Mondaq Asia Pacific: Environment
Breaching environmental laws, as relating to waste management, is a criminal offence and can be punished with jail time.
The decision demonstrates the importance of conducting an adequate and appropriate assessment of the proposed activity,.
All operators should carefully review approvals to ensure that compliance with conditions can continue to be achieved.
This decision has broad implications for all proponents who are required by law to undertake environmental assessments.
On December 5, 2012, China's Ministry of Environmental Protection announced its 12th Five-Year Plan on Air Pollution Control in Key Regions, which aims to dramatically cut emissions of pollutants in economically dynamic areas.
Changes to the licensing scheme are afoot.
Sanctions may be imposed in stages, cumulatively or randomly according to the severity of the violation.
Further streamlining of the resource management regime and a new process for the Auckland Unitary Plan were introduced.
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This decision has broad implications for all proponents who are required by law to undertake environmental assessments.
The average intensity of greenhouse emissions from the National Electricity Market has reduced by about 5% year on year.
The legislation will implement an interim link between the Carbon Pricing Mechanism and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
The decision demonstrates the importance of conducting an adequate and appropriate assessment of the proposed activity,.
The Government will now allow the development of a commercial oil shale industry, under strict environmental conditions.
Breaching environmental laws, particularly relating to waste, waste transportation and disposal, is a criminal offence.
The amendments to the licensing framework under the EPA by the Greentape Reduction Act have commenced and are in force.
Where a proposed mining development has clear environmental impacts, mitigation measures must deal with those impacts.
Companies and employees must be aware of relevant laws and requirements and ensure that they have been complied with.
Development sites are scarcer and development risks are getting higher in Australia’s commercial property market.
