Government's Northern Endeavour oil vessel cleanup set to exceed $2b
Woodside sold the project to an insubstantial company to avoid a few hundred million in decommissioning costs: now it and its competitors will pay the price.
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Australia tells international court no more climate responsibility for high emitting countries
Australia has told the International Court of Justice it is "resolutely committed" to uphold the Paris Agreement in a landmark hearing brought by Vanuatu.
WA's EPA speeds emissions deregulation while Chevron environmental inquiry waits
The environmental watchdog is set to remove restrictions on climate pollution in months but is much slower looking into concerns about quarantine and turtles on the Barrow Island nature reserve.
Santos internal analysis: $US1.6B Bayu-Undan carbon storage is low return and high complexity
Australian LNG producers are under pressure on emissions and decommissioning, and Santos wants to tackle both problems in one swoop at Bayu Undan, but it needs everyone to play along.
MacTiernan defends WA Government backing gas…for now
WA hydrogen minister Alannah MacTiernan believes a viable green hydrogen industry will build community support for the State's economy relying less on gas.
Tardy BHP ordered to clean up three oil and gas fields offshore WA and Victoria
Offshore regulator NOPSEMA has had enough of BHP's "limited action" and ordered the decommissioning of three fields, adding to the cleanup bill heading towards Woodside shareholders.
McGowan won’t rule out favouring Woodside for carbon farming land
Woodside Petroleum needs massive amounts of land for carbon offsets and the WA Government appears to be laying out an exclusive red carpet for the LNG giant.
WA onshore and coastal oil & gas clean up to cost billions
Santos and Chevron, through Varanus and Barrow Islands, have a big part to play in the clean up of 1000 oil and gas wells in WA, with about 300 ready to be plugged now.
Gaps hold back EPA’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from WA industry
WA's EPA is now restraining growth in carbon emissions from industry but it and State and Federal Governments need to do more to keep the State attractive to increasingly climate-concerned investors.
Woodside Petroleum: doubling down for a dirty decade
Woodside and BHP have responded to the energy transition by heading in opposite directions. Here are 13 takeaways about Woodside's future. They will need some luck.
Decisions now lock in industry emissions for decades: here’s how to get them right
Thirty per cent of Australia's emissions come from industry like LNG and the Federal Government needs to start pushing change now to have any hope of achieving net-zero by 2050.
Santos' oil Dorado is a lode of Scope 3 emissions
Santos wants to approve its $2.8B Dorado oil project off WA in mid-2022 but science and the law will provide hurdles to its 165 million tonnes of carbon pollution.
Australia risks taking the wrong tack at Glasgow climate talks
When the world tries to agree on a response to climate change in Glasgow Australia's only power is to set an example, not be the slowest follower.