Rio Tinto unveils $215m ‘green steel’ Rockingham research plant

Rio Tinto unveils $215m ‘green steel’ Rockingham research plant

Australia’s biggest iron ore producer has 16,000 employees,17 mines,four port terminals and 2000 kilometres of rail in the Pilbara. Now it plans to transform their impact.

  • byJesinta Burton

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Perth climate voters get MP on board with net-zero ‘vision for future’

Perth climate voters get MP on board with net-zero ‘vision for future’

The teal independent,who is glad to be free of “party ideologies”,says her constituents’ action and work will help her advocate for them at a federal level.

  • byHamish Hastie
Future planning:Is this the year petrol will disappear from WA?
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Energy

Future planning:Is this the year petrol will disappear from WA?

A close look at the WA government’s new 40-page emissions reductions strategy has found some bold predictions of what the state could look like in 26 years’ time.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘Say no to gas’:WA doctors rally at Parliament House

‘Say no to gas’:WA doctors rally at Parliament House

GPs,emergency doctors and surgeons have rallied outside the West Australian parliament urging the Cook government to stop gas projects and safeguard public health.

  • byAaron Bunch
‘Up to its guts’:WA premier reveals green energy project sweeteners

‘Up to its guts’:WA premier reveals green energy project sweeteners

WA Premier Roger Cook declared the state was “up to its guts” in decarbonisation at an energy transition summit convened by his government in Perth on Friday.

  • byHamish Hastie
Next stop China:Cook takes Asian tour to state’s biggest trading partner
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China

Next stop China:Cook takes Asian tour to state’s biggest trading partner

Nine News Perth can reveal the state government will use the visit to lobby for direct flights,a service that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byMichael Genovese
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South Perth ‘timber tower’ gets tick as panel overrides council

South Perth ‘timber tower’ gets tick as panel overrides council

Is this 51-storey South Perth record-breaker an environmental marvel,or an undercooked overdevelopment? It depends who’s talking,the developer or the council.

  • byEmma Young
South Perth’s 51-storey ‘timber tower’ faces knockback

South Perth’s 51-storey ‘timber tower’ faces knockback

The tower will be the tallest of its kind in the world,with most of its occupants sharing a fleet of electric vehicles. So,what’s the problem?

  • byEmma Young
We need more than a rooftop solar boom to safeguard WA’s energy future
Opinion
Energy

We need more than a rooftop solar boom to safeguard WA’s energy future

The state’s clean energy transition is being put at risk by a glaring underinvestment in wind and batteries,even as household after household invests in solar.

  • byBrad Pettitt
A net-zero Perth will need more trees – but how will we water them?
Opinion
Opinion

A net-zero Perth will need more trees – but how will we water them?

As a teenager,I began planting things largely out of intuition. Now there’s a whole lot of science backing my feeling – and it’s time to scale this way up.

  • byProfessor Josh Byrne
At night,plug your house into your car:Perth’s power grid at net zero
Opinion
Opinion

At night,plug your house into your car:Perth’s power grid at net zero

Our extraordinarily plentiful and low-cost rooftop solar is paving the way for us to save $5000 a year on our bills in a 100 per cent renewable-powered city.

  • byFraser Maywood andPaul Caston