Mines Department blasts holes in Alcoa’s jarrah forest care claims
Endangered cockatoos - 105,000 exploration holes a year - insecure offsets: WA’s mining regulator has questions for the US miner.
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Offshore maintenance backlog worries unions and safety regulator
Delays in offshore oil and gas maintenance after COVID-19 workforce cuts worries safety regulator NOPSEMA and unions, who have pointed to Inpex's Ichthys LNG project as a concern.
Coleman smells ammonia in Woodside’s future
Woodside looks at gas to ammonia to fuel coal-fired power stations as concerns grow about the viability of LNG mega-projects.
North West Shelf’s 36-year WA gas reign is over
Santos is now the biggest supplier of gas to WA and the future may depend on the Perth Basin after the State's almost four decades of reliance on Australia's first LNG plant.
Woodside's future hangs on the NWS exit rush Chevron started
Peter Coleman's challenges: an ageing plant, high cost gas, partner churn and global forces making the LNG game tougher than anyone envisaged a few years ago.
Woodside abandons abandonment for Echo Yodel
If Woodside's argument that a reef's environmental benefit outweighs 400 tonnes of plastic in the ocean wins over NOPSEMA then leaving everything on the seabed could become the default option for Australia's oil and gas players.
Steady coal to solar shift continues for WA
As wind and solar displaces coal the South West of WA will have ample generation, according to a 10-year look ahead, with the growth of electric vehicles being the big unknown.
Emissions "business as usual" will hit South-West farming hard
Droughts could be twice as long and severe in the greenest parts of South West WA from 2050 onwards if greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled, and some WA farms may become unviable.
Chief Scientist calls for WA to ride the energy transition
WA chief scientist Peter Klinken sees jobs coming if WA uses cleaner energy and minerals for the production of hydrogen and batteries.
WA's near useless domestic gas deal with Woodside's Pluto LNG
Woodside's Pluto LNG plant has delivered less that one per cent of its gas to WA due to a 2006 WA Government deal that appeared generous then and looks feeble now.
Chevron's dodge on Gorgon LNG carbon pollution rejected
Chevron has been denied a two-year free pass on Gorgon greenhouse gas emissions by the WA Government that could cost it more than $80 million, and there may be a future bill for Wheatstone as well.
Waitsia gives McGowan a gas-powered climate dilemma
As Environment Minister in 2006 Mark McGowan led the way to ensure gas projects offset some of their emissions. Now as Premier he may need to choose between climate credibility and the interests of WA's most powerful man.
Ten strikes against Nev Power’s west-east gas pipeline
Building a gas pipeline from WA to the east to help the the economy recover from COVID-19 is such an extraordinarily bad idea the judgement of Nev Power and others pushing it has to be questioned.