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.
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 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.
In a move likely to have saved it millions of dollars, Woodside has used more than 1.5 million international carbon units to help meet offsetting requirements for its Pluto LNG facility, instead of relying solely on domestic credits.
Big emitters will be expected to provide more information on their carbon offset strategies, as well as their scope 3 emissions, under new WA EPA guidance released today.
Western Australia's EPA today proposed that proponents of major projects take all reasonable and practicable steps to avoid, reduce and offset their direct emissions.
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.