A NSW Clean Air Summit names coal, transport, wood-heaters as biggest polluters

By Joanne McCarthy
June 28 2017 - 5:00am
Air quality: Dust from a Hunter coal mine. New Australian air quality standards will require a 50 per cent reduction in pollution emissions from both industry and domestic wood-fired heaters, the NSW Environment Protection Authority says.
Air quality: Dust from a Hunter coal mine. New Australian air quality standards will require a 50 per cent reduction in pollution emissions from both industry and domestic wood-fired heaters, the NSW Environment Protection Authority says.

AN exemption that protects the coal mining industry from a NSW Government “polluter pays” licensing scheme should be removed to improve the state’s air quality, says Lock the Gate Alliance.

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