Energy Transition
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.
Carbon Emissions
WA is the only State where greenhouse gas emissions have risen since 2005, the Paris Agreement baseline, mainly due to an expanded LNG industry.
Carbon Emissions
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.
net-zero 2050
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.
Carbon Emissions
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.
Carbon Emissions
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.
Carbon Emissions
Forrest dumps Kimberley fracking on climate concerns
Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy is pulling out of plans to frack the Kimberley for gas citing climate concerns, but the minor partner may continue the work.
Climate Change
Unless we act now, a hotter, drier, more dangerous future for Australia awaits: IPCC
The latest science is clear: "Every fraction of a degree of global warming increases the likelihood and severity of many extremes...every effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions matters."
Carbon Emissions
Ichthys flaring casts doubt on carbon-neutral LNG cargo
TotalEnergies shipped a carbon-neutral LNG cargo from Ichthys in late 2020 when the Inpex-operated project had massive flaring of gas but will not confirm if the above normal emissions were offset.
Analysis
Japan plans to almost halve LNG for power by 2030
Crunch time for Australian LNG: True Paris-aligned emissions targets kill demand and ammonia hopes are too small, too late and probably green.
Chevron
Time’s up on Gorgon’s five years of carbon storage failure
On July 18 Chevron will be millions of tonnes short of required CO2 injection at Gorgon LNG. If the WA Government stands firm the carbon credit bill could approach $100 million.
Power Generation
Solar growth, EV inevitability and emissions drive WA energy transformation
WA energy policy in Labor's second term may have to tackle tough issues avoided so far, including tariffs, Collie's future, the role of gas, and a path to net-zero by 2050.
Pilbara Summit 2021
A green Pilbara needs wind and one network: Alinta
WA's iron ore miners must develop wind power and drop decades of rivalry to share transmission networks to meet their emissions reduction targets, according to Alinta Energy.
Carbon Emissions
Woodside’s real plan for Pluto LNG: delay action, not reduce emissions
Woodside's Pluto net-zero 2050 plan is greenwashing, leaving 70% of cuts to the last five years despite investors telling CEO Meg O'Neill they want tangible speedy progress.
APPEA 2021 Perth
Santos fails to back up Barossa emissions reduction claim
Santos says attacks on its heavily-polluting Barossa LNG project "should be taken with a grain of salt" but will not substantiate its own claims that emissions have reduced.
Carbon Emissions
BHP climate target skips massive Australian oil & gas emissions
BHP's climate target excludes the Bass Strait, North West Shelf and future Scarborough LNG on the incorrect basis that the operator controls the emissions, not the joint owners.
Carbon Emissions
Alcoa to test new steam tech in WA that could cut emissions 70pc
Alcoa will trial technology at its Wagerup alumina refinery to produce steam by renewable-powered compression instead of gas-fired heat that promises a 70% per cent emissions reduction.