EPA has duty to act on climate
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…
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Crown Land NSW now controls fate of boat shed
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 rejects claims it is still polluting Kincumber Creek
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…
Berkeley Vale company fined for storing asbestos waste
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…
EPA fines Forestry Corporation of NSW
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…
EPA to accept public consultation over Vales Point licence renewal
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…
EPA needs to consult with the public and health professionals
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…
$2.3M may help with EPA fines
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…
EPA defends its recent track record
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…
Groundskeeper fined $48,000
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….
Paltry fine “will not be a disincentive to pollute”
Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) says that the paltry fine of $30,000 for pollution at Vales Point Power Station sends the signal that public health is worth less than corporate welfare….
300 tonnes of pollutants will leach into Lake Macquarie
The Out of the Ashes II report by Hunter Community Environment Centre estimates that 302 tonnes of harmful heavy metal pollutants will leach into Lake Macquarie from the region’s two…
Vales Point Power Station receives $11M grant despite being fined for pollution
Within weeks of Vales Point Power Station being fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority for pollution, the Federal Government announced an $11M upgrade to be funded through the…
Concrete waste leaking into Kincumber Creek
Community concerns are escalating over concrete waste which residents say continues to pour into Kincumber Creek via a stormwater outlet from the Hymix batching plant in Cochrane St.
Independent air quality monitor to be installed
[Lake Macquarie] After a decade of lobbying and community campaigning, an independently operated air quality monitor will be installed in the local area. Lake Macquarie MP, Greg Piper, said he…
Recycling company fined
Recycling company IQ Renew has been fined a total of $33,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for allegedly breaching its environment protection licence at two Central Coast facilities…
Building sites faced sediment control blitz
Building sites on the Woy Woy Peninsula were targeted in a one-day blitz last month, to protect the waterways from run-off. The blitz aims to build on a month-long campaign…
Power station pollution control licence renewed
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has renewed the five-year licence without significant change to pollution controls at Delta Electricity’s Vales Point Power Station at Mannering Park. The licence renewal…
Mangrove Mountain Landfill community meeting unanimous
At a packed meeting at Mangrove Mountain Hall on Wednesday, November 28, guest speaker, Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, pledged that a future Labor Government would establish an independent inquiry…
Gosford MP calls for community support on landfill
Over 100 concerned community members braved torrential rain to express their concerns about the future of the Mangrove Mountain Landfill, at a community meeting on Wednesday, November 28. The Mangrove…