Should our biggest employers bear the biggest cost to stop climate change?
Is it up to Australia to lead the way forward on carbon pollution reduction, even if it costs us jobs here in Central Queensland?
View ArticleMisting sprays target coal terminal
A clean air campaigner has welcomed a plan to install misting sprays at a coal terminal but says he is surprised it has taken so long to put them in.
View ArticleSmelter plans pollution cut
Australia's largest aluminium smelter, Boyne Smelters, south of Gladstone, says it has developed a plan to improve the level of pollution from its central Queensland site.
View ArticleQld Health to assess air quality data
A crucial phase of the Clean and Healthy Air for Gladstone project in central Queensland has been completed, with 12 months worth of air monitoring data now collected.
View ArticleRefinery fined $90K over caustic vapours
Queensland Alumina Limited yesterday pleaded guilty to causing serious environmental harm after an industrial incident at a Gladstone alumina refinery last year.
View ArticleAir study gives health all-clear in Gladstone
Queensland Health says it has found no evidence that pollutants in the air at Gladstone in central Queensland are damaging residents' health.
View ArticleGladstone air quality okay: Qld Health
Residents in the central Queensland city of Gladstone say they are unconvinced about the quality of air despite a clean bill of health from authorities.
View ArticleSmelter moves to reduce emissions
A central Queensland aluminium smelter has acknowledged it needs to substantially reduce its emissions to meet tough new environmental guidelines.
View ArticleTesters 'fabricating air pollution reports'
A former employee of an Australian air testing company alleges air pollution is going unchecked in Australia.
View ArticleTesters 'fabricating air pollution reports'
A former employee of an Australian air testing company alleges air pollution is going unchecked in Australia.
View ArticleStudy suggests rethink of trucking emissions
A Central Queensland University study reveals a different picture from the European-based data used in costing the carbon trading scheme.
View ArticleCompany raided over air pollution allegations
An Australian air testing company, contracted to test pollution from smoke stacks, has been raided following a year-long investigation into claims testers were fabricating pollution reports.
View ArticleCompany raided over air pollution allegations
An Australian air testing company is raided following a year-long investigation into claims staff were fabricating pollution reports.
View ArticlePush for air quality report action
A Gladstone community group says the Queensland Government must take action to improve air quality monitoring in the industrial city.
View ArticleTechnical glitch hampers air quality monitoring
Queensland's Department of Science and Information Technology says it is aiming to fix the latest glitch at an air monitoring station in the central region by the end of next week.
View ArticleCommunity's fears as shale oil production begins
A Queensland community is on edge as Australia's first commercial oil shale plant is revived.
View ArticleMP hears fewer coal dust pollution complaints
Gladstone MP Liz Cunningham says complaints from residents about coal dust pollution have dropped off in recent months.
View ArticleCoal wagon covers the 'answer' to dust woes
Environmental lobby group Lock the Gate Alliance says coal companies should cover their freight wagons to stop coal dust pollution.
View ArticleArrow takes aim at LNG plant emissions claim
Arrow Energy has dismissed environmentalists' claims about a fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Curtis Island off Gladstone in central Queensland.
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