Alcoa spruiks profit boost if mining more WA forest approved
The US miner expects WA government approval within 12 months to destroy 75 square kilometres of jarrah forest to enable its "number one" lever to boost profits.
Alcoa spruiks profit boost if mining more WA forest approved
The US miner expects WA government approval within 12 months to destroy 75 square kilometres of jarrah forest to enable its "number one" lever to boost profits.
Woodside cleanup off WA plagued by injuries and incidents
There are serious concerns about lifting equipment and procedures on McDermott's offshore construction vessel DLV 2000 which is decommissioning the Stybarrow oil field near Ningaloo Reef.
Exxon drops plan to reuse Bass Strait oil platform for carbon storage
The idea is one of many around Australia that would delay the cost of decommissioning old infrastructure.
WA Labor promised to protect the water supply but instead unleashed Alcoa's dangerous mining
Roger Cook granting Alcoa greater access to mine near Perth's dams risks could cost taxpayers billions of dollars and result in water restrictions
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Alcoa fined $400,000 for chemical burn to Kwinana school student
The 2022 incident is one of many at Alcoa's three refineries that are under an increased level of surveillance from the work safety regulator.
Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reefs bleach in unison for the first time
An intense marine heatwave strips colour and life from two World Heritage-listed reefs.
WA's South West grid to be boosted by four new batteries
All the storage is due to be connected to the grid before the first of WA's coal-fired power stations closes.
Kalbarri green hydrogen project gets $814m in Federal backing
After many recent setbacks for green hydrogen a huge WA project now looks more likely.
Woodside’s bid to extend a huge gas project is testing both parties' environmental credentials
Whether Australia's oldest gas export plant - the North West Shelf - can operate until 2070 has become a political hot potato.
Greenpeace wants NWS gas approval paused to consider Woodside's Browse project
Any further delay would enrage the oil and gas industry, but process shortcuts could lead to any approval being challenged in court.
Australia's biggest gas buyer JERA warns of lean times ahead
More LNG from Qatar and the US is expected to make the 2030s a buyers market.
Alcoa unpunished for illegally piping PFAS-contaminated water across WA dam
The $13 billion company will just get a warning letter for secretly creating "an unacceptable risk to drinking water quality."
Gas
Woodside’s bid to extend a huge gas project is testing both parties' environmental credentials
Whether Australia's oldest gas export plant - the North West Shelf - can operate until 2070 has become a political hot potato.
Greenpeace wants NWS gas approval paused to consider Woodside's Browse project
Any further delay would enrage the oil and gas industry, but process shortcuts could lead to any approval being challenged in court.
Australia's biggest gas buyer JERA warns of lean times ahead
More LNG from Qatar and the US is expected to make the 2030s a buyers market.
Woodside CEO laments red tape over gas project approval
Australia's largest oil and gas company has trimmed its dividend after underlying profit was dragged down by lower prices.
Renewable Energy
Explainer: what does it mean to ‘firm’ renewables?
Large power grids are among the most complicated machines humans have ever devised - here is how a key component works.
BP puts brakes on Kwinana clean fuel plans
BP has stood down contractors working on its biofuel plant just weeks before discovering if its adjacent green hydrogen project will win $1 billion of government backing.
New 490MW MidWest WA wind farm plans 2028 start-up
The Parron wind farm could slash the carbon pollution from generating WA's power by one million tonnes a year.
BP’s Geraldton green hydrogen dream needs help
Green hydrogen has long term promise for WA but needs help to scale and escape the trap of being an expensive product with a limited market.
Power Generation
WA's South West grid to be boosted by four new batteries
All the storage is due to be connected to the grid before the first of WA's coal-fired power stations closes.
Will WA’s coal exit be a green dream or lights out?
The Liberals predict by 2027 WA's south-west power system will be on the verge of collapse but Labor is confident that batteries, wind and gas will come to the rescue.
Explainer: what does it mean to ‘firm’ renewables?
Large power grids are among the most complicated machines humans have ever devised - here is how a key component works.
WA power cleaner as coal fails and batteries charge in
The south-west grid shattered numerous records in late 2024 as new batteries and more rooftop solar replaced unavailable coal-fired power.
Carbon Emissions
Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reefs bleach in unison for the first time
An intense marine heatwave strips colour and life from two World Heritage-listed reefs.
The promise of green iron, steel and ammonia keeps the green hydrogen dream alive
Hydrogen was once sold as a universal climate fix — a clean, green wonder fuel for cars, homes, power grids and even global export - but reality has cooled that buzz.
WA power cleaner as coal fails and batteries charge in
The south-west grid shattered numerous records in late 2024 as new batteries and more rooftop solar replaced unavailable coal-fired power.
Woodside plan to bury CO2 a step to Browse gas go-ahead
Carbon storage has gone from "high-risk" to the preferred option at the controversial gas export mega-project.