Western Australia's Appeals Convenor has rejected arguments from environmentalists that greenhouse gas conditions recommended for an onshore gas project are too weak.
An appeal has identified multiple failings in the Western Australian EPA's assessment of a gas-fired power station proposed by Fortescue, but the state government won't make the agency re-evaluate it.
A new Western Australian government climate policy says the federal government must impose constraints on big emitters if the state's emissions are to fall.
The Western Australian government has won the right to receive some EPBC Act offset revenue, and has secured passage of a state Bill that smooths the way for it to exercise EPBC approval powers.
Western Australia's imminent new climate policy will leave other states bearing a multi-billion dollar abatement burden, if it allows emissions in the state to increase, according to the WA Conservation Council.