The REZ environmental damage the law allows

Key points

• The environmental impact statement for the New England Renewable Energy Zone transmission line shows the project would clear 3,203 hectares of native vegetation. It would also affect 15 plants, animals and ecological communities at risk of serious and irreversible damage.
• Among them is the critically endangered New England Peppermint grassy woodland, with 146.75 hectares directly affected. EnergyCo says the impacts must first be avoided, then reduced, and finally offset.
• Submissions on the statement close on Thursday, 12 November.