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- WA Labor government accused of shelving climate laws as emissions continue to rise Wed, 2 Oct 24, 9:47pmBill to formalise state net zero target for 2050 left off list of legislative goals ahead of March election
- Mineral Resources and Woodside donated to WA Labor while it mulled gas policy changes Sat, 21 Sep 24, 1:00amA ban on exporting offshore gas was lifted in WA this week, and the Greens say two of the ‘biggest winners’ were the massive resources companies
- On Australia’s climate and extinction crises, the major parties both have questions to answer | Present Tense Tue, 28 May 24, 1:00amThe Coalition has no climate policy. But Labor’s positions are undermined by its confused stance on gas and the delay of new environmental laws
- Surge in WA emissions puts Australia’s net zero targets in doubt Mon, 25 Mar 24, 1:00amExclusive: State’s 2024 total on track to reach about 20% above 2005 levels, modelling obtained by Guardian Australia shows
- WA’s offshore gasfields pay almost no royalties and stoke carbon emissions, report finds Mon, 17 Jan 22, 3:30amAustralia Institute report finds state received only $430m of its revenue from industry that generated $27bn in exports last year
- WA government draws ire of green groups for approving Woodside gas pipeline in Pilbara Thu, 12 Aug 21, 4:48pm‘This pipeline is the key piece of infrastructure that would enable Australia’s most polluting fossil fuel project to proceed’ says climate campaigner
- Campaigners ‘dumbfounded’ by abatement plan that will let Woodside increase emissions in WA Wed, 9 Jun 21, 3:06pmGreenhouse gases produced by Pluto LNG plant in Pilbara will balloon in short term, climate activists say
- WA relaxes emissions curbs on new projects, despite its gas plants driving national rise Thu, 29 Aug 19, 3:00pmGas industry welcomes policy change as state Labor government backs ‘aspirational’ target of zero emissions by 2050
- Australians hold values that are essentially leftwing. This week in politics proves it | Van Badham Sat, 18 Mar 17, 8:00amDespite decades of Tory propaganda and Labor’s neoliberal complicity, we consistently hate privatisation, value tax justice and are committed to fair pay
- WA Labor on defensive as consumer watchdog backs electricity privatisation Wed, 8 Mar 17, 7:35amMark McGowan says he disagrees with competition watchdog assessment that electricity bills will fall if 51% of Western Power is sold under Liberals
- WA Labor on defensive after ACCC backs electricity privatisation Wed, 8 Mar 17, 7:35amMark McGowan says he disagrees with competition watchdog that electricity bills will fall 51% if Western Power sold under Liberals
- Canning byelection poll: renewable energy trumps national security Thu, 3 Sep 15, 12:00amVoters in the West Australian seat say they would support a 50% renewable energy target, in a poll conducted for conservation groups and Solar Citizens
- West Australian $30bn LNG project allowed to have no carbon emission targets Sun, 4 Jan 15, 11:54amState government declares it will not reapply regulations which were lifted during carbon tax era
- Buru Energy allowed to frack for gas in Kimberley without EPA assessment Tue, 17 Jun 14, 4:07pmPerth-based company to test tight gas flows using hydraulic fracturing stimulation at four wells in the second half of 2014