Climate, energy and resources

Having successfully secured two BHP coal mines last year – and the funding to pay for them – Whitehaven is riding high. But analysts are now asking, is this as good as it gets?

Carbon capture and storage has divided the clean tech community for years. But there's growing support for its use in hard to abate sectors. And one of the biggest projects in Australia to date, by Santos, is set to go live in 2024.

Australia has lagged behind a growing number of jurisdictions providing guidance on exemptions from competition law for environmental outcomes. That could be about to change.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency shortlisted six projects for its $2 billion Hydrogen Headstart program, but the brainchilds of Woodside and Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue were conspicuous by their absence.

The push to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings is prompting greater consideration of embodied carbon in construction materials.