Western Australia's Environment Minister Reece Whitby has imposed tougher greenhouse gas conditions on Chevron's Gorgon LNG project, including a requirement that it reach net-zero by 2050.
Western Australia's EPA has revealed that Chevron Gorgon's sequestration performance has slumped, and has recommended stronger carbon conditions on the LNG project.
Western Australian businesses won't have their greenhouse gas emissions controlled through the state's environmental licensing regime, according to the state's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.
A vineyard operator is challenging an order to look for contamination on its land, six years after a WA parliamentary committee investigated the management of possible contamination on a neighbouring site.
Western Australia's EPA says it would be unreasonable to impose scope 3 greenhouse gas conditions on Woodside's North West Shelf LNG expansion project.
Western Australia's EPA has recommended approval for Oz Minerals' West Musgrave copper and nickel project, on condition that it keep within prescribed emissions limits.
Starting-point limits on pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from Perdaman's proposed $4 billion urea plant can readily be strengthened if the science warrants it, according to the Western Australian government.
Environmental offset conditions aren't compensating for the harm caused by clearing and new projects, a Western Australian review has found, and the state's offsets policy will be strengthened.