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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Alcoa's Pinjarra alumina refinery shut down after gas outage
The US firm is cleaning up caustic liquid after a power loss and working to restore full production at its largest alumina refinery.
Libs cheaper power bill pledge with nuclear questioned
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set to unveil the cost of a controversial nuclear power plan should the coalition come to power at the federal election.
WA Labor approves Woodside's North West Shelf gas plant to export to 2070
Concerns about possible damage to adjacent World Heritage-listed rock art from the plant's emissions did not sway environment minister Reece Whitby.
WA mining giants seek government help to turn their low grade ore into green iron
Australia's largest export has a problem - its low grade and high impurities make it unsuitable for producing low emissions iron and steel with current technology
Renewable energy trounces nuclear on power costs: CSIRO
Ahead of opposition leader Peter Dutton releasing costs for his nuclear policy this week, for the seventh straight year renewables were the lowest-cost new power generation technology.
Whitby lauds new blood to speed WA environmental approvals
The WA environment minister wanted to tackle bureaucrats "at the desk doing the same thing for 15 years, telling people why something can't be done."
'Climate whiplash': Australia faces growing risk of cascading disasters
Unusually high overnight temperatures and above-average rainfall are predicted for WA this summer
Trusted partner to the Pacific or giant fossil fuel exporter? Australia chose the latter
In The Hague this week, Australia worked hard to minimise the legal liability of major emitters and fossil fuel exporters for their contribution to climate change.
Renewable hydrogen tech could give green light to jobs
A CSIRO report sees making equipment to produce renewable hydrogen could create 4000 jobs by 2050 but Australia needs to move fast.
Alcoa moves future mining away from dams 'for now'
Alcoa has made last minute changes to its planned expansion of mining in WA's jarrah forest and wants to reenter a previously mined area, potentially triggering a new major federal environmental assessment.
Green iron a potential $100b annual boost for Australia: report
Australia will lose thousands of jobs to rival resource-rich economies if the federal government fails to kickstart the nascent green iron industry, experts warn.
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.