The ACCC will shortly start an internet sweep of various environmental claims by Australian businesses, and says it might have to develop new anti-greenwashing regulations and standards.
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.
Anglo American's Grosvenor coal mine has received a new Safeguard limit entitling it to emit six times more greenhouse gas than was forecast when it sought consent, highlighting deep flaws in the federal scheme, says the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Businesses including Woodside, Lion, Boral, and Fortescue have for the first time disclosed their progress towards meeting climate change goals, in new reports released by the Clean Energy Regulator.
As ASIC carries out targeted surveillance of company emissions claims, a leading law firm has warned that directors face a growing risk of legal action for "greenwashing".
As the ERF reaches a key milestone, Clean Energy Regulator chief executive David Parker says industrial companies are becoming much more engaged in the scheme, and important enhancements are on the way.
A Liberal Senator has criticised Woodside for selling an ageing asset to a company unable to decommission it, and One Nation will move a Bill amendment to hold Woodside to account.