Western Australia's EPA has revealed that Chevron Gorgon's sequestration performance has slumped, and has recommended stronger carbon conditions on the LNG project.
In a landmark move, the NSW EPA will become the first state environmental regulator to use its licensing regime to cut industry greenhouse gas emissions.
Inpex, TotalEnergies and Woodside will spend $165 million investigating a carbon storage site offshore from the Northern Territory, while Chevron and Santos will jointly assess CCS opportunities elsewhere.
Western Australia's EPA says it would be unreasonable to impose scope 3 greenhouse gas conditions on Woodside's North West Shelf LNG expansion project.
MACH Energy appears set to avoid a mandatory condition to offset mine emissions, despite a senior NSW planning department executive saying offsetting would be desirable.
A Victorian government department has objected to Cement Australia's plans to install new plant that would prepare industrial slag for reuse, and Defence is also wary.