Selling biodiversity value to protect wetlands
Vast wetland areas comprising six reserves in Blue Haven and Tumbi Umbi will be forever protected in a conservation management plan set in motion by Central Coast Council. Blue Haven…
Environment
Only “cursory review” of coal mining risks says expert
A geotechnical engineer and mining expert says Delta Coal’s proposal to prolong the operations at its Lake Macquarie mines has failed to provide the community with a true picture of…
Kanwal petrol station fined over land contamination
A Kanwal petrol station and a company Director of Zoya Investments Pty Ltd have been convicted and fined over land contamination offences. Zoya Investments was convicted and fined $320,000 in…
Clean4Shore targets derelict vessels
Clean4Shore worked along the Ettalong foreshore last week to remove derelict vessels and clean up submerged rubbish from around the public jetty. The team located an abandoned yacht and an…
EV charger opens at Tumbi Umbi
A new bp pulse fast electric vehicle charging station is now open at the bp service station in Tumbi Umbi. It is part of the company’s ambition to install about…
Call for moratorium on land clearing and logging
An alliance of environment organisations is calling for a moratorium on land clearing across 810,000ha between Barrington Tops and the Hawkesbury River and urgent conservation in the region to prevent…
Order extended to halt Doyalson land clearing
The Community Environment Network (CEN) can confirm that the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) has extended by 40 days its Stop Work Order halting any removal of native vegetation…
Bring back rubbish bins at Bateau Bay picnic area
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has removed rubbish bins from Bateau Bay Beach picnic area in Wyrrabalong National Park because it says there was too much rubbish. Early last…
Join community focus group about Tuggerah Lakes
People with a keen interest in Tuggerah Lakes and The Entrance channel can apply to join a Community Focus Group organised by Central Coast Council. Expression of Interest applications are…
Six Cities plan “concerning and unsustainable”: CEN
The Community Environment Network (CEN) has labelled the NSW Government’s Six Cities Region strategy “concerning and unsustainable”, in responding to the Discussion Paper now on public exhibition. CEN undertook a…
Shorter deadline to cut power station emissions
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has given Delta Electricity a two-year deadline to comply with tighter emission controls for nitrogen oxides, imposed on Vales Point Power Station last December. Delta…
EPA decision fair says Future Sooner
Local environment group, Future Sooner, has congratulated the Environmental Protection Authority on its decision to reduce the Vales Point coal-fired power station’s exemption licence from five years to two. Future…
Norah Head first National Surfing Reserve on Central Coast
The Norah Head coastline between Hargraves Beach in the north and Pelican Point in the south is the first stretch of seashore on the Central Coast to attain National Surfing…
Smart buoy tracking water quality in Wyee Bay
A custom-built smart buoy is now stationed in Lake Macquarie’s Wyee Bay to assess water quality, in response to significant fish kills in August and September. The buoy, which looks…
Ecovillage meets another sustainability goal
Narara Ecovillage has reached another milestone towards sustainable living with the installation of a large solar-powered community battery and supporting smart grid. It enables the village of 100-plus residents to…
Govt steps in to stop land clearing at Doyalson
The Department of Planning and Environment has issued a Stop Work Order over a large tract of land at Doyalson following reports of unauthorised clearing in a conservation zone. A…
Toxic cane toad colony found at Mandalong
NSW biosecurity specialists were called to a property at Mandalong last week following the detection of a colony of cane toads lurking under a sheet of tin. The NSW Department…
Exclusion zone for Little Tern breeding
An exclusion zone has been set up at Karagi Point, The Entrance North to protect the Little Terns during their annual breeding season until late February. Little Terns are endangered…
Power station investigated over fish kills
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) announced on Tuesday that Vales Point Power Station is being investigated over two separate fish kills at Wyee Bay in a month. An EPA spokesperson…
“Significant” tree destined for the chop
A strong community campaign has failed to save a 60-year-old Norfolk Island Pine at Killarney Vale even though it’s on Central Coast Council’s Significant Tree Register. The Local Planning Panel…