The Western Australian EPA has announced it will require Fortescue Metals Group to provide extra information on greenhouse gas emissions from a proposed gas-fired power plant at its Solomon iron ore mine.
A company that received EPBC approval to clear vegetation for sand mining has been blocked by the Western Australian Supreme Court, which upheld a state government ministerial decision to refuse permission for clearing.
Fortescue acknowledges its proposed gas-fired power station in the Pilbara will emit more than 600,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas annually, but says this is much lower than its originally approved plan.
Western Australia's environmental regulator has issued a new licence to Yara's ammonia plant, without requiring it to cut its net annual one million tonnes of carbon emissions or reduce acidic discharges harmful to rock art.
Western Australia's Supreme Court has ruled that a company is liable for the actions of an employee driver who dumped waste, despite being told by the company's director to dispose of it lawfully.
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".