Cheap, clean electricity will be essential to meet the federal government's roadmap goals of producing green aluminium and steel at no extra cost, according to industry experts.
The ACCC has continued a losing streak of cases over company environmental claims, with the Full Federal Court dismissing its appeal about Woolworths' labelling.
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.
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.
Santos has presented the Independent Planning Commission with a new legal opinion on ecologically sustainable development and carbon emissions, as it seeks approval for its Narrabri coal seam gas project.
A long-running review of the greenhouse gas condition applying to Chevron's Wheatstone LNG project will be completed this year after nearly a three-year process, according to WA EPA Chair Dr Tom Hatton.