Environment

A developer can't block an activist group from relying on Aboriginal cultural heritage evidence in relation to trees set to be removed under plans to build a retirement village on land owned by the Federal Golf Club.

An environmental group has lost its bid to stop slashing works at a development site at Brunswick Heads, after a judge tossed its lawsuit seeking to block the 123-lot residential development.

The Queensland Land Court has recommended the approval of Bowen Basin Coal's Meadowbrook project to extend its Lake Vermont open cut coal mine near Dysart, over objections from environmental activists.

An environmental group that plans to appeal its failed challenge to a Brunswick Heads development has launched a bid to stop slashing works at the site.

A judge has rejected environmental group Save Wallum’s lawsuit against the developers of a housing estate in Brunswick Heads, finding the group failed to prove the development was likely to have a significant impact on threatened species.

Amazon has signed its first standalone battery storage tolling agreement globally, which will support the development of Anza Power's 50 MW/200 MWh battery in Victoria.

Chevron wants a "tight" timeline in a legal challenge related to its Gorgon liquified natural gas project, telling a judge that it's spending $40 million a month to keep staff ready for the project.

Electricity network provider Transgrid says network upgrades are needed to deal with the "unprecedented interest" in connecting new data centres and that centre operators should foot the bill. 

A judge has pushed off the hearing of an urgent application filed overnight against the NSW government to halt a brumby cull at the Yuraygir National Park, after the state did not appear at a 1 am hearing.

Environmental groups have slammed the country's first federal environmental standards, saying they were too vague to deliver the necessary protections for forests and endangered species.