. EPA…
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has agreed to public consultation before determining whether to let Vales Point Power Station extend its Environment Protection Licence for another five years. A…
The Nature Conservation Council (NCC) is calling on the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to consult the public and health professionals before deciding whether to grant Vales Point Power Station a…
Forum – It was with great interest I read in your January 15 edition news of a $2.3M Federal Government grant to local recycling company iQ Renew. The Minister for…
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has hit back at claims by member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, that it has let down the Central Coast with a drastic reduction in…
The NSW Land and Environment Court has convicted and fined a groundskeeper $48,000 after an autistic man almost died after consuming a highly toxic pesticide from an unmarked drink bottle….