The company proposing a WA gas project, along with the state's environmental agency, are taking a very different stance on carbon offsetting to Santos and the NSW government.
A new Western Australian pilot program will provide state government funding to projects that create carbon credits by protecting biodiversity in national parks and reserves.
Western Australia's EPA has recommended that statutory approval conditions for a Fortescue Metals Group power plant require a gradual decline in emissions to net-zero by 2040.
The Western Australian government today announced plans to establish the state as a world-scale hydrogen exporter by 2030, a decade earlier than originally envisaged.