If Western Australia's Conservation Council wins a new Supreme Court case over a major Woodside LNG project, it could affect numerous other large-emitting projects.
In an Australian first, the McGowan government has introduced regulations to prevent companies securing government contracts if they are found guilty of pollution offences anywhere in the world.
Woodside today announced plans to build one of the world's largest hydrogen and ammonia production facilities at a site on Western Australia's Kwinana industrial strip.
Environmental offset conditions aren't compensating for the harm caused by clearing and new projects, a Western Australian review has found, and the state's offsets policy will be strengthened.
The Western Australian government's view that greenhouse gas isn't a pollutant is "no longer defensible", the WA Conservation Council has told the state's Appeals Convenor.
Western Australia has proposed regulations that would allow companies to apply to have the state government act as the sole environmental decision-maker for their projects.