Toxic Waste
Tyre industry divided over how to handle toxic waste
Peter Hannam A federal government plan to tackle tyre waste has gained only lukewarm support from some big retailers and environmental groups.
Orica toxic waste export stopped
The Danish government has postponed a plan to accept a shipment of Australian toxic waste for disposal, following pressure from the centre-left opposition.
Toxic waste producers fight to avoid scrutiny
Peter Ker Toxic waste producers are fighting suggestions their discharges into Victoria's sewers should be open to greater public scrutiny.
Santos coal seam gas project contaminating aquifer in use after two years
Nicole Hasham A leaking pond that contaminated an aquifer with uranium at levels 20 times safe drinking guidelines is still being used, despite coal seam gas operator Santos knowing it was faulty more than two...
Leaking toxic sludge report kept quiet by chemical giant
Natalie O'Brien Chemical giant Orica has tried to keep secret a potentially damaging report into whether the dangerous metal mercury might have been leaking off site from its former chlor-alkali plant, which...
Tyre fire firm Carbon Polymers facing investigations and closing site
Peter Hannam Four weeks after a fire almost gutted a tyre dump in Sydney's west, the company part-owned by accused murderer Ron Medich faces expulsion from the site and investigations from the authorities.
Dumped: Rio's odious garbage mountain reborn as new energy source
ONE of the world's largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people have made a living sorting through the debris by hand, is closing this weekend after 34...
Rare earth 'gold rush' extracts a price
John Huxley Riot squad teams were on alert and rush-hour traffic was brought to a standstill in Kuala Lumpur late last week as hundreds of demonstrators descended on the Australian High Commission.
The reactor that saves itself: safe nuclear does exist and China leads the way with thorium
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard A few weeks before the tsunami struck Fukushima's uranium reactors and shattered public faith in nuclear power, China revealed that it was launching a rival technology to build a safer, cleaner, and...
Uranium plant waste unwelcome in western suburbs
Ben Cubby The state government will face tough local opposition if it intends to take contaminated waste from a radioactive site in Hunters Hill and bury it at Kemps Creek in the city's west.
NSW Premier undecided on radioactive waste
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says he doesn't want radioactive waste from a former northern Sydney uranium smelter transported to Kemps Creek in the city's west.
Oil company sued over poisoned waterways
Aislinn Laing, London Tens of thousands of Amazonians are suing US oil company Chevron for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as one of the biggest environmental cases in history.
