Western Australia will consider legislating its net zero emissions target but the premier has dismissed calls to rule out new major oil and gas projects.
The Waitsia expansion, a gas power station in the Pilbara, and a potash project near Laverton have received ministerial approval days before the government enters caretaker mode.
The state government has disclosed that nearly all gas from the onshore Waitsia project will be exported, at least for the initial six years of production.
Woodside Petroleum's Scarborough LNG project faces a new hurdle after the Conservation Council of WA lodged a Supreme Court action to overturn environmental approvals.
The state government has set up an advisory group, with executives from more than 20 businesses and community groups, to provide advice on the impacts of COVID-19 and measures to help economic recovery.
The Environmental Protection Authority has released its greenhouse gas guidance which maintains its goal of net zero emissions by 2050 but will be flexible in how it is applied, after receiving feedback on a draft it released in December.
The Environmental Protection Authority has released a new draft greenhouse gas emissions guideline, which substantially softens the initial draft guideline announced earlier this year.
Western Australia will be carbon neutral by 2050 under an aspirational policy announced by the state government today, although it is not yet clear what mechanism will be used to achieve the goal.
The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that operators of future major projects in Western Australia pay to offset their carbon emissions, in order to help Australia meet its climate change obligations.
A new battery storage trial launched by utilities Synergy and Western Power in Mandurah will allow households to store residual energy from their solar panels and use it during peak periods.
The Conservation Council of Western Australia and traditional owners are continuing their fight against Cameco's planned Yeelirrie uranium mine, lodging an appeal against a Supreme Court decision to uphold the environmental approval.
Chevron said today it was disappointed with the state government's decision to commence a review of greenhouse gas emissions at the company's recently commissioned Wheatstone LNG project.
The Conservation Council of Western Australia and members of the Tjiwarl Native Title Group have taken the fight against Cameco's proposed Yeelirrie uranium project to the Supreme Court, after it was approved by the previous state government.
