Chevron's Gorgon CCS project has delivered a significant cut in the company's greenhouse gas emissions, despite technical difficulties, while fellow LNG company Inpex has become a top-10 emitter.
South Australia should try to join California's emissions trading scheme, according to a new briefing commissioned by the state government and prepared by climate economist Ross Garnaut.
Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor has appointed a carbon capture and storage expert to the body that advises him on new ERF methods for earning carbon credits.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese specified only two non-negotiable matters, in a Press Club speech today in which he urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison to negotiate a bipartisan energy policy.
New strategies are needed to reward chemical plants and cement works for reducing their emissions, because the ERF facilities method has proven ineffective, according to a review of the method.
The federal government will tomorrow introduce a bill that would allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to finance carbon capture and storage projects.