Peter Milne
Journalist at boilingcold.com.au
I cover energy, industry and climate in WA. Independent and informed news and analysis as WA tackles climate change and the energy transition.
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1 week ago |
boilingcold.com.au | Peter Milne
Benjamin Smith, The University of Western Australia and John Black, University of SydneyYesterday, new environment minister Murray Watt approved an extension for the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha, Western Australia, will run until 2070.
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1 week ago |
boilingcold.com.au | Peter Milne
Alcoa's plans to expand mining around Serpentine Dam to feed its Pinjarra alumina refinery until 2045 have been released for public comment by WA's environmental watchdog. The WA Environmental Protection Authority also released details of Alcoa's current mining, and the public now has 12 weeks to comment on both plans. Alcoa started the approval process for the expansion of its Huntly mine in 2020 and four years ago agreed on the scope of the Environmental Review Document released on Thursday.
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1 week ago |
boilingcold.com.au | Peter Milne
WA industry heavyweights, including Alcoa and Wesfarmers, want Woodside to meet its obligation by supplying more gas to the local market from its Pluto project. “The era of Woodside doing the bare minimum is over,” said Richard Harris, spokesman for the Domgas Alliance of major WA gas users. “Gas producers have a responsibility to earn and maintain a social licence to operate," he said.
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1 week ago |
boilingcold.com.au | Peter Milne
By Samantha Hepburn, Deakin UniversityIn a decision surprising very few people, Australia’s new environment minister Murray Watt has signed off on an extension for the gas plant at Karratha, part of the enormous North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The decision had been deferred until after the federal election, given significant environmental concerns around the project. This approval means the gas plant at Karratha can now keep running until 2070.
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theguardian.com | Peter Milne |Petra Stock
Australia’s offshore energy regulator has launched an investigation into an oil and gas spill at a Woodside Energy project off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia. An estimated 16,000 litres of petroleum products were released into the Indian Ocean on 8 May during decommissioning at the company’s Griffin field, 58km north-west of Exmouth and 60km from Ningaloo marine park. The field stopped production in 2009.
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