For decades the Evans Head Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) has been dumping effluent into Salty Lagoon in Broadwater National Park. Rich in nutrients and other contaminants, the lake succumbed to these pollutants with a massive fish and bird kill in 2005.

Northern Rivers dairy co-operative Norco won unanimous support of Lismore City Councillors last week to have more than $300,000 in charges related to non-compliant waste written off.

Lismore City councillors are to consider writing off two debts at their ordinary meeting today, including one for more than $300,000 incurred by local dairy co-op Norco.

Byron Shire Council will start the next round of contamination investigations at Butler Street Reserve in Byron Bay today and tomorrow in response to a request from the Environment Protection Authority.

A cocktail of pesticides has been found in oysters and water from one of the NSW North Coast’s dominant rivers, Southern Cross University researchers have found.

Do the cars that ended up in Wilsons Creek pose a significant health risk owing to leaching toxins?

The Greens have stepped up their calls for action to deal with contamination at the Gold Coast Airport after a report from the US Environmental Protection Agency has added further concerns about toxic firefighting chemicals used at the site.

Opponents of Gold Coast Airport’s controversial runway expansion plan have called for an immediate halt to the plan after it was revealed toxic chemicals have contaminated the land on the NSW side of the border where a new instrument landing system (ILS) is set to be built.