Kimberley traditional owners invest in green hydrogen

A unique partnership between traditional owners and climate crisis investment and advisory firm Pollination, is promising to establish a $3bn green hydrogen project near the town of Kununurra in the Kimberley. Three Indigenous groups will each have an initial 25% share in the new company, Aboriginal Clean Energy, while producing what could be one of Australia’s biggest clean energy projects powered by a million solar panels.

The Albanese Government has launched a push to introduce a national framework for recycled content traceability in products, to boost demand and confidence in recycled materials. It will make clear key information including where recycled content has come from and how it has been processed and handled. 

A multinational conglomerate has received the nod to proceed with a $315m coal project development in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. Federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek revealed the approval expires at the end of 2045.

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Aboriginal owners in the Kimberley invest in green hydrogen
A unique partnership between three traditional owner groups and climate crisis investment and advisory firm Pollination, is promising to establish a $3bn green hydrogen project near the town of Kununurra in the Kimberley. The Indigenous groups will each have an initial 25% share in the new company, Aboriginal Clean Energy. In what could be one of Australia’s biggest clean energy projects, more than a million solar panels will power electrolysers to produce 50,000 tonnes of green hydrogen a year.

Labor increasing confidence in recycled materials.
The Albanese Government has launched a push to introduce a national framework for recycled content traceability in products, to boost demand and confidence in recycled materials. It will make clear key information including where recycled content has come from and how it has been processed and handled. This is necessary to ensure recycled content is free of harmful chemicals and suitable for reuse, for example, as new food packaging.

New coal project approved in Queensland.
A multinational conglomerate has received the nod to proceed with a $315m coal project development in Queensland’s Central Highlands region. Federal Environment and Water Minister Tanya Plibersek revealed the approval expires at the end of 2045.

The activists coming for agencies and their fossil fuel clients
Belinda Noble, founder of Comms Declare, the Australian activist group working to convince agencies to move away from fossil fuel clients, shares her frustrations with standing up to the fossil fuel industry in this feature article by Chris Pash.

Australia moves closer to ISSB climate-related financial reporting standards
On Friday, Australia will pass another milestone on the way to compulsory climate-related financial disclosures. Following the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (IISB) release of sustainability and climate-related standards last month, the Treasury announced a second round of public consultations. Climate-related reporting standards would force large companies to disclose information on greenhouse gas emissions and energy transition plans.

Mobil Oil’s ad campaign against electric vehicles
Big Oil is upping its fight against the accelerating uptake of electric vehicles via a new advertising campaign launched by Mobil Oil, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.

US climate envoy meets Chinese counterpart on hottest ever day in China
A remote township in China’s western Xinjiang region has set a nationwide temperature record of 52.2C, as the US climate envoy, John Kerry, held meetings with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in Beijing. China is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of global heating, with scarce water resources, a large population and an already serious problem with desertification.