ENVIRONMENT

Metropolitan Collieries charged over pollution incidents

THE New South Wales Environment Protection Authority has lost patience with Metropolitan Collieries and charged the company with five more offences under the state’s Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, after two significant pollution incidents at Camp Gully Creek in the Royal National Park in September and October 2022.

 Coal pollution in Camp Gully Creek

Coal pollution in Camp Gully Creek

Each of the five alleged offences carries a maximum penalty for a corporation of $1 million. The matter is listed for directions in the NSW Land and Environment Court on October 20. The Peabody Energy-owned...

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