A senior WA-based rock art specialist has accused the Australian branch of the International Council on Monuments and Sites of “heritage-washing”.
The nation’s largest energy producer is calling for desperate measures to avert a gas shortfall in Victoria and NSW.
Another species being declared endangered on the doorstep of Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field has delivered a fresh blow amid approvals processes.
The oil giant’s revenue has taken a $2 billion hit after it produced less oil and gas and sold it for lower prices in the six months to June.
Woodside has chased environmental approval for the $30 billion gas export plan for five years but is yet to start the process for a vital part of the project near pristine Scott Reef.
Rio Tinto and Woodside have signed up to a $60m scientific initiative as they search for ways to cut emissions and convert their waste into cleaner commodities.
The Cook government will need to balance politically powerful producers against the state’s miners and manufacturers in its response over WA’s domestic gas policy.
Woodside,the largest Australian energy company,is locked in a legal dispute in Senegal over how much tax it must pay from its newest oil field.
Labor has ignored WA’s environment watchdog on a huge gas project before. Will Roger Cook learn the lesson before it decides on Woodside’s Browse?
The West Australian premier has reopened the possibility his government will support the $30 billion gas export project – even if its environmental watchdog does not.
Woodside’s switch to investing in America continues with the purchase of an under construction plant in Texas with low emission ambitions.