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Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The destruction of Juukan Gorge in 2020 in the Western Pilbara was a flash point in awareness of First Nations heritage and engagement issues in Australia. In May 2020 two ancient rock shelters on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... materials will cement its leadership in the energy transformation. Element Zero is a major catalyst in this shift and the Pilbara region in the north of Western Australia stands as the premier location globally to showcase the company's potential." Masterman ...

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... transport, building, waste, and agriculture sectors. Importantly, the plan outlines steps for decarbonisation of mining in the Pilbara through common-use infrastructure and the creation of renewable generation hubs in consultation with affected communities ...

H2Kwinana Hydrogen Hub gets $70m government backing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... future." The Albanese government is investing over half a billion dollars in regional Hydrogen Hubs, including in the Pilbara, Kwinana, Gladstone, Townsville, the Hunter, Bell Bay and Port Bonython. Kwinana is the site of a former oil refinery. "We are ...

Regional renewable investments ramp up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Western Australia's grid, expanding and modernising electricity grids in Perth, the South West, and the North West Pilbara region. The funds will be provided through concessional loans and equity investments through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... participating interest at a purchase price of US$500 million. The Scarborough field, located approximately 375 km off the Pilbara coast, has attracted ire from climate groups that labelled the project a "climate bomb" and took the energy giant to court. ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... large-scale renewable energy projects of up to 3 gigawatts on Yindjibarndi Ngurra (country), in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The agreement guarantees Yindjibarndi approval of all proposed project sites, Yindjibarndi equity participation of ...

Climate transition not one-size-fits-all

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... local economies and strong domestic market connections that could provide a good base for transition, while LGAs in the Pilbara and Central Queensland likely require extensive planning and infrastructure investment due to their highly-concentrated economies ...

Decade-long Santos well leak prompts investor concern

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Methane gas - a greenhouse gas 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide - has been leaking from 26 locations off the Pilbara coast, WA Today reported. The Legendre project ceased production in 2011 and wells were decommissioned by then-operator, Apache. ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... include recent examples such as the May 2020 destruction of two ancient rock shelters in the Juukan Gorge in the Western Pilbara by mining company Rio Tinto. "The Juukan Gorge destruction is one of many assaults on Indigenous People," Langton said. "both ...
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