A new Bill strengthens enforcement and compliance provisions in Western Australia's environment law and paves the way for an accreditation scheme for environmental consultants.
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.
New documents tabled in the WA Parliament show that the board of the state's EPA last year decided Chevron should ultimately be required to sequester 100% of reservoir CO2 from its Gorgon LNG project, but later backed down.
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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.
A new Pilbara offset fund will raise about $90 million over the next 40 years for biodiversity protection measures, according to Western Australia's Environment Minister Stephen Dawson.
The WA EPA has sought more details from a Mitsui subsidiary on abatement plans for a project that will annually emit up to 300,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas.