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Woodside wrestles with EPA after reports it has rejected biggest new gas field in Australia

Renew Economy

The post Woodside wrestles with EPA after reports it has rejected biggest new gas field in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. Woodside says it is working with "relevant regulators" amid reports a $30 billion gas megaproject in one of the world's richest marine zones has been rejected.

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Robbins Island wind project heads back to court, as EPA digs in over “sensitive dunes”

Renew Economy

The post Robbins Island wind project heads back to court, as EPA digs in over “sensitive dunes” appeared first on RenewEconomy. The fate of a $1 billion-plus, 900MW wind farm remains in limbo, with Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority confirming it will appeal the huge project's approval.

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Plibersek rolls out “game changing” EPA, but delays reforms to EPBC Act

Renew Economy

The post Plibersek rolls out “game changing” EPA, but delays reforms to EPBC Act appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australia will soon have its first national, independent environment watchdog that can issue hundreds of millions in penalties, but Labor has delayed reform of EPBC Act.

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“Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Labor’s EPA gets a grilling

Renew Economy

Labor’s EPA gets a grilling appeared first on RenewEconomy. Legislation to set up Australia’s first national environment protection agency promises strong new powers and penalties to protect the natural environment. Critics are not so sure.

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SCOTUS ruling on EPA leaves US businesses with the devil they don’t know

GreenBiz

EPA just made an already uncertain environment worse. For American companies seeking clarity on U.S. climate policy, the Supreme Court decision on West Virginia v.

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Western Australia slashes “green tape” and bypassing EPA for renewable projects

Renew Economy

The post Western Australia slashes “green tape” and bypassing EPA for renewable projects appeared first on RenewEconomy. paves the way to fast track the approval of renewable energy projects as it races to provide enough capacity for electrocution and green industry.

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EPA details its carbon crackdown on industry, and fossil fuel generators are not happy

Renew Economy

EPA unveils its carbon crackdown. The post EPA details its carbon crackdown on industry, and fossil fuel generators are not happy appeared first on RenewEconomy. Coal generators say it is all too much, and environmentalists say it is not nearly enough.

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