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- BHP quietly scrapped plan to build Pilbara plant that would have drastically cut emissions Mon, 25 May 26, 8:30pmExclusive: Jimblebar processing facility would have produced higher quality iron ore sought by steelmakers around the world – themselves under pressure to curb pollution
- Revealed: the internal BHP memo that slammed the brakes on world’s biggest miner’s climate push Mon, 25 May 26, 8:30pmExclusive: BHP once dubbed climate change an ‘existential’ threat. But leaked documents show it has backtracked on decarbonisation at a vast network of mines
- Exclusive: Leaked documents show BHP’s climate backtrack - podcast Mon, 25 May 26, 8:30pmNour Haydar speaks with Christopher Knaus about the BHP files – the cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners – which show that the world’s biggest miner has war-gamed ways to massively...
- Australian taxpayers subsidise Big Mining’s use of fossil fuel to the tune of $4bn a year. It’s a strange way to tackle emissions | Adam Morton Mon, 25 May 26, 8:30pmGiven the scale of its contribution to global heating, the world’s biggest miner has a duty to invest heavily in solutions that could have a global impact
- BHP defies its own climate strategy to spend hundreds of millions on polluting diesel trucks in Pilbara Mon, 25 May 26, 8:30pmExclusive: Mining giant says technology is not yet advanced enough to run a fully electrified fleet but experts say it is hooked on federal fuel tax credits
- The BHP files: World’s biggest miner BHP backtracks on climate action with key projects put on ice, leaked documents reveal Mon, 25 May 26, 8:30pmExclusive: Cache of internal documents leaked to the Guardian and the ABC’s Four Corners show multinational has war-gamed ways to massively delay decarbonisation
- ‘Outrageous’: EPA backs WA fracking project that may add up to 2.6% to Australia’s emissions Wed, 21 Jan 26, 2:47pmState environmental regulator says Valhalla project, set to drill up to 20 gas wells in Canning basin, can proceed subject to conditions
- How can Australia convince the world to give up fossil fuels if Anthony Albanese is contradicting himself on gas expansion? | Bill Hare Mon, 24 Nov 25, 12:44pmGetting to net zero CO2 emissions globally means we can halt global warming. This requires a rapid phase-out. It’s physics
- Confidential Western Australian government report warns gas exports risk slowing Asia’s move to clean energy Thu, 6 Nov 25, 6:00amReport by consultants Deloitte undermines Labor’s public claims that WA’s gas exports help reduce emissions overseas
- ‘Gas belongs to the people’: WA premier Roger Cook urges federal Labor to adopt reserve policy Tue, 8 Jul 25, 4:00pmCook says WA’s own policy has meant cheaper gas for local market as Albanese government embarks on six-month review of regulations
- Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project Thu, 19 Jun 25, 6:00amWant to get more charts in your inbox every fortnight? Sign up for The Crunch here
- ‘The spin has been wrong’: rock art expert raises concerns over critical report ahead of Woodside decision | Clear Air Tue, 27 May 25, 1:00amEnvironment minister Murray Watt is due to make a decision on whether to extend the controversial North West Shelf development in coming days
- Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision Thu, 22 May 25, 5:18pmEnvironment minister due to decide on controversial plan by end of the month in one of his first major challenges in new portfolio
- Trade unionists, conservationists and church groups unite against Dutton’s nuclear plan Wed, 23 Apr 25, 10:00amSeven Regions Nuclear Free alliance launches campaign representing groups who oppose the Coalition’s proposed nuclear reactors in their communities across Queensland, NSW, SA, Victoria and WA
- Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse’ but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled’ Mon, 3 Mar 25, 1:00amExclusive: Government document confirms electricity from large-scale renewables has flatlined, with one campaigner saying pipeline has ‘little sign of life’