Western Australia's Environment Minister Reece Whitby has imposed tougher greenhouse gas conditions on Chevron's Gorgon LNG project, including a requirement that it reach net-zero by 2050.
The former chief executive of waste company Bingo, Daniel Tartak, has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting price-fixing in the demolition waste industry, the ACCC has announced.
Highlights include a federal request for information on the impacts of heavy industry on Murujuga's cultural heritage. Jobs include multiple senior energy efficiency roles with the federal environment department.
A re-elected Victorian Labor government would adopt a world-leading emissions reduction target for 2035, and would advance the state's net-zero deadline by five years.
Up to 10% of electricity demand in Western Australia's main grid could be met by renewable hydrogen, under a new certificate scheme proposed by the state government.
Two facilities with Safeguard baselines far above their actual emissions are undergoing state assessment processes that could more tightly cap what they emit, irrespective of Safeguard changes.
The Clean Energy Regulator has dropped its usual practice of holding two ERF auctions each year, and will instead hold the next auction in March 2023, after the completion of the Chubb review.