As the ERF reaches a key milestone, Clean Energy Regulator chief executive David Parker says industrial companies are becoming much more engaged in the scheme, and important enhancements are on the way.
A Liberal Senator has criticised Woodside for selling an ageing asset to a company unable to decommission it, and One Nation will move a Bill amendment to hold Woodside to account.
Woodside will invest heavily in Western Australian vegetation projects to partially offset emissions from its Pluto LNG plant, but has opted for cheap international carbon units to meet a related offset obligation.
Environmentalists say a major Woodside LNG processing project was approved without any scrutiny and, as court action continues, they have released a new analysis of its emissions.
A Wesfarmers-backed lithium refinery will cut its net emissions by 38% within 10 years, after the Western Australian EPA requested stronger carbon commitments.
NSW's Independent Planning Commission has applied a carbon offset condition to a coal mining project that is weaker than the company was prepared to accept.