State and territory environmental regulators are under pressure to use their approvals and licensing systems to make businesses cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
Inpex, TotalEnergies and Woodside will spend $165 million investigating a carbon storage site offshore from the Northern Territory, while Chevron and Santos will jointly assess CCS opportunities elsewhere.
In a decision that will have important ramifications for BlueScope, South32 today abandoned its second attempt to expand its Dendrobium metallurgical coal mine.
South32 has been asked to identify additional ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its proposed Dendrobium mine extension, and it must also provide an independent assessment of the risks to BlueScope if the project doesn't go ahead.
Copenhagen Energy today made an EPBC referral for a 3GW offshore wind farm, while Esso has told the offshore oil and gas regulator that it can't fully remove its Bass Strait infrastructure.