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.
A Queensland environment group is relying on the EPBC Act's reconsideration provisions to ask for a re-evaluation of 19 major projects, because of their climate impacts.
Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor today introduced a Bill that will establish a long-awaited licensing framework for offshore wind projects.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today urged all states and territories to negotiate EPBC approval bilateral agreements with Canberra, and praised a WA bill that will make the task easier.
Including a greenhouse gas trigger in the EPBC Act would be unwarranted and inappropriate, according to the department administered by Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor.