News Articles for Matthew Tonts

The EPA has recommended a ‘very high' level of protection for the Exmouth Gulf, after a year-long probe found the fragile area was under increasing pressure from uncoordinated activities.

The state government's plan to clear 12 hectares of vegetation in Exmouth to realign Yardie Creek Road will be subject to the highest possible level of scrutiny by the EPA.

The EPA has given Glencore subsidiary Minara Resources the green light to conduct an exploration program in the southern portion of its Irwin Hills Project in the north-eastern Goldfields.

The EPA has recommended the approval of BCI Minerals' proposed $779 million Mardie salt and potash project in the Pilbara, subject to a suite of conditions.

Tattarang's $85 million Ningaloo Lighthouse eco-resort proposal will be subject to the highest possible level of assessment by the EPA.

Singapore-based RCMA Group has secured environmental approval for an oil exploration well in Beekeepers Nature Reserve near Dongara.

The EPA will review the impact of Mineral Resources' plan to build an 88-kilometre private haulage road to facilitate the development of Parker Range.

The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that Covalent Lithium's planned lithium refinery at Kwinana - the third in WA - should proceed.

The state's peak environmental body will assess the social and environmental impacts of Oz Minerals' $1 billion nickel project in the West Musgrave Ranges.

The EPA will undertake a full-scale public environmental review of Bennett Resources' fracking proposal in the West Kimberley after reviewing more than 450 submissions.

The state's environmental authority has recommended approval of a potash project in Western Australia's Mid West.

University of Western Australia academic Matthew Tonts has been appointed chair of the Environmental Protection Authority.

WA has so far been spared the worst of COVID-19 but the experience has nonetheless triggered big changes in workplace management and planning.