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No let-up likely for Kean as environmental challenges keep mounting We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement If Matt Kean, NSW's Energy and Environment Minister, thought conservation groups would cut him some slack in 2021 after last year's successes, he might be disappointed. Yes, his energy road map sets the state on track to lure three times as much renewables into the grid than the existing Snowy Hydro scheme. And Kean is well on the way to adding 400,000 hectares of land to the national parks estate after doublin...

Advertisement Authorities have started releasing water from Sydney's largest dam after steady recent rains pushed the levels to almost full capacity with more showery days to come. In stark contrast to a year ago when water levels at Warragamba Dam fell below 43 per cent full, the reservoir has hovered in the mid-90 per cent capacity since it began spilling last August. It was 97.8 per cent full on Wednesday with Sydney's network of dams sitting at 94.6 per cent capacity. Warragamba Dam has begun to spill after Lake Burragorang reached almost 98 per cent capacity. Credit:Brook Mitchell A spo...