Activists from Greenpeace Deutschland have blocked the loading of 300,000 tons of large-diameter pipes from freight liner Europipe - destined for Western Australia ahead of Woodside's deep-sea gas project's construction.
Meanwhile, Santos has bought the Hunter Gas Pipeline as it seeks to develop a new $1.2bn route for its long-stalled Narrabri project in New South Wales.
And Australia's federal and state energy ministers are set to meet today, to sign off on a national strategy that agrees to add emissions to the national electricity objective "for the first time since its creation a quarter of a century ago".
Energy ministers’ reforms to Australia’s electricity market could be path to a carbon price, experts say
Australia’s main electricity market will prioritise cutting emissions as part of its objectives for the first time since its creation a quarter of a century ago, a shift that could set up conditions for a carbon price, experts said.
Greenpeace activists demonstrate in the port of Brake at a pipeline transporter destined for Western Australia
Greenpeace activists protested against the environmental destruction caused by a planned gas drilling project off the coast of Western Australia and the associated construction of a 430 km long pipeline with four inflatable boats in the port of Brake on the Weser.
Santos buys into Hunter and plans new gas pipeline south from Queensland
Santos has bought the Hunter Gas Pipeline as it seeks to develop a new $1.2bn route for its long stalled Narrabri project in NSW.
New apartments connect to gas despite future ban in ACT
Display kitchens fitted with gas cooktops for apartments not scheduled to be completed for several years, will quickly become an added expense for new owners stuck with the cost of switching over.
Contract awarded for installation of EV chargers for ‘world’s longest continuously connected electric highway’
The State Government has awarded the contract for the installation of 98 electric vehicle chargers at 49 locations across WA.
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet, new research shows
The phenomenon, called Arctic amplification, is caused by the heat-trapping emissions from burning fossil fuels.