The McGowan Government has committed to enshrining WA's net-zero 2050 target in law - along with a pledge to reduce government sector emissions by 80% by 2030.
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.
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.
Western Australia's EPA has revealed that Chevron Gorgon's sequestration performance has slumped, and has recommended stronger carbon conditions on the LNG project.
Western Australian businesses won't have their greenhouse gas emissions controlled through the state's environmental licensing regime, according to the state's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.
A vineyard operator is challenging an order to look for contamination on its land, six years after a WA parliamentary committee investigated the management of possible contamination on a neighbouring site.
The association representing electricity and fossil gas businesses has raised a range of questions about Western Australia's plans to introduce a renewable hydrogen target.