Western Australia's EPA today recommended approval for a project in the Pilbara that could deliver up to 46 million tonnes of greenhouse gas abatement annually, and which could position the state as "the Saudi Arabia of green hydrogen".
Mitsui has set targets for reducing net CO2 emissions, in the first greenhouse gas management plan to be released since the WA EPA issued its carbon emissions guidance.
The proponent of Australia's first offshore wind farm, which could meet 18% of Victoria's power needs, has applied to the state and federal governments for approval.
Cleanaway has revealed plans to double its capacity to generate electricity from methane extracted at Victoria's largest landfill, delivering more than 400,000 tonnes of abatement annually.
In a move that highlights the growing regulatory focus on scope 3 emissions, Woodside has secured approval for its Scarborough gas field development only after the project's downstream emissions received unprecedented scrutiny.
Fans and critics of a NSW government bill to limit the Independent Planning Commission's duty to consider carbon emissions when assessing new mines and gas fields agree on one thing – the proposed law is badly drafted.
New data from Chevron shows it risks falling millions of tonnes short of a mandatory requirement to abate greenhouse gas emissions from its Gorgon LNG project.