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Net zero, energy transition key election items: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... actions: fix the looming shortfall, redesign the Future Gas Strategy, update market controls, and make the most of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. Today, about 40% of all electricity is generated by renewables and the government's Capacity Investment ...

Podcast: Decommissioning offshore oil and gas with Joshua Runciman

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Decommissioning Roadmap', helping titleholders fulfil their regulatory obligations under laws like the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. Here to discuss is Joshua Runciman, lead analyst of Australian gas at the Institute for ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... controversial due to the grave opportunity cost and unproven at scale. The tech giant bought the credits from Occidental Petroleum subsidiary 1PointFive, a carbon capture, storage, and sequestration (CCUS) company. 1PointFive noted that under the safe ...

Big win for Great Artesian Basin

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Queensland would be running no stock and bringing no value to the state economy." The ban also extends to enhanced oil or petroleum recovery activities that use a greenhouse gas stream, the government said. "I've listened to Queenslanders and I am making ...

Ad industry proposes greenwashing code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... AANA writes the rules and Ad Standards adjudicates complaints. Last year, an advertising campaign by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) was pulled up for making misleading environmental claims about natural gas as ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... in the Gladstone LNG project in Australia, ADNOC Gas Pipelines, the Río Grande LNG terminal in Texas, and East India Petroleum Ltd, among other high-emissions corporations. When asked whether BlackRock perceives ESG issues as direct risks to returns ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... impacts or alleged malpractice. Australian company Westfarmers received a score of 49% while BHP scored 40%, and Woodside Petroleum scored just 22%. WBA found a mismatch between companies expectations of suppliers and their purchasing practices. 93% ...

BlackRock backs world's largest direct air capture plant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Texas which the energy company developer says will be the world's largest. New York Stock Exchange-listed Occidental Petroleum Corporation says the facility, named STRATOS, is designed to capture 500,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. DAC captures ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Partners, where Pluto Train 2 is currently under construction. This comes as the offshore regulator National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) recently approved Woodside to use under water seismic blasting in ...

Santos sued over clean energy, net zero claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... largest oil and gas producers, they have one of the highest profiles in Australia. Their CEO is chair of [Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association] APPEA, and he's regularly in the market spruiking gas as the solution to climate change ...
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