INPEX safety shortcuts exposed Ichthys LNG workers and ocean to mercury
INPEX bypassed equipment and ignored procedures agreed with the regulator that together were meant to keep the toxic metal contained.
INPEX safety shortcuts exposed Ichthys LNG workers and ocean to mercury
INPEX bypassed equipment and ignored procedures agreed with the regulator that together were meant to keep the toxic metal contained.
Fracking little use for WA: Roger Cook allowed 87pc to be exported
The Premier’s threat to frack the Kimberley if Woodside’s Browse is blocked is nonsense as he exempted it from his export ban.
Federal plan delivers three times more gas to WA than Browse
Australia's most gas-dependent state can be well supplied for decades without drilling near Scott Reef or fracking the Kimberley, according to an exclusive analysis by Boiling Cold.
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The magic trick is over: investigation shows carbon capture can't save fossil fuels
Asia's fossil fuel industry readies to once again talk up carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the technology that lets us keep burning coal and gas, while still hitting our climate targets.
WA drives Alcoa $US4.1b buy of South32 aluminium business
The US company will have a monopoly over WA bauxite mining and alumina refining, which it plans to operate for 40 years.
'State-sponsored greenwashing': Australia’s flagship climate policy criticised over reliance on carbon offsets
Australia's safeguard mechanism is failing to reduce emissions because major polluters are relying on unlimited carbon offsets, according to The Australia Institute.
For 44 years, Australia has subsidised diesel use. Is it time to stop?
Australian taxpayers pay $5 billion a year to miners, including highly profitable giants like BHP.
Feds probe more illegal clearing by Alcoa after 'deliberate repeat’ destruction of jarrah forest
Alcoa acknowledged it destroyed the known habitat of protected species, including black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats.
Problems again stall production from Santos' $6.8b Barossa LNG
Santos is battling blocked heat exchangers, failed subsea valves, and faulty safety doors 285km north of Darwin so it can reap the reward of high gas prices in Asia.
$1.2b Kwinana clean up bill drives Alcoa Australia to a $600m loss
The US miner is also facing declining production and delayed approvals in WA, where it mines three-quarters of its bauxite.
Cyclone damage shuts Jadestone's Stag oil field off WA
The London-listed company may not have fully disclosed to the regulator the full extent of damage to its field off the Pilbara coast.
Gas
Aussies hit as gas giants reap export rewards: research
Santos' $33 million of company tax in 10 years is less than one-thousandth of its Australian revenue, according to Market Forces.
Cyclone Narelle shuts 44pc of WA gas supply
Santos' Varanus Island is not producing gas. Nor are the shuttered North West Shelf and Wheatstone plants.
Cyclone closes Woodside's North West Shelf: Australia's largest gas plant
As Asia scrambles for gas, another Australian gas export plant is out of action, and the WA Government monitors the situation to ensure sufficient fuel for the state.
Santos shuts down Barossa LNG amidst global gas crunch
The troubled $6 billion flagship will be out of action "for a number of weeks," just as Santos' customers are desperate for gas to replace supply from the Middle East.
Bauxite
WA drives Alcoa $US4.1b buy of South32 aluminium business
The US company will have a monopoly over WA bauxite mining and alumina refining, which it plans to operate for 40 years.
Feds probe more illegal clearing by Alcoa after 'deliberate repeat’ destruction of jarrah forest
Alcoa acknowledged it destroyed the known habitat of protected species, including black cockatoos, quokkas and numbats.
$1.2b Kwinana clean up bill drives Alcoa Australia to a $600m loss
The US miner is also facing declining production and delayed approvals in WA, where it mines three-quarters of its bauxite.
Doubling of mercury emissions from Alcoa Wagerup prompts appeals
"The government is allowing Alcoa to do whatever they friggin want," according to a long-term campaigner for better regulation of WA's alumina refineries.
Carbon Emissions
The magic trick is over: investigation shows carbon capture can't save fossil fuels
Asia's fossil fuel industry readies to once again talk up carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the technology that lets us keep burning coal and gas, while still hitting our climate targets.
'State-sponsored greenwashing': Australia’s flagship climate policy criticised over reliance on carbon offsets
Australia's safeguard mechanism is failing to reduce emissions because major polluters are relying on unlimited carbon offsets, according to The Australia Institute.
For 44 years, Australia has subsidised diesel use. Is it time to stop?
Australian taxpayers pay $5 billion a year to miners, including highly profitable giants like BHP.
WA Labor veteran slams “baseless" claims that gas is good for the climate
Woodside and other exporters have a "shocking record" of not providing evidence that gas helps reduce carbon emissions, according to Chris Tallentire.
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'Significant doubt' Pilot Energy, responsible for a WA oil platform, can survive
Pilot Energy is a going concern, but its accounts report "a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt" on that continuing.
Gas is escaping at 13 spots near Santos wells offshore Varanus Island
The company is monitoring the leaks that add to its problems at the ageing facilities.
Governments set to refund Chevron $500m for Barrow Island oil field clean-up
The $2.3 billion-plus decommissioning on a WA nature reserve will be part-funded by the Federal and WA governments returning about half the royalties they received over six decades.
WA Labor promised to protect the water supply but instead unleashed Alcoa's dangerous mining
Roger Cook granting Alcoa greater access to mine near Perth's dams risks could cost taxpayers billions of dollars and result in water restrictions