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The closure of Liddell power station will result in a massive drop in sulphur dioxide, mercury and particle pollution | Newcastle Herald

Vales Point coal-fired power station in NSW could be polluting in breach of clean air laws

Call for energy giant AGL to face criminal charges over coal ash spill

Call for energy giant AGL to face criminal charges over coal ash spill Lisa Cox © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, AGL, will pay a $1m penalty for a coal ash spill at a creek in the Hunter region of New South Wales, but environmentalists say the company should have faced criminal prosecution. The incident occurred at the Bayswater power station near Muswellbrook in September 2019 when a pipeline transporting fly ash – a waste product from burning coal – burst, causing 1,440 cubic metres of hazardous slurry to leak into the dry bed of Bayswater Creek.

AGL issued $1 million penalty by Environment Protection Authority after ash waste pollutes Hunter Valley creek

AGL issued $1 million penalty by Environment Protection Authority after ash waste pollutes Hunter Valley creek TueTuesday 15 updated WedWednesday 16 AGL s Bayswater power station and ash waste dam in the NSW Hunter Valley ( Share Print text only Cancel Energy giant AGL will be forced to spend more than $1 million on community projects and rectification works after one of its ageing coal-fired power stations polluted a creek in the New South Wales Hunter Valley. Key points: A burst pipe went undetected for eight hours and alarms were not functioning Environmentalist groups call for criminal prosecution It is believed to be the largest form of penalty ever enforced by the state s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) on a power station.

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