Western Australia's Supreme Court has rejected arguments by conservationists that the EPA should have comprehensively assessed Woodside's plans to process Scarborough field gas at its Pluto LNG plant.
The association representing upstream oil and gas companies has told the Queensland government it is opposed to the introduction of decarbonisation conditions in environmental licences.
An EY cost-benefit analysis has costed the lifetime greenhouse gas emissions of a Glencore coal project at $70,000, but a separate consultancy has told the NSW government a figure of up to $294 million would be more accurate.
South Australia's EPA will review business environmental licence conditions to ensure they take proper account of the increasing risk of extreme weather, according to a new climate change position statement.
The High Court today refused a coal mining company's application for leave to appeal over a refusal of development consent linked to greenhouse gas emissions from coal combustion.
Western Australia's EPA has recommended approval for Oz Minerals' West Musgrave copper and nickel project, on condition that it keep within prescribed emissions limits.
Starting-point limits on pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from Perdaman's proposed $4 billion urea plant can readily be strengthened if the science warrants it, according to the Western Australian government.